The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Councillor rejects resignation calls saying he’s grieving | Dorset Council to decide fate of Dinah’s Hollow next week | Mother and son exhibit at Shaftesbury gallery | Donhead cider encourages teetotaller to enjoy a tipple | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Annabel and Richard birdwatching at Win Green | Hedgehogs in Fontmell Magna

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury’s new mayor voted in | Sadness in Semley - Queenie Fletcher dies | Walking for Health returns to Shaftesbury | David Kerswell North Dorset farming | Bargains at Cancer Research Shaftesbury | Steve Crossley leaves Shaftesbury School boarding house | Gold Hill Museum to feature on TV | Bird song on Foyle Hill at sunset

On today’s Alfred Daily: Police appeal after Compton Abbas dog bite | North Dorset RFC react to positive COVID result | Semley Village Stores gives out grants | Shaftesbury what’s ons and jobs | Shaftesbury Homegrown turns ten | Photojournalist Alex Schlacher moves to Shaftesbury area | Wildlife friendly gardener Dirty Nails | Sparrows on Shaftesbury’s Haimes Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Abbey’s 2020 successes | Events to mark Shaftesbury’s Carnival week | Dorset residents want tougher response to COVID rule breakers | What’s new at Shaftesbury’s Oxfam bookstore and Weldmar outlet | Proposed Shaftesbury harvest market is cancelled | Nick Crump chats with Karen Wimhurst | Shaftesbury soundscape - Oasis pool fun

On today’s Alfred Daily: ‘New beginning’ for Shaftesbury Arts Centre | Altered poppy collection plans | East Melbury artist Grenville Allen | Shaftesbury neighbours Kate and Karren chat | ‘The Ring’ by Barkley Johnson | Folk from Cliff Skey and the Cluetts

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset covid-19 cases remain static | Shaftesbury Town Council's mediator quits | Dorset charity chooses Shaftesbury for roadshow launch | A pop-up toy shop will open in Shaftesbury | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Kate Scott’s chicken keeping diary | Shaftesbury book blogger Karen Cole | Tom Perrett walks around Duncliffe | Shaftesbury weekend what's ons | Birdsong at dusk near Boyne Hollow

On today’s Alfred Daily: New Blackmore Vale Magazine is launched | Pitt Rivers brought back to life | Shaftesbury library’s books that were banned | Shaftesbury tip restarts second-hand sales | 1,000 miles cycled to fund farming students | Gillingham School covid statement | 95-year-old Tony prepares for 2021 Shaftesbury Fringe | Shaftesbury weekend what’s ons | Bird song in Larmer Tree gardens

On today’s Alfred Daily: Plans to build ‘significant’ solar farm | Bell Street and Bleke Street in 1978 | Help fund Abbey Primary school trips | Plastic Free Town status is closer | Shaftesbury what’s ons and jobs | Swimmer thanks Shaftesbury pool crew | Dorset Police ask for your feedback | Falling water at French Mill

On today’s Alfred Daily: Plans to redevelop empty High Street shop | Over 1,000 Shaftesbury WW1 life stories researched | Guys Marsh misses released ex-prisoner employment target | Intimate campsite proposed for East Knoyle | Shaftesbury landlords react to new COVID rules | Shaftesbury what’s ons and community news | Car theft from Motcombe garage | The sun sets on Park Walk

On today’s Alfred Daily: Birds of prey poison warning | £100k raised at Compton Abbas airfield | ‘Cakeaways’ for Cancer Support | Shaftesbury musician’s 80s-style music | North Dorset willow coffin maker | Wildlife-friendly gardener Dirty Nails | Sunset at Rolt Millennium Green