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August 21, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 22nd August 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Meet the new Two Brewers pub owners | Donheads garden listed by Historic England | Invasive weed removed from river in Ludwell | Tom Perrett walks around The Stours | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Karen Cole reviews ‘The Midnight Library’ by Matt Haig | A buzzard on Ashmore’s downs
31 min
August 20, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 21st August 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury school head on GCSE results | The Mitre provides Shaftesbury hospital meals | Former Shaftesbury mayor’s war story revealed | Save the Enmore Court drinking trough | Medicinal herbalist Julie Wood | A chatty robin in Charlton
40 min
August 19, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 20th August 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Reduced speed and new crossing request for Shaftesbury road | Shaftesbury’s heath centre addresses criticism | Truckle Truck’s Carolyn hosts art workshop | Live outdoor theatre coming | Robert Mullins Shaftesbury history | After the rain on Breach Common
39 min
August 18, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 19th August 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury electricity upgrade | Mental health crisis support returns to Shaftesbury | Forest schools events planned for Springhead | Shaftesbury Camera Club promotes showground | Walking for Health returns | Mary Myers’ smallholding diary | An afternoon on Breach Common
38 min
August 17, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 18th August 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Buses could return to Shaftesbury High Street | Debbie’s Guys Marsh burger grill | Shaftesbury bargain find on Antiques Roadshow | Shaftesbury Car Link | Flu clinic marshals wanted | Gardening with Dirty Nails | A squirrel at Gutch Common
41 min
August 16, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 17th August 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: A Melbury Abbas bypass | Motcombe runners | Planners reject two Shaftesbury developments | Clive Whitbourn’s North Dorset nature diary | Shaftesbury poet Richard Foreman | Nick Crump’s Park Walk soundscape
37 min
August 15, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 16th August 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Abbey seeks volunteers | Shaftesbury remembers VJ Day sacrifices | Kate and Karren chat 'over the garden fence' | More sustainable Shaftesbury shopping | Hartgrove writer Barkley Johnson reads ‘One of a Pair’ | The sounds of the stream at Motcombe’s Pottles Hill Woods
43 min
August 14, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 15th August 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Why Church bells will ring today in Shaftesbury | A Tribute to Allistair Leaske | Colonel John Blashford Snell on ‘The Forgotten Army’ | Tom Perrett’s walk around Shaftesbury’s slopes | Karen Cole reviews ‘Slow Slicing’ by Tony J Forder | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | A tawny owl on Breach Lane
40 min
August 13, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 14th August 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury School head is unhappy with ‘A’ level grading system | Dorset’s coronavirus rate remains low | New manager for Shaftesbury FC | WW1 historian wants to trace Shaftesbury family | Shaftesbury vet issues warning for dog owners | Medicinal herbalist Julie Wood on plantain | The sounds of Castle Hill at dawn
40 min
August 12, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 13th August 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Tackling Semley speeding | Shaftesbury drivers warned of Gillingham delays | Shaftesbury area shepherd’s huts fully booked | Ludwell watercress | Shaftesbury nature - Brigit's new pond | A solo robin sings at dawn
43 min

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Essential daily news, conversation and information for Shaftesbury and the villages of the Cranborne Chase and Blackmore Vale areas of North Dorset and South Wiltshire.