The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Opposition to Dinah’s Hollow tree felling | Dorset councillor warns of ‘dramatic’ planning changes | Shaftesbury wildflower workshop | ‘Drive-thru’ flu jabs at Henstridge airfield | More outdoor dining in Shaftesbury | Wardour smallholder Mary’s sheep hoof problems | Honeybees at Shaftesbury Homegrown

On today’s Alfred Daily: Longmead food factory fire | Swans yard print shop closure opportunity | How money spent with Shaftesbury independents stays local | Shaftesbury artist’s work tours Europe | Gardener Dirty Nails on figs and hedgehogs | The cooling sound of water at Springhead’s weir

On today’s Alfred Daily: Autumn music and market event in Shaftesbury | Former Shaftesbury teachers celebrate 60th anniversary | How turnpikes transformed Shaftesbury area travel | Shaftesbury cafés assess ‘help out to eat out’ | Richard Foreman’s poem inspired by a Roman loofah | The sound of starlings in St James

On today’s Alfred Daily: New bus service from The Maltings to Shaftesbury and Gillingham | Councillor hopes bus gate will be resolved soon | Participants energised by outdoor Shaftesbury yoga | Shaftesbury FC manager quits after one match | Solar panels not valued by homebuyers | Friends Kate and Karren chat | Barkley Johnson reads The Keepers Field | A chaffinch and kestrel in Stour Row

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury firefighters rescue sheep from underground | Dorset local COVID rate remains ‘very low’ | Shaftesbury Library to reopen | Shaftesbury High Street’s new traffic marshal | A walk around Wardour’s castles | Kate Scott’s chicken keeper’s diary | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Karen Cole reviews ‘Hinton Hollow Death Trip’ | Bees in honeywort on Breach Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury tree trimming request divides opinion | Former Shaftesbury art teacher exhibits work | Are you saying ‘Shaftesbury’ correctly? | Shaftesbury man publishes thought provoking poems | Dorset Council prepared for weekend visitors | Medicinal herbalist Julie Wood on burdock | Swallows recorded at Shaftesbury Home Grown

On today’s Alfred Daily: Donheads wedding organiser calls for COVID clarity | Wildflower planting at a Shaftesbury business park | Melbury Lions cycle speedway memories | Pub quizmaster’s post lockdown challenge | Shaftesbury poet Richard Foreman | Wrens at Fontmell Down

On today’s Alfred Daily: Restoring Dorset’s finger post signs at East Melbury | How Shaftesbury farmers are boosting barn owl numbers | New targets could increase housebuilding in Dorset | John Cluett’s North Dorset dialect | The Motcombe signpost censor | Evening birdsong at Shaftesbury’s wilderness

On today’s Alfred Daily: St Mary’s School bid is unsuccessful | Shaftesbury High Street rated by expert | Shaftesbury Arts Centre youngsters perform online radio play | Wardour smallholder Mary Myers’ woolly words | Dorset’s weather lore with Cliff Skey | Wildlife-friendly gardener Dirty Nails with more tips | The sound of Cann Mill millstone grinding

On today’s Alfred Daily: A new Shaftesbury vineyard opening visitor centre | Bimport rooftop singer starts acting course | Shaftesbury’s Gold Hill museum reopens | Severe crime penalties in Victorian Shaftesbury | Honeysuckle is Nick Andrew’s Shaftesbury plant of the week | The sounds of Fontmell Brook by Nick Crump