The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury’s newest campsite opens | Court fines man for Shaftesbury flytipping | Why you’ll see a horsebox on Park Walk | Council debates support for Open House and Citizens Advice | Chef Philippa Davis reviews Fontmell Magna’s tearoom | Clive Whitbourn’s North Dorset Nature Notes | Housemartins in St James by Nick Crump

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury safe cycling route plan | Shaftesbury Hospital fundraiser takes the biscuit | A bigger Breach Common balsam blitz is planned | Wildlife at Wardour | Shaftesbury artist promotes our safe town centre shopping | Potatoes and drunken pigs - with David Kerswell | Enmore Green’s swifts

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury pedestrianisation extended | Is anti-social behaviour a problem in Shaftesbury? | Dorset Council warns of cuts | Shaftesbury’s Mitre Inn reopens | Classic Shaftesbury Hovis ad recreated | Rodney Attwood on Melbury Abbas’ rich history | Gardener Dirty Nails on his love of allotments | Sounds of a summer cricket match

On today’s Alfred Daily: Wildlife-friendly farming in Motcombe | Shaftesbury Council back HGV ban request | Shaftesbury Open Spaces group's plans | Nick Andrew's featured plant | Richard Foreman on ‘I Spy’ books | A buzzard at Rushmore

On today’s Alfred Daily: Free outdoor yoga in Shaftesbury | Double funding boost for Shaftesbury in Bloom | Free fabric for Shaftesbury good causes | Motcombe free dog poo bags continue | Victorian life was tough for a Shaftesbury single mum | Karren and Kate discuss Shaftesbury café culture | Hartgrove writer Barkley Johnson reads ‘The Box’ | The sound of cygnets on the Stour by Nick Crump

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury charity shop receiving 800 bags a week | Co-op thanks Shaftesbury Abbey Primary | Dorset’s crime figures revealed | Shaftebsury butterfly spotting | Tom Perrett’s Shaftesbury to Semley walk | Pet chicken keeper Kate Scott | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Karen Cole’s book review | A magpie on Breach Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Motcombe’s Community Shop turns ten | Historic Shaftesbury pictures on sale at High Street market | Shaftesbury’s ancient routes and roads with David Burnett | Artist Gabrielle Bill’s Shaftesbury exhibition | East Stour herbalist Julie Wood on mullein | Sounds of the River Stour by Nick Crump

On today’s Alfred Daily: St Mary’s School announces sudden closure | Motcombe residents want action on trees | Shaftesbury Council objects to new estate | David Kerswell on North Dorset’s improving wheat yields | Shaftesbury history - gasometers and Park Walk sheep | The buzzing of Breach Lane’s bees

On today’s Alfred Daily: Comedy name suggested for new roundabout | Facemasks sell out in Shaftesbury’s shops | Shaftesbury man to climb Ben Nevis for mental health appeal | Sketch Castle Hill view with outdoor lesson | Bees swarm at Wardour | Chef Philippa reviews Shaftesbury cafés | Crows and a train in Semley

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Arts Centre actor is COVID-quarantined in Oz | Shaftesbury mental health group wants your materials | Comet spotting from Shaftesbury | Outdoor swimming returns to Shaftesbury | What a school book reveals about Victorian North Dorset | Wildlife-friendly gardener Dirty Nails | A sunny afternoon soundtrack at Tollard Royal