The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset Council want your road enhancement recommendations | Tree-lorry collision closes Shaftesbury road | Dorset will support self-isolated befriending into 2021 | TIC boss on importance of walkers to tourism | Shaftesbury’s treasure trail | Belle Street’s Susan is dancing on Zoom | Guy’s Marsh men appreciate Shaftesbury’s support | Karren and Kate hate gadgets that ‘talk’ | Julie Wood on the medicinal properties of roses | A song thrush sings in East Knoyle

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset emergency services urge visitors to show respect | Second term for Shaftesbury mayor? | Shaftesbury School head on COVID safety measures | Shaftesbury midwife Elvie’s desert trek for Stars appeal | Where in Shaftesbury? | Shaftesbury vet wins short story contest | Housemartins in St James

On today’s Alfred Daily: ‘No confidence’ in Shaftesbury Town councillor | North Dorset phone box to offer walkers welcome | How lockdown has helped locals forge new friendships | Why flour has been hard to find – North Dorset farming with David Kerswell | Feeding a family of ten with local produce | Where in Shaftesbury? | A cuckoo and a buzzard at Tollard Royal

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Town Council hires legal officer | Dorset Council offers new COVID-19 grant | AONB urge walkers to take care and protect wildlife | More butterflies recorded at Motcombe Meadows | Where in Shaftesbury? | History of Mustons Lane with Claire Ryley | Wildlife Friendly gardener Dirty Nails | A singing greenfinch captured by Nick Crump

On today’s Alfred Daily: Castle Green protected from developers | Free outdoor yoga for Shaftesbury | MP Simon Hoare suggests removing ‘A’ board signs | Quirky art ‘pops-up’ in Shaftesbury | Shaftesbury Arts Centre’s devastating fire | Where in Shaftesbury? | Nick Andrew’s featured plant is lavatera | Swifts on Breach Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Motcombe Major Andy extends his wheelchair challenge | Why Shaftesbury area applicants should read proposed housing rules | Neil Adlam on one of Shaftesbury’s most distinctive trees | Clive Whitbourn shares ideas for family wildlife fun | Shaftesbury poet Marigold Rumbold | Hartgrove writer Barkley Johnson’s story | Canada geese at Melbury Abbas

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury’s verge wildflower seeding underway | Climate change demonstration on Gold Hill | Paul Merefield’s quiz | Shaftesbury GP answers COVID-19 questions | Karen Cole’s book review | Enmore Green artist Carolyne Moran | The musical sound of the Sturkle at Melbury Abbas

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Council back temporary High Street traffic ban | How to live to 100 – advice from a Shaftesbury centenarian | Shaftesbury author writes children’s fantasy novel | Football Club providing more youth opportunities | Elderflower’s medicinal properties with Julie Wood | Stories of days before ‘health and safety’ with Karren and Kate | A robin provides our Breach Lane birdsong

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Primary head outlines new safety measures | Donheads’ water supply will be improved | Shaftesbury volunteer urges at risk to remain at home | Shaftesbury’s Roman roads | Where in Shaftesbury? | Rachel Diment searches for orchids on Fontmell Down | A Wincombe Lane blackbird

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury MP says he’s not homophobic | Shaftesbury man ‘robbed by nuns’ shares story in debut novel | Demand for reopened Shaftesbury tip lower than expected | Tech is changing North Dorset farming | Where in Shaftesbury? | Covid poetry by King Alfred’s Kitchen owner | Dirty Nails on deterring wasps | Dawn chorus at Breach Common