The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury-born ambulance worker ‘overwhelmed’ by applause | Shaftesbury’s new deli may shut during crisis | Dorset chief constable James Vaughan on crisis policing | Sara Jacson on the St Edwards Way pilgrimage | North Dorset National Trust ranger Clive Whitborn’s nature tips for kids | Shaftesbury Arts Centre takes its art online | Poetry with Richard Foreman | Shaftesbury dawn chorus recorded by Nick Crump

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury hospital staff thank community for support | Why a Shaftesbury woman finds delivering food to self-isolating locals satisfying | Travel to London will become troublesome | Are your pets a health risk? Shaftesbury vet offers advice | Shaftesbury fair-trade determined to continue supplies | Shaftesbury author Karen Dickson | Psychotherapist Judith Barton on coping with lockdown | A stroll with Heather Whitehead

On today’s Alfred Daily: High Street Thursday market cancelled after backlash | Shaftesbury businesswoman featured on a magazine cover | Video captures Cranborne Chase life in 1975 | Dirty Nails shares his wildlife friendly gardening tips | John Cluett reads Dorset poetry | Relax with Castle Hill birdsong

On today’s The Alfred Daily: Chief Constable of Dorset on gathering crackdown | Send a card to keep Shaftesbury care home residents connected | Restrictions on Shaftesbury recreation areas | Household waste changes | Bella West | David Griffin-Shepherd starts takeaway service | A walk with Andrea Jenkins | Spring lambs in Ashmore

On today’s The Alfred Daily: ‘More than one’ case confirmed in Shaftesbury | A surprise discovery for builders on Bell Street | Shaftesbury’s streaming church service a success | How well do you know Shaftesbury? Amber Harrison tests you | Ross from Abbotts Greengrocers talks about his supply challenges | Changes at the Wincombe Recycling Centre | Tiggy Walker forages for free food | John and Margaret Cluett reminisce | Join Nick Crump for dawn at Duncliffe Woods

The Alfred Daily - 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.