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.

The Alfred Daily – 1st January 2026 01/01/2026

The Alfred Daily – 1st January 2026 On The Alfred Daily Today: /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39580880

The Alfred Daily – 31st December 2025 12/31/2025

The Alfred Daily – 31st December 2025 (Episode 2111) On The Alfred Daily Today: Benett Arms Owners Race Home From Paris After Channel Tunnel Chaos Ice Mile Season Begins At Shaftesbury Lido Ahead Of Slice 2026 Man Charged Over Alleged Shaftesbury Morrisons Theft Rockies Manager Jim Milligan On Shaftesbury FC Pressure And “Keyboard Warriors” Shaftesbury Woman Says Crowdfunded Surgery Has Cut Pain From “Worse Than 10” To Two Sevenoaks Visitor Says Shaftesbury Feels Calmer Than The South-East Shaftesbury Fire Station Seeks Retained Firefighters Within Ten Minutes Of Christy’s Lane DonateIT Helps Shaftesbury Charity Urges You Not To Lock Old Tech In Drawers Shaftesbury CarLink Dial-a-Ride Will Close September Unless New Organisers Emerge /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39571705

The Alfred Daily – 30th December 2025 12/30/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 29th December 2025 12/28/2025

The Alfred Daily – 29th December 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Freetime Round-Up With Music, Film, Quizzes And New Year Parties Wiltshire Police Respond After 999 Calls Over Reported Weapon In Ludwell Semley’s Poetry Book Exchange Damaged In Christmas Eve Delivery Collision Traffic Update With East Stour Temporary Lights And Ewan Road Closure Shaftesbury Snowdrop Festival To Run With Fewer Volunteers And A New Focus Concerns Raised Over Dangerous Electric Scooter Riding In East Shaftesbury Community Gifts For Pepperall House Residents Prompt Family Reaction Compton Abbas Airfield Community Push After Social Media Reaction Butterfly Conservation Pitch For Shaftesbury As A Butterfly-Friendly Town Tesco Staff Praised After Customer Collapse And 4-Hour Ambulance Wait Shaftesbury Homegrown Volunteers Plan Seed Orders And 2026 Growing Season New Social Group Builds After Pottery Meet-Up For Shaftesbury Women Basildon Visitors On Gold Hill Praise Shaftesbury’s Views And Slower Pace Motcombe Chef Laura Pope Plans Men’s Kitchen Kickstarters And Beginners Boot Camps /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39548455

The Alfred Daily – 28th December 2025 12/27/2025

The Alfred Daily – 28th December 2025 (Episode 2108) On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury What’s Ons – Headlines Shaftesbury FC Fight Back For Draw Against League Leaders Frome Feel Better In 2026 – Abbey View Medical Centre Offers Free Mindful Path To Wellbeing View From The Hill: Visitors Share Why Gold Hill Feels Special Half-Term Style Ideas: Family Days Out Within An Hour Of Shaftesbury Sunday Best – Joni De Winter And Susan Grant Talk Twixmas Short Story Slot: The Noisy Drain Cover By Sarah English Shaftesbury Ghost Walk Dates Set For 2026 With Xtours Alice Perry Of Shaftesbury Wines Shares What Makes Alcohol-Free Drinks Feel Grown Up Cabin Band Play New Year’s Eve In Ludwell /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39543500

The Alfred Daily – 27th December 2025 12/26/2025

The Alfred Daily – 27th December 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Freetime Round-Up: Coffee Companions, Live Music, And Pub Quizzes Compton Abbas Airfield Gets Green Light For Storage Containers And Seasonal Canopy For Outdoor Dining Dorset Council Warns Funding Settlement Leaves Services Leaning On Council Tax Rises Community Groups Urged To Pitch Projects For Dorset Council Cash By The 15th Of January Shaftesbury Swimmers Pair Icy Water With Sauna As Pop-Up Trial Draws Crowds Shaftesbury Web Expert Warning For Businesses After Google Says Salt Cellar Is Shut, When It’s Open Tess Of The Vale Guides A Five-Mile Winter Loop Around Marnhull And The Stour Christmas Lunch Trip Turns Into Shaftesbury Stop-Off As Visitors Soak Up Gold Hill Why Karen Wimhurst Calls Shaftesbury Home After 21 Years In The Town Meet My Pet: Fontmell Magna Dachshund Poppy, A “Very Famous” Villager Shaftesbury Pub Quiz Answers: Paul Merefield Reveals Karen Cole’s Dark Festive Pick: The Christmas Tree Killer By Chris Frost /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39539560

The Alfred Daily – 26th December 2025 12/25/2025

The Alfred Daily – 26th December 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: WHAT’S ONS Festive Music, Quizzes And New Year Events Fill Shaftesbury Venues Rockies Expect Huge Home Crowd As Frome Visit Cochrams, Saturday Fontmell Church Repairs Complete After £85,000 Appeal Success Coffee Companions Offer Company And Conversation At Royal Chase On Monday Shaftesbury’s Jake Binns – A Role Model For Living Independently With Down’s Syndrome Kathy Morgan’s Seasonal Reflections – Changing Ground And Winter Skies Weekend Comedy Show Line Up Within An Hour Of Shaftesbury Motcombe Explorer John Blashford-Snell Rebuilds Jungle Bridge Using Recycled Plastic Surrey Visitors Praise Gold Hill And Shaftesbury Views Semley Community Shop Celebrates Award-Winning Year And £400k Turnover /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39534040

The Alfred Daily – 25th December 2025 12/24/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 24th December 2025 12/23/2025

The Alfred Daily – 24th December 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: ZigZag Decs Display Dec Owner, Christmas Decorations Professional Piers Brown Suggests Style For Next Xmas Swan’s Yard Shaftesbury Retail Unit Offered To Ethical Start-Ups And Social Enterprises Motcombe Village Shop Hits Peak December Rush As New Manager Settles In Motcombe Methodist Church Joins Christmas Art Collaboration With A Graffiti Wall Design Thai Takeaway And Restaurant On Wincombe Lane Shaftesbury Goes On The Market Half Moon Quiz Raises £814 For Shaftesbury Breast Cancer Charity Boobs Councillors Warn Of Stress As Dorset Council Tracks Sick Days In The Red Zone Pantomime Guide Lists Shows Within An Hour’s Drive Of Shaftesbury Kathy Morgan Spots Red Kites And Winter Water Returning On The Slopes Of Shaftesbury Weymouth Visitors Praise Shaftesbury Shops And Views During A Sunny December Visit Shaftesbury Cookery School Chef Lesley Waters Talks Food, Courses And Local Food Favourites Including Coppice Street Chippy No Fixed Abode’s Tony Dean – Christmas Favourites And A More Relaxed 2026 /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39521220

The Alfred Daily – 23rd December 2025 12/22/2025

The Alfred Daily – 23rd December 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Festive Music And Family Events Fill Shaftesbury On Christmas Eve Windows Damaged In Overnight Air Weapon Incident In Shaftesbury Council Told No Movement Detected In Historic Gold Hill Wall Town Council Confirms Sharp Rise In Allotment Charges New Arrival Makes This A First Christmas As Parents For Shaftesbury Deli Owners New High Street Store Little Map Company Reflects On Its First Christmas Pop-Up Book Shop Owner Republishes Out-Of-Print Quirky Folklore Titles From Western Australia To Dorset A Christmas Visit With A Difference Christmas Miracle As Missing Cat Milo Comes Home Semley School Pupils Sing Once In Royal David’s City From Beijing To Shaftesbury David Grierson Reflects On Christmas Song Why It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Is A Favourite Carol Shaftesbury Resident Sandy Roberts Facing Christmas After Bereavement Inside The Peak Christmas Rush At Major Shaftesbury Employer Virginia Hayward Christmas Eve Events Across Dorset And Wiltshire Willow’s Wildlife – Mini Murmurations And A Surprise Plant In Shaftesbury Garden /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39506935

The Alfred Daily – 22nd December 2025 12/21/2025

The Alfred Daily – 22nd December 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Carnival Illuminated Tractor Rally Draws Big Sunday Crowds Motcombe Publican Rupert Scott: From London’s Number One Restaurant To His Copple Ridge Christmas Cann Resident Says A350 Driveway Ban Leaves Him Without Safe Access South Western Railway Apologises After Stour Row Passenger Says Overcrowding Is Dangerous Groundwater Flooding Risk Remains Across Cranborne Chase Shaftesbury Tech Expert Graham Lord Answers On Macs Landlines And Batteries Tuesday Events Within One Hour Of Shaftesbury Shaftesbury Oxfam Shares Last-Minute Book And Gift Ideas Dorset Blind Association Shop In Shaftesbury Shares Last-Minute Gift Finds And Opening Times Shaftesbury Town Silver Band Plays Christmas Music For Tesco Shoppers /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39487100

The Alfred Daily – 21st December 2025 12/20/2025

The Alfred Daily – 21st December 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Dorset Council Warns Batteries In Bins Are Causing Fires And Damage First Blank Of The Season For Shaftesbury In Winchester Loss Foreboding Skies And Craggy Peaks As Dan Croft Returns With Shaftesbury Photo Exhibition Shaftesbury’s Calm Draws Winter Solstice Visitors From The North West Sea Shanty Group Hands £200 To Shaftesbury Mental Health Charity From Christmas Markets To 31,000 Followers Connor Smith’s Busy Year Shaftesbury Postbox Toppers To End As Elizabeth Hazelwood Retires Her Needles Sunday Story Kathy Morgan Reads “Being Alone At Christmas” /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39483045

The Alfred Daily – 20th December 2025 12/19/2025

The Alfred Daily – 20th December 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Fontmell Road Safety Campaigner Says Dinah’s Hollow Should Be Widened And C13 Made North-South Route Perilous Pothole Warning After Flooding Opens Craters On Hunger Hill East Knoyle Community Shop’s New Approach Boosts Revenue By Seven Per Cent Margaret Marsh Singer Samantha Shares Her Christmas Set And 2026 Plans Businessman John Morgan Tells Why He Loves Living In Shaftesbury Meet My Pet: Cavapoo Ralph Turns Christmas Tree Toppler In Shaftesbury Walk Of The Week: Five-Mile Fovant Circuit With Badges And War Graves Paul Merefield’s Festive Pub Quiz Answers Karen Cole Reviews Murder At Christmas By G B Rubin /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39477210

The Alfred Daily – 19th December 2025 12/18/2025

The Alfred Daily – 19th December 2025 (Episode 2099) On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Weekend What’s Ons: Shaftesbury Town Council Presses Dorset Police For A Review Of North Dorset Policing Compton Abbas Airfield’s New Manager Ben Perkins Says Winning Back Locals Comes First Shaftesbury Break-In And Stolen Car Chase Ends In 18-Month Sentence For Samuel Cooper East Sussex Visitors Gary And Jay Say Shaftesbury Views Are “Soothing” And Unchanged Shaftesbury’s Tom Clements On Gigs, Christmas Songs, And A Fontmell Magna Christmas Eve Set Shaftesbury Car Park Owner Phil Proctor Says Unfair Penalty Notices Have Been Withdrawn Flooding Update: River Nadder Alert Lifted As Levels Fall Across The Shaftesbury Area Christmas Tree Collections Set For 3rd And 4th January In Shaftesbury, Gillingham, And Villages Events Within 1 Hour’s Drive Of Shaftesbury Anthony Claydon’s Nature Of Knoyle Records East Knoyle Crime, Industry, And Ghost Stories /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39462430

The Alfred Daily – 18th December 2025 12/17/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 17th December 2025 12/16/2025

The Alfred Daily – 17th December 2025 (Episode 2097) On The Alfred Daily Today: /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39427440

The Alfred Daily – 16th December 2025 12/15/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 15th December 2025 12/14/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 14th December 2025 12/14/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 13th December 2025 12/12/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 12th December 2025 12/11/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 11th December 2025 12/10/2025

The Alfred Daily – 11th December 2025 (Episode 2091) On The Alfred Daily Today: /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39358825

The Alfred Daily – 10th December 2025 12/09/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 9th December 2025 12/08/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 8th December 2025 12/07/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 7th December 2025 12/06/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 6th December 2025 12/05/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 5th December 2025 12/04/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 4th December 2025 12/03/2025

The Alfred Daily – 4th December 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: What’s Ons Dinah’s Hollow Closure Prompts Traffic Rethink For Melbury And Local Lanes Winter Rain And Mud Bring Wry Reflections In Shaftesbury Nature Notes Glastonbury Performer Phil Cooper Brings Americana To Shaftesbury’s Black Cactus Cafe View From The Hill: Visitors From Taunton Praise Shaftesbury’s Warm Welcome And Scenic Walks Shaftesbury’s Wessex Group Hiring Project Coordinator At Longmead Dorset Police Plans More Drone Use To Target Rural Crime Near Shaftesbury Garden Of Delights Brings West Country Makers Back To Springhead At Fontmell Magna Christmas Jumper Day At Black Cactus Cafe To Support National Chat Service Shaftesbury Primary Memories – Steve Warren On Classroom Life From The 1960s And 70s /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/39256745

The Alfred Daily – 3rd December 2025 12/02/2025

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