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 – 26th August 2025 08/25/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 25th August 2025 08/24/2025

The Alfred Daily – 25th August 2025 (Episode 1983) On The Alfred Daily Today: /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37939180

The Alfred Daily – 24th August 2025 08/23/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 23rd August 2025 08/22/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 22nd August 2025 08/21/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 21st August 2025 08/20/2025

The Alfred Daily – 21st August 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Retailer Blames Business And Tourism Leaders For Reduced Trade And Shop Closure - 03:25 Dorset Police Offer Tips To Prevent Theft From Sheds - 04:38 Shaftesbury’s Abbey Primary Plan Christmas Wreath Making Already - 05:33 From Syria To GCSE Success Malak Joins Classmates Celebrating Results - 06:07 Plans Revealed For Chance To Tour Homes Employing Sustainability Measures - 16:51 Cheese Wine And Collectibles Raising Cash For St James Church Clock And Tower - 19:12 Gillingham Walking Festival Features Shaftesbury Area Routes This Month - 26:21 View From The Hill Visitors From Whitchurch In Hampshire - 41:28 Events Within One Hour’s Drive Of Shaftesbury On The 21st Of August - 41:28 Instagram Video Bloggers West Country Ways Give Thumbs Up To Shaftesbury - 42:46 Overnight A350 Works On Christy’s Lane - 48:41 Jeanette Are You Sitting Comfortably Nick And Anna Arkell On The Family’s Commemorative Bench - 49:17 /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37893290

The Alfred Daily – 20th August 2025 08/19/2025

The Alfred Daily – 20th August 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: What's On Second Shaftesbury Armed Police Response In A Week After Alleged Attack And Hammer Threat Unauthorised Motcombe Caravan Site Dwellers Told To Get Off The Land Two Town Criers At Town Council Meeting For Handover And Thanksgiving A SUSAC Committee Chair Gets Telling Off Letter For Overstepping Mark Over Former TIC Classic Cars Return To Barton Hill Sunday In Carnival Charity Fundraiser Bag Left On Car Roof Taken Into Chutney’s For Safekeeping Shaston Club Jumble Sale For Special Educational Needs In September A View From The Hill Stoke-On-Trent Couple Visit Shaftesbury Town Council Should Mirror Arundel For A Brilliant Sunday Market Says Local Act To Avoid Shed Break-Ins After Increase Of Thefts In North Dorset Events Within One Hour Of Shaftesbury On The 21st Of August Matt Boatwright’s Property Matters Capital Gains Tax On Primary Properties - Who’s Responsible For Hornet’s Nest? Alfred Area Road Closures And Traffic Clive Carter Calls Time On Blackford Gifts Motcombe Villager Shares Fact Sheet To Inform Villagers’ Solar Farm Responses Poetry: Local Writer Anthony Mitchell With 'I Will Wake To Change' /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37879705

The Alfred Daily – 19th August 2025 08/18/2025

The Alfred Daily – 19th August 2025 (Episode 1977) On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury What's Ons Threats To Blackmore Vale And Loss Of Maltings Spine Road Concern Town Planning Chair Witnesses Sought After Serious Semley Cycle Collision Chess Club Meets Again In Shaftesbury Melbury Abbas And Cann Council Will Likely Object To Guys Marsh Gypsy And Traveller Site Plan Hopes That Shaftesbury Library Will Extend Opening With Card Entry System Abbey View Medical Centre Closed Friday 34 Years Of Memories, Jim Highnam Bows Out Of BV Dairy Shaftesbury Campsites Explain How They Boost The Town’s Economy Grab Your Plums, They’re Free At Shaftesbury Wines View From The Hill: Susan From Salisbury Loves Visiting The Abbey Things To Do Within One Hour Of Shaftesbury On 20th August The Push To Get Brown Signs On Highways To Promote Shaftesbury’s Attractions Police Plan A Pop-Up At Lidl On September 11th Maltings Garden Guru Jan Walls On Roses, Pampas Grass And Summer Smells /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37869295

The Alfred Daily – 18th August 2025 08/17/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 17th August 2025 08/16/2025

The Alfred Daily – 17th August 2025 (Episode 1975) On The Alfred Daily Today: Motcombe’s Fears 100 Or More New Homes In Monday’s Local Plan – CPRE Say Dorset Council Should Challenge Quota Councillors Insulted As Dorset Council Won’t Share Sensitive Housing Target Presentation With Them Campaign – Donhead St Andrew Council Discuss Options For Reopening The Forester Gillingham Handmade Want Stallholders For Shaftesbury Event In October French Mill Lane Swallow Update With Kathy Morgan View From The Hill – Holidaymakers Staying At Holyrood Campsite From Poole Rate Shaftesbury Events Within One Hour’s Drive Of Shaftesbury On The 18th Of August Arts Centre Gallery Exhibitor Explains His Childlike Artwork Who Left Their Foreign Currency Behind In The Shaftesbury Post Office? Dorchester Undertaker To Open On Shaftesbury High Street Sunday Best With Joni And Susan – Packing Sunday Short Story – Ray Lee Reads “The Brother” /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37848375

The Alfred Daily – 16th August 2025 08/15/2025

The Alfred Daily – 16th August 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: New Town Crier Will Use Role To Promote Shaftesbury In Competitions Paul Merefield’s Pub Quiz Shaftesbury’s New British Legion Chaplain Brings VJ Day Message Bang Up To Date Shaftesbury Arts Centre Tap Instructor Picked For Team GB Dance Group Love Shaftesbury – Gold Hill Museum Volunteer And Former Town Council Finance Officer Linda Wilton Walk Of The Week – Abandoned Or Ghost Roads Around Shaftesbury With Dave Greenman Meet My Pet – Kate And Her Chihuahua Jack Russell Cross, Tiny Tim View From The Hill – Nora From Rickmansworth, Visiting On Her 90th Karen Cole Reviews The Fire In Their Eyes By Stephanie Bretherton /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37840525

The Alfred Daily – 15th August 2025 08/14/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 14th August 2025 08/13/2025

The Alfred Daily – 14th August 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury WHAT’S ONS Helicopter, Dogs And Armed Police Mobilised After Alleged Shaftesbury Knife Incident Shaftesbury School ‘A’ Level Results ‘Better Than Last Year’ Says Head Live Streaming Opera At Arts Centre Launches With Tosca Shaston Seasonal Reflections – Kathy Morgan’s French Lane Swallows Fontmell Classical Concert In August Shaftesbury Lido Day To Celebrate Fundraising Success – Free Swims For Kids View From The Hill – Visitors From Toulouse Events Within One Hour Of Shaftesbury – 14th August Madjeston’s ‘Pocket Rocket’ Boxing Champ Makes Commonwealth Games ‘Long List’ Benches Of Shaftesbury – David Allum On His Dad’s Bench /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37804480

The Alfred Daily – 13th August 2025 08/12/2025

The Alfred Daily – 13th August 2025 (Episode 1971) On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury WHAT’S ONS Motcombe Council To Consider Solar Farm Stance – Tree Preservation Order Placed On Adjacent Woods Jobs: Barista Wanted At Black Cactus Cafe Mini Revellers Carnival Club Still Recruiting 8-13 Year Olds From Shaftesbury Scaffolding To Filming Celebrities – Dan Pitman’s Career Change Success Local Man Offers Dumpy Bags Full Of Bottle Tops £200 Raised For Town Band With Two Brewers Quiz New Abbey Attraction Highlights Nuns’ Culinary, Spiritual And Wellbeing Gardens View From The Hill – Wetherby Visitors Enjoy Shaftesbury Walk St Andrew’s Primary Seek Forest School Volunteers Property Matters With Matt Boatwright /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37780305

The Alfred Daily – 12th August 2025 08/11/2025

The Alfred Daily – 12th August 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: WHAT’S ONS For The Week Ahead Motcombe Meadows “Going Downhill” As Dog Poo Affects Cutting And Biodiversity September’s Performance Poetry Event At King Alfred’s Announced Kathy Morgan On Tuesday Morning’s Electrical Storm Could You Be The New Editor Of Melbury’s Spread Eagle Magazine? View From The Hill – Surrey Visitors Love King Alfred’s Kitchen Northern Soul Disco For Mustons Featuring DJ Who Attended Iconic 60s Events No Clothing Exchange At Bell Street Church This Wednesday Power Returns After Shaftesbury Area Lightning Strikes Heat Warning For Dorset And Wiltshire Sing Wedding Favourites At East Stour On Sunday Former Shaftesbury School Student Wants Your Thoughts On The Town’s Housing And Infrastructure VJ Day Bell Ringing In Shaftesbury – John Parker Previews Shaftesbury’s Deli Owner Features In Regional Magazine Flamenco Fusion Returned To Shaftesbury Dinah’s Hollow Open All Week As Bat Survey Completes Early Nine-Year-Old Entrepreneur To Serve Homemade Lemonade In Shaftesbury Wednesday A303 Overnight Closures For The Next Few Weeks Restrictions Continue And Heath Fire Hits East Dorset Garden Guru Jan Walls From The Maltings Poetry From East Knoyle Writer Elaine Cadogan – Memories Of Her Son’s Gerbil /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37765755

The Alfred Daily – 11th August 2025 08/10/2025

The Alfred Daily – 11th August 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury WHAT’S ONS For The Week Ahead Monthly Sunday Market Organiser Cancels Future Events Alleging Abusive Behaviour Decorative Garden Stones Stolen From Enmore Green Big Hatch House Pre-Loved Clothes Sale For Hospice Charity Roadworks And Closures This Week Including Dinah’s Hollow Shut Monday To Thursday Daytimes Derek Beer Addresses New Rail Timetable Confusion Motcombe Movies Announce Autumn Programme Town Council Receive Speed Reduction Petition From Bimport Residents Town Council Objects To New Motcombe Solar Farm Plan Events Within One Hour’s Drive Of Shaftesbury On Tuesday 12th August View From The Hill - Andrew From Kensington Concerned About Shaftesbury Empty Shops Trinity Centre Supports Fitness Sessions For Elderly Go Line Dancing With Shaftesbury Twinning Association What’s New At Shaftesbury’s Charity Shops - Oxfam And The Dorset Blind Association Donhead Poet Julia Desch Reads ‘August’ /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37751380

The Alfred Daily – 10th August 2025 08/09/2025

The Alfred Daily – 10th August 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Deputy Mayor Says Police Must Be Told About Discarded Drug Kit In Play Parks Nature Notes With Kathy Morgan – A Slow Worm Surprise Hollywood A-Listers Filming Around Shaftesbury Traffic Lights Controlled One Way Could Ease Melbury’s Traffic Woes Volunteers Hope Paint Job Will Help Enmore Green Hall Appeal To Hirers Sunday Best With Joni And Susan – Photographs, Formal Photographs View From The Hill – Herefordshire Couple Love Our Countryside Sunday Short Story – Travelling Gnome Written And Read By Sarah English /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37744820

The Alfred Daily – 9th August 2025 08/08/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 8th August 2025 08/07/2025

The Alfred Daily – 8th August 2025 (Episode 1966) On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury WHAT’S ONS For The Weekend Parish Council Urge Action After 119-Mile Vehicle Clocked On A30 Through Donhead – HGV Ban Proposed For Dennis Lane Barclays Closing Shaftesbury Drop-In As More Customers Bank Online Golf Facility Proposed For Shaftesbury’s Wincombe Business Park Dorset Council Hire Dog Warden Despite Only One Fine In Five Years Kit And Kaboodle On Hold So Anita Horek Can Beat Cancer Dorset Council Parking Review – Overnight Charges Ruled Out For Shaftesbury Dorset Council £4.5K Quote For Erecting Four ‘Welcome’ Signs By Motcombe Kids Raises Questions Former Picture Frame Staff Bounce Back With New West Melbury Business Help Plant Yellow Flowers So Fontmell Can Celebrate Kids’ Mental Wellness Horsham Visitor Praises Shaftesbury’s Scenic Views Events Within One Hour Of Shaftesbury On Saturday 9th August Adrian Ryder’s Bookshelf: From Domesday To Button Making In Peter Speed’s Book /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37723655

The Alfred Daily – 7th August 2025 08/06/2025

The Alfred Daily – 7th August 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Armed Police Seen As Wanted Man Arrested In Shaftesbury Man Arrested Following Shaftesbury Hit And Run At Allen Road Dorset Council Will Use Loo And Library Sensors – They Won’t Peek At Anything Private Dorset’s Police Commissioner Warns E-Scooters Will Be Seized And Recycled If Ridden In Public Spaces Resident Questions Significant Holes In Dorset Council’s Governance In Front Of Councillors Coombe House Supply Veg To Open Fridge At Father’s House Soon You Could Get Married At Motcombe’s Memorial Hall – 100K Improvement Plans Will Enhance Setting Save The Children’s East Knoyle Dog Show Raises 5K – Plans For Silver Jubilee Next Year Town Council Back A Barrier To Block Access To Park Walk No Word On When New Estate Road Will Relieve Traffic Along Cole Street Lane Volunteers Needed For Abbey View Medical Centre Garden View From The Hill – Panamanians Enjoy Picturesque Shaftesbury Events Within One Hour’s Drive Of Shaftesbury On Friday The 8th Of August Miniature Figures And First-Time Traders Amongst Highlights At Shaftesbury Sunday Market Roadworks And Road Closures In And Around Shaftesbury This Weekend Shaftesbury’s Benches – Syd Guppy In Memory Of Harold Eaton’s Stoney Path Seat Advice From East Stour Travel Consultant Goes National In The Papers East Knoyle Poet Elaine Cadogan Reads “The Carpet Bagger” /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37706005

The Alfred Daily – 6th August 2025 08/05/2025

The Alfred Daily – 6th August 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Have Your Say On Busgate, With Public Inquiry – But Some Concerns Can’t Be Considered Bennet Arms Launch Ma Zhong Game Lessons Witnesses Sought After Fail-To-Stop Collision Involving Three Vehicles On Allen Road Wiltshire Residents Invited To Have Their Say On Council’s Future Plan 2,000 Turned Out Last Year – Hopes For Bigger Bank Holiday Crowds At Donhead Fête Dorset Council’s Litter Free Team Urge You Not To Use Disposable Barbecues World Premiere Of Local Playwright’s Work On Monday At The Arts Centre Shaftesbury’s Seasonal Reflections With Cathy Morgan View From The Hill – Visitors From Exeter And Their Awful Kids (As They Put It) Events Within One Hour’s Drive Of Shaftesbury On The 7th Of August How Shaftesbury Raised The Equivalent Of Millions For The Town’s Twin Warship Your Property Questions Answered By Matt Boatwright /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37688225

The Alfred Daily – 5th August 2025 08/04/2025

The Alfred Daily – 5th August 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Blackmore Down Residents Hope Dorset Council Will Force Redrow To Resolve Concerns Free Ice Cream On Friday As Maple Road Play Park Finally Opens You Can Now Comment On Plans For 27 Hectare Solar Farm Near Motcombe Melbury’s Produce Show On Saturday Where You Could Buy The Winning Entries Summer Bar Work Available At Shaftesbury Pub View From The Hill – A Return Trip For A Bristol Couple Bands And Beer As Fontmell Celebrates Its Second Music Festival Shaftesbury Area Roadworks Update North Dorset Cycle Ride Will Be All On Road Next Year Lido Seeks Performers For End Of Season Show Phil Elsmore Appointed Shaftesbury’s Town Crier Garden Guru Jan Walls On Wonderful Colourful Roses Dorset Police Launch Heritage Watch To Protect Historic Sites /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37668995

The Alfred Daily – 4th August 2025 08/03/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 3rd August 2025 08/02/2025

The Alfred Daily – 3rd August 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury What’s Ons Vintage Vehicles And Open Views With Shaftesbury’s Newest Car Park In 50 Years Arrest After Alleged Drug Throwover Into Guy’s Marsh Prison Plymouth Paper Promotes Visits To Shaftesbury Swallows On French Mill Lane With Kathy Morgan And Her Nature Notes View From The Hill - Visitor From Cardiff Pleased To Make First Visit Here A Record Year For Shaftesbury’s Saturday Free Fitness Session Events Within One Hour’s Drive Of Shaftesbury On The 3rd Of August Sunday Best With Joni And Susan: School Summer Holidays Flowers, Fruit And Photos At Motcombe’s Garden Club Show Share Holiday Memories At Shaftesbury Reminiscence Afternoon Sunday Story From Local Writer Liz Foster – ‘The Joys Of Youth’ /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37647485

The Alfred Daily – 2nd August 2025 08/01/2025

The Alfred Daily – 2nd August 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury What’s Ons This Weekend Shaftesbury Councillor Loathes And Detests Temporary Rail Timetable Changes Roadworks This Weekend In The Shaftesbury Area Paul Merefield’s Pub Quiz Almost 13 Million Views For Virtual Shaftesbury Xbox Game Made By Town Teenager View From The Hill – Aileen From Glasgow Loves Shaftesbury On Her First Visit Love Shaftesbury – Nigel Heritage On Becoming A Town Councillor, The Lido, Salt Cellar Café And Naked Rambling Events Within One Hour’s Drive Of Shaftesbury On The 3rd Of August Meet My Pet Elvis – Owned By Steph, The Work Dog At W-E Heat South On Wincombe Lane Sights And Sounds To Spot, Walking Around Shaftesbury In August Farm Milking Vacancy Karen Cole’s Book Review – A Death In The Afternoon By Julie Anderson /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37642080

The Alfred Daily – 1st August 2025 07/31/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 31st July 2025 07/30/2025

The Alfred Daily – 31st July 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Pick Your Favourite As Town Crier Finalists Perform In Shaftesbury Shaftesbury Firefighters Called To Tisbury Overnight Fire Attempted Break-In On Greenacre Way And A Burglary In Motcombe Three Peaks Challenge Times Three To Honour Shaftesbury Man And BadCo Support Motcombe Hall With Their £2 201 Club Draw Eat Shaftesbury Food Festival – Sunday – Bigger Seating On Park Walk View From The Hill – Visitors From Warsash Near Southampton Former Councillor Karen Tippins Asks Dorset Council To Reconsider Mampitts Hub Funding Award Shaftesbury Grammar School Memories – Jeanette Hardiman Talks With Steve Warren /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37613365

The Alfred Daily – 30th July 2025 07/29/2025

The Alfred Daily – 30th July 2025 On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury What's Ons Labour Wants Tory Apology After Dorset Council Governance Failure – Tories Respond Great Catch – Shaftesbury's Kitchen Table Bookshop Books Rick Stein For Xmas Shaftesbury Dentist Family End 57-Year Connection With Town Monthly Open Mic Night Launches At Two Brewers Lost Keys Left For Collection By School Zebra Crossing Local Man Gets Shaftesbury Plug On Regional TV News Anti-Fraud Tips From Art Centre Volunteer As Scammers Hit Her Account Country Lifestyle Mag Writer Plans Makeover For Shaftesbury’s Fruit And Veg Shop View From The Hill: Kansas Resident Loves Shaftesbury Food Shaftesbury Area Road Closes This Week Model Train Show Coming To Shaftesbury With Layout Solutions Where There’s Little Space Events Within One Hour’s Drive Of Shaftesbury On The 31st Of July Bouncy Castle Kingdom Will Be Back On Barton Hill Property Matters With Matt Of Boatwright’s Estate Agent /episode/index/show/thealfreddaily/id/37600205

The Alfred Daily – 29th July 2025 07/28/2025

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The Alfred Daily – 28th July 2025 07/27/2025

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