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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.

Keri Jones


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    The Alfred Daily – 9th September 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 55:43


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    The Alfred Daily – 8th September 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 58:56


    On The Alfred Daily Today: The Salt Path Matinee And A Busy Week Of What's Ons In Shaftesbury Town Council Committee Concerned By Proposal To Build On Land Reserved For Bypass Donhead Sports Club Seeks Views On Plans For Two New Tennis Courts Shaftesbury Area Roadworks: Dinah's Hollow Daytime Closures And More This Week Shaftesbury's Harvest Hill Relaunches With Fresh Look And Free Fruit Cocktails Shaftesbury Baroque Festival Returns In January 2026 With Choir And Dance Shaftesbury Residents Share Mixed Reactions To 3pm Emergency Phone Alert Rare Black Poplar Pair Planted At Woodfry's Farm In Melbury What's On Within An Hour Of Shaftesbury This Tuesday Fun First: Round Table's Autumn Line-Up And 60th Birthday In North Dorset Bexhill-on-Sea Visitors Praise Shaftesbury's Charm On Gold Hill East Knoyle Talk Reveals MI6 Spy Who Moved Inside Hitler's Circle From Calligraphy To Canopies: Oxfam's Latest Curios On Bell Street Fresh Stock And Vintage Finds At Dorset Blind Association Shaftesbury Shaftesbury Poet Marigold Rumble Reads ‘The Coffee Morning'

    The Alfred Daily – 7th September 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2025 58:58


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    The Alfred Daily – 6th September 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 59:35


    On The Alfred Daily Today:   Shaftesbury What's Ons: Your Guide To Local Events Roundabout Clean-Up And Flag Takedown To Cost Thousands, Says Dorset Council Donhead St Andrew's Forrester Inn Owners Seek Change Of Use To A Home Dorset Yeomanry Badge Unveiled At Mampitts Cemetery War Memorial Shaftesbury Abbey Profile Raised At American Academic Conference Donhead Film Club Screens The Penguin Lesson On Thursday Monochrome Masterclass Launches Shaftesbury Camera Club's Season Paul Merefield's Quiz High Street Changes: Framer To Trinity, Sorbet Living To Open Next To Wines Shaftesbury Breastfeeding Group Restarts Friday At The Children's Centre Town Hall Hits Out At Bin Misuse Walk Of The Week: A Gentle Three-Mile Loop Around Chetnole With Pub Finish Meet Piccalilli The Labrador Who Stole A Shaftesbury Family's Hearts Love Shaftesbury: Sarah Third On Community, Nightlife And Food In Shaftesbury Karen Cole's Book Review — A Wash of Black by Chris McDonald

    The Alfred Daily – 5th September 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 58:12


    On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury What's Ons BV Dairy's Owner Picks Prostate Cancer UK For This Year's Support Church Weatherproofing Starts After £10,000 Grant And Local Fundraising Gold Hill Through Visitors' Eyes: Family Links And First Impressions Who Removes A Dead Deer On The A30? Dorset Council Responds Fontmell Friends Open Season With Normandy Campaign Talk Hilltop Cinema Expands To Opera, Ballet And Art On The Big Screen Shaftesbury School Invites You To Open Evening On 18th September Tiggy Walker On Caring, Love And Loss —Live With And Withoout Radio 2 Star Johnnie  Saturday Ideas Within An Hour Of Shaftesbury Shaston Seasonal Reflections: Acorns, Dew And Autumn's First Mushrooms Cranborne Chase Astronomy Club Highlights Visual Stargazing In Shaftesbury Benett Arms In Semley Seeks Relief Chef For Busy Kitchen From Win Green To Compton: Dorset Borderland Recalled In 1956

    The Alfred Daily – 4th September 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 60:01


    On The Alfred Daily Today: Friday High Street Closure Cancelled: Road To Stay Open Barton Hill Parking Charges Under Discussion By Town Council Shaftesbury Rockies Beat Exmouth To Progress In FA Cup Wiltshire Council Claims Pothole Reports Down Forty-Four Percent Traffic News: A30, Lox Lane And East Knoyle Roadworks Shaftesbury Chamber Marks Seventy Years With Pub Safari Shaftesbury School Invites You To Open Evening On 18th September Fragments And Finds: Jonathan Foyle At Shaftesbury Abbey Lecture American Visitors Call Shaftesbury “Indescribably Beautiful” Rotary Backs Pass Wide And Slow Horse Riders' Event What's On Within An Hour Of Shaftesbury On Friday Silent Auction And Dog Show At East Knoyle Fete Sunday Ben Francis Brings Seven-Piece Band To Shaftesbury Arts Centre Penny Levinson Shares Story Behind Millennium Green Bench Dorset Council Expands Textile Recycling At Wincombe

    The Alfred Daily – 3rd September 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 59:30


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    The Alfred Daily – 2nd September 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 59:11


    On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury What's Ons Dorset Council Cabinet Member Wants Your Children's Play Ideas And Issues Rockies Head To Devon For Wednesday Night FA Cup Replay New Car Park Signage Gives Visitors Ideas For Shaftesbury Visit View From The Hill – Essex Visitors Praise Mitre's Lunch, Dorset Buttons And Gold Hill From Ghost Walk To History Uncovered: Grave Cleaning Brings Bury Litton Story To Life Gas, Colour And Crystal Palace: The Glorious Era Of British Glass In Ludwell Talk, Thursday TLW Foundation Gives Kids The Joy Of Dance Free Of Cost Pumpkins At Pace: Run Talk Run Plans A Halloween Dash Events Within 1 Hour Of Shaftesbury On Wednesday Goodbye From The Maltings Garden: Jan's Last Broadcast Before Big Move

    The Alfred Daily – 1st September 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 59:50


    On The Alfred Daily Today: What's On This Week Across Shaftesbury And The Villages Deputy Returns As Interim After Town Clerk's Sudden Exit After 56 Days Residents' Angel Lane One-Way Plan To Be Debated By Town Council Paid Citizens' Panel To Shape Dorset's Climate Adaptation SUSAC Backs A303 Brown Sign Bid For Shaftesbury Shaftesbury Town Silver Band Wins Stourpaine Award What's On Within An Hour Of Shaftesbury This Tuesday Somerset Visitors' Shaftesbury Verdict – ‘Small But Full Of History' Lunch Stop Turns Into Love For Shaftesbury Lido Thanks Day – Music, Free Swims And A Mermaid At The Pool Motcombe Memorial Hall Relaunches 201 Club Draw Talks And Telescope Nights Return To The Grosvenor Arms ‘Duff Info' Online – Shaftesbury Businesses Asked How Locals Use AI Strong Arms Wanted – Shaftesbury Singer Hiring Part-Time Roadie And Lighting Op Oxfam Bookshop Highlights Art And Illustration Treasures

    The Alfred Daily – 31st August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025 59:14


    On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury And Villages: Your Weekend And Early-Week What's Ons Late Equaliser Keeps Shaftesbury In The FA Cup, Exmouth Replay Midweek From Wincombe To Waterways: Robbie Cumming On Canals, Music And His Dorset Date Pillboxes And Dragon's Teeth: Dick Hewitson's Dorset Wartime Defence Landscapes On Show Police Hold Shaftesbury Pop-Ups: Market Thursday And Father's House Tuesday Mind, Body And Soul Fair: Organiser Reflects And Sets Autumn Date Roz Duffy On Names, Numbers And ‘Paddles' At Shaftesbury Wellbeing Fair Joni De Winter And Susan Grant On Things We Forget – And Local Gigs Not To Farming, Transport, Energy: Council Plan Outlined With Tisbury Q&A History Teacher's Verdict: Shaftesbury's Heritage And Welcome Win Fans Film Options For Monday 1 September, Within An Hour Acoustic Café Returns Friday 10 October Della Galton Shares ‘Aspects Of Love' And ‘A Coat For All Seasons'

    The Alfred Daily – 30th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 60:08


    On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury What's Ons Start The Show Dorset Police: Charges Follow Shaftesbury Vehicle Theft Report Udder Farm Shop Celebrates Twenty Years Love Shaftesbury - Marie Stubbs Veterans Association Seeks Shaftesbury Volunteers To Befriend Local Veteran Black-Framed Glasses Found On Tout Hill Steps In Shaftesbury Home Start Blackmoor Vale Launches £1,250 Volunteer Training Appeal Shaftesbury Pair's 103-Mile Walk Smashes BADCo Target Low-Flying Hot Air Balloon Wows Shaftesbury This Morning Junction Changes At King Alfred's Way And Wincombe Lane Draw Mixed Views TrafficNews: C13 Dinah's Hollow Survey And Local Lane Closures Ahead Things To Do Within An Hour Of Shaftesbury This Sunday Tiny Dog, Big Personality: Dolly The Chihuahua In Shaftesbury September Walker's Watch: Jays, Clouded Yellows And Dwarf Thistle View From The Hill: Spetisbury Guide Shows Shaftesbury To Jeddah Guest Backyard Visual Stargazing Talk In Shaftesbury Pub Quiz Answers With Paul Merrifield Shaftesbury Book Blogger Karen Cole Recommends “The Trouble Deep”  

    The Alfred Daily – 29th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 59:57


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    The Alfred Daily – 28th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 59:35


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    The Alfred Daily – 27th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 59:54


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    The Alfred Daily – 26th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 59:40


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    The Alfred Daily – 25th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2025 59:14


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    The Alfred Daily – 24th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2025 59:50


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    The Alfred Daily – 23rd August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 59:07


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    The Alfred Daily – 22nd August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 59:54


    On The Alfred Daily Today: KFC's Seven-Day Midnight Opening In Shaftesbury Ruffles Feathers At Town Council St George's And Union Flags Stir Debate As Dorset Council Warns On Vandalism Officers Remove Allegedly Uninsured Car After Shaftesbury Stop C13 At Dinah's Hollow Shut 9–3 Daily From 8–11 September Dorset Issues Barbecue Warning After Heath Fires Burn Area The Size Of 225 Pitches Breezy Ridge Plans Shuttle, Weekly Music Nights And Clearer Opening Pattern New Editor Secures Future Of Spread Eagle Parish Magazine Fermentation Authors Bring Tastings And Tips To Shaftesbury On 5 September Shaftesbury Designer Marks 80th With Private Retrospective At Home Bournemouth Visitors Praise Gold Hill, Abbey And Shaftesbury's Quirky Shops Rolf Gardiner's Cranborne Chase Memories - Win Green, Farms And Forest  

    The Alfred Daily – 21st August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 59:45


    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  

    The Alfred Daily – 20th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 58:18


    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'

    The Alfred Daily – 19th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 59:28


     (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

    The Alfred Daily – 18th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2025 59:56


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    The Alfred Daily – 17th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2025 59:35


    (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”

    The Alfred Daily – 16th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 59:42


    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

    The Alfred Daily – 15th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 59:13


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    The Alfred Daily – 14th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 60:15


    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

    The Alfred Daily – 13th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2025 59:17


     (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

    The Alfred Daily – 12th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2025 57:11


    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

    The Alfred Daily – 11th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2025 59:59


    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'

    The Alfred Daily – 10th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2025 59:52


    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

    The Alfred Daily – 9th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2025 60:00


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    The Alfred Daily – 8th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 59:15


     (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  

    The Alfred Daily – 7th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2025 59:36


    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”

    The Alfred Daily – 6th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 59:37


    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

    The Alfred Daily – 5th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 59:56


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    The Alfred Daily – 4th August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2025 58:57


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    The Alfred Daily – 3rd August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2025 59:39


    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'

    The Alfred Daily – 2nd August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 59:29


    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

    The Alfred Daily – 1st August 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025 59:58


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    The Alfred Daily – 31st July 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025 59:52


    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

    The Alfred Daily – 30th July 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2025 59:25


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    The Alfred Daily – 29th July 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2025 54:44


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    The Alfred Daily – 28th July 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2025 60:16


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    The Alfred Daily – 27th July 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2025 60:02


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    The Alfred Daily – 26th July 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 59:51


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    The Alfred Daily – 25th July 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 59:37


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    The Alfred Daily – 24th July 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 59:45


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    The Alfred Daily – 23rd July 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2025 59:29


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    The Alfred Daily – 22nd July 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 59:35


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    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2025 58:00


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