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.
(Episode 1939) On The Alfred Daily Today:
(Episode 1937) On The Alfred Daily Today:
On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Events Wiltshire Councillor Questions Plan To Charge His Residents To Use Shaftesbury Tip As Petition Reaches 1,300 Verified Signatures How Hot Will Shaftesbury Be This Weekend? Alfred's Weatherman Has Answers Traders Concerned About Temperatures At Sunday's High Street Market Free Parking For The Fringe Thanks To Shaftesbury Businessman's Kindness Up To Half A Million Pound Shortfall For New Maltings Hub – New Interior Layout And Medical Facility Unveiled Why Church Bells Will Ring For Three Hours In Motcombe On Saturday View From The Hill – Visitors From Cheshire Impressed With Our Town Donate Your Ducks To Coombe House Farm Matt Boatwright's Property Matters – A Shouty Neighbour, Worrying Mail For Tenants, And A Massive Garden Shed: How Big Can Your Outdoor Office Be?
On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury WHAT'S ONS – go to 00:01 1M views as Shaftesbury teacher shares ‘traumatic' loss of 25-year role in restructure – go to 03:53 Sunday Times best-selling Food Hacker will make many suggestions at the Mitre for Fringe – go to 19:54 Feel Good Sunday wraps up the extended Semley Music Festival – go to 31:29 Dorset Council automation plan will consider contact from customers who can't use tech – go to 38:34 View from the Hill – visitors from Bedfordshire – go to 41:46 Events within one hour's drive of Shaftesbury on Tuesday the 8th of July – go to 44:35 Spot the snails around Shaftesbury for Fringe – go to 45:38 Salt Cellar reduce hours for work-life balance – go to 45:59 Uninsured Shaftesbury driver has vehicle seized after late night police action – go to 46:26 What's new at Shaftesbury's Oxfam Bookshop and Dorset Blind Association – go to 48:49
On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury WHAT'S ONS Angel Court Residents Urge Scottish Power Action After Six Weeks Of Live Wires Boobs Fundraiser At The Shaftesbury Club Encourages You To Wear Pink And Party Hopes That A Campsite Will Encourage Three-Day Stays At Semley's Extended Music Festival What Is Causing The Shaston Stink? Locals Have Ideas About The Town Centre Smell Eat Shaftesbury Food Festival To Return In August On Park Walk View From The Hill – Dorset Roads Impress Former Highways Man On Holiday From Shropshire Tips Following A Trip To Our Twin Town – Michael Hawkins On Why You Might Love Lindlar Bell Ringers On Tour Find St Peter's Bells Appealing Brass Band Will Play Fontmell For Church Repair Appeal Real Life Stories And Interesting Instruments – When St Fian Play Sorelle, Friday Events Within One Hour's Drive Of Shaftesbury On 3rd July Fundraising And Events As Locals Rekindle Enmore Green's Village Spirit Shaftesbury's Benches – Jeanette Hardiman And Cath Toogood On A Jubilee Path Seat
On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Events Shaftesbury PC Responds To Drug Dealing Concerns And Urges Public To Report Activity Complaints About Castle Hill Antisocial Behaviour Eco-Accreditation For Motcombe St Mary's Church Business Forum For Women At The Old Brewers On The 24th Of July Fontmell School PTFA Vice-Chair Cycles In Fancy Dress To Raise Funds Celebrate 25 Years Of The Rolt Millennium Green On Sunday Last Call For First Aiders For Semley Music Festival View From The Hill – Shaftesbury Visitors Excited By Our Fringe Events Within One Hour Of Shaftesbury On Thursday The 3rd Of July Britain's Oldest Flower Club Celebrates 75 Years In Shaftesbury White Horse Morris Entertain In Semley Property Matters With Matt Boatwright Of Boatwrights Estate Agents
On The Alfred Daily Today: Dorset Council Axes Booking Plans For Most Tips, But Appointments At Shaftesbury Shaftesbury Man Launches Petition Against Tip Booking System Dinah's Hollow Land Sale Agreed Hours Before Compulsory Purchase Hearing Trading Standards Raid Tobacco And Vape Retailers Celebrating Shaftesbury Swifts With Walks And Talks Renowned Shaftesbury Bread Maker Paul Merry Publishes Definitive Guides To Baking Huge Exhibition Of Ceramics And Sculptures In Shaftesbury Area This Weekend View From The Hill – Couple Compare St Albans History With Our Town Events Within One Hour's Drive Of Shaftesbury On 2nd July Garden Guru Jan Walls – Cherries And Watering
(Episode 1925) On The Alfred Daily Today:
On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Events Guide Town Council Environmental Committee Wants The Old TIC Semley Firms Demand Action As Roadworks Drag On Past Deadline And Hit Trade View From The Hill – Former High School For Girls Pupil Returns For 60th Anniversary Three Photographers Reveal How Patience Brings Perfection In Shaftesbury Exhibition Events Within 1 Hour Of Shaftesbury – 27th January Dorset Launches Drive For Climate Ambassadors In Schools Shaston Seasonal Reflections – Kathy Morgan On Summer Smells On French Mill Lane Benches Of Shaftesbury – Great Lane – John Parker Talks With Jeanette Hardiman Rolls Royce Expert Shares The Story Of The Brand Mascot At Shaftesbury U3A Event Barkers Hill Poet Julia Desch Reads ‘Hunter's Harvest'
(Episode 1922) On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Events Guide. Bands, Bollywood, Pop, Pizza, and an Icy Water Plunge – Marvel at Motcombe's Festival Plans. Prepare Your Fancy Dress and Win Prizes at Shaftesbury Fringe. Openreach Don't Know When Internet and Phones Will Be Restored Around Wincombe Lane. Shaftesbury's Kings Arms Makes Final Four but Dorset's Best Pub Is Down in Gill. Residents Bemused by Tiny No Parking Signs Outside Shaftesbury Town Hall. Ask the Bishop Anything in Fontmell Fundraiser This Friday. Tories' Local Plan Gap Leaves Dorset Exposed to Developers – CPRE Urge Lib Dems to Fight Housing Quota. Shaftesbury Chamber's First Third-Thursday Social a Success. Chesterfield Visitors Loving Motcombe and Their North Dorset Break. Things to Do Within One Hour's Drive of Shaftesbury on Thursday 26th June. Roadworks for the Week Ahead. Matt Boatwright's Property Matters – Uneven Floors and Does Planning Permission Boost Your Sale Price?
On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Whats Ons Shaftesbury School Strike Union Wants Restructure Axed After Chancellors Funding Boost Trust Explains Why Plan Must Stay Learn About Shaftesbury Refugee Groups Year AGM on Saturday Sponsors Needed for Abbey Primary School Benches Fontmell and Melbury Councillor Says Dorchester Hospital Response to Yeovil Maternity Closure Is Impressive Volunteer Offers Italian Lessons to Raise Funds for Shaftesbury Abbey Want Better Mobile Signal Dorset Council Helps You Pick the Right Provider for Your Home Ethiopia Ukraine to Italy International Circus Talent Entertains in Motcombe View From the Hill Belper Visitors Say Shaftesbury Is Fantastic Dangerous Wincombe Lane Junction to Be Made Safer with Summer Roadworks Events Within One Hour of Shaftesbury on 25th June Jan Walls Gardening Watching Wrens and Seed Packet Excitement
On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury WHATS ONS Tanker Collision On Wincombe Lane Knocks Out Phones And Broadband To Dozens Of Properties Fundraising Appeal From Donhead Man Climbing UKs Three Peaks In 24 Hours Boost For North Dorset's Economy As Wessex Internet Secures Millions In Investments Popup Cafes Return At Fontmell's Friendship Garden Eligible Shaftesbury Patients Will Have To Wait For The Flab Jab On NHS Bands And Bottles Of Wine For Shaftesbury Twin Town Delegation Visiting Lindlar August Holiday Arts Workshops At Higher Green Farm NEU Will Strike At Shaftesbury School Again Tomorrow And Wednesday Interactive Treasure Island Fun For Kids At Shaftesbury Fringe View From The Hill - Couple From Hong Kong Events Within 1 Hours Drive Of Shaftesbury On 24th Of June Extra Swimming Sessions Added Friday At Shaftesbury's OpenAir Lido Pool East Knoyle's Cools Farm Starts Selling Raw Milk Shaftesbury Fringe Programme Art By AI But Delivering The Guide Takes Hard Human Graft Whats New At Shaftesbury's Oxfam Bookshop And Dorset Blind Association
On The Alfred Daily Today: Whats Ons For The Weekend And The Week Ahead Food Fun And Folk Music At Ashmore's Filly Loo Car Link Out Of Action This Week Paul Merefield's Pub Quiz Inflatables Raised £3500 For Abbey Primary Fundraisers Love Shaftesbury Freeman Bill Sheriff On Why He Loves Our Hilltop Town View From The Hill Malmesbury Visitors Feel Shaftesbury Is Similar To Home Events Within One Hour's Drive Of Shaftesbury On 22nd June Walk Of The Week From The Half Moon Around Frenchmill Lane With Andrew Ebbens Shaftesbury Twinning Association Report Live From Lindlar Meet My Pet Andrew Ginger And His Jack Russell Leo Karen Coles Book Review That Which May Destroy You By Abta Khan
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On The Alfred Daily Today: Company Planning 64-Acre Motcombe Solar Farm Amends Proposal To Address Villager Concerns Dorset Council Leader Will Consider Cheap Community Group Rental Of Former Bell Street TIC Homeless Accommodation Plan Dropped – Barton Hill Boarding House Will Now Become Housing View From The Hill – Laura And Nathan Kurton's Bedchester Guests From North Carolina Rave About Shaftesbury Mixed Response To Spending Review From Dorset Chamber Chief Executive Seeing Red – The Motcombe Councillor Spraying Dog Paint On Dog Poo On The Meadows Kit And Kaboodle Haberdashery Sale Coming To Trinity Centre Get Over Your Lizard, Snake Or Spider Phobia At Mustons In July Free Motcombe Music Festival Admission For Volunteer Stewards Road Closures And Traffic Works Into The Weekend Around Shaftesbury Matt Boatwright From Boatwrights Estate Agents – Property Matters: Comparing Prices With Similar Properties And The Joy Of Gardening
On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Events Guide Threat Of Wiltshire Council Rates Bill Is Restricting Community Use Of Coombe House No Funding For Motcombe Flood Defences But Environment Agency Remains Supportive, Council Told View From The Hill – Philippa From North Yorkshire And Her North London Son Love Shaftesbury, Which Looks Like Provence Chef And Food Writer Letitia Clark To Visit North Dorset To Share Her Love Of Lemons Dorset Council Will Use Controversial Weed Killer Glyphosate But Say It'll Be Sparingly Shaftesbury Chamber Of Commerce Plan Business Socials In Town Centre Pubs Sale Of Second-Hand Baby, Toddler And Kids' Clothes And Toys Coming To Shaftesbury Maltings Garden – Garden Guru Jan Walls On The Colours And Smells Of Stour Row Gardens
On The Alfred Daily Today: Events For The Week Ahead More Disabled Parking And Loading Bays Could Reduce Shaftesbury High Street Congestion Road Closures This Week, Including Overnights On The A30 Eat, Drink And Be Merry At Shaftesbury Mayor Making, Thursday Cools Farm Open Day – Boosting Biodiversity And Saving A Rare Breed Kitchen Table Bookshop Featured In Waitrose Weekend Magazine Code Access Barrier Could Be Key To Preventing Park Walk Parking Friends From Southampton And The Isle Of Wight Love Shaftesbury's ‘Cool Market' Morris, Reading Charity And Village Florist Add Colour To East Stour Fête Resident Upset At Breach Wood Tree Bark Stripping Events Within One Hour Of Shaftesbury On Tuesday 10th June Oxfam Bookshop's Latest Bargains
(Episode 1905) On The Alfred Daily Today:
(Episode 1904) On The Alfred Daily Today: Alfred Events Shaftesbury Groups Can Apply For Council Grants – Pot Could Be Reduced To Fund Free Pool Swimming Shaftesbury Lido Swimmers Say Quiz Night Was Clearly Popular Lido Swimmers Approve Water Filtration Improvements Wanted – Recruits To The Mini Revellers, The Kids' Club Crafting Carnival Carts Love Shaftesbury – Alice Perry Of Shaftesbury Wines Shares Why She Loves Our Hilltop Town View From The Hill – Six Former Cotswold Nannies Reunite In Shaftesbury Events Within One Hour's Drive Of Shaftesbury – Sunday 8th June Meet My Pet – Michelle And Her Black Sprocker, Bella Walk Of The Week – Wareham To Shaftesbury On The 32-Mile St Edward's Way Karen Cole Recommends “When I Was Ten” By Fiona Cummings
On The Alfred Daily Today: What's On This Weekend Around Shaftesbury 00:01 Shaftesbury Teachers Back Strike Over SAST Changes 03:28 Shaftesbury Lido Ready For Summer With New Look And 2025 Plans 09:42 Cologne Visitors Praise Shaftesbury Charm And Hill Views 19:37 Morris Dancing And Music At East Stour Fête This Sunday 26:12 Artist's Shaftesbury Exhibition Explores Emotion Through Colour And Sound 31:50 Kathy Morgan's Take: Potholes, Rain And Rural Realities 41:30 Singer Returns To Shaftesbury For Black Cactus Gig This Friday 42:54 Things To Do Near Shaftesbury This Friday, 6th June 49:26 Jackie And Jeanette's Final Memories From Compton And Fontmell 50:48
(Episode 1901) On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Event Guide Town Council Told Jhoots TIC Buying Deadline Expires Today – Hopes Building Could Be Offered To Community Award For Shaftesbury's Sunday Market – Organisers Say Times Are Tough For Traders Fire Engine Called To Bleke Street – Thankfully A False Alarm Shaftesbury's Seasonal Reflections – Kathy Morgan On Dogs On Hot Pavements East Knoyle Couple Open Their Farm For Walks And Wildlife Viewing This Sunday Seven Friends To Run Three Marathons From Ashmore To Lyme For MND Visitors' Views – Couple From Northumberland Love Our Peace And Quiet Events Within One Hour Of Shaftesbury – Wednesday 5th June Town Council Remembers Former Councillor Mike Hicks, Who Has Died Aged 77 Matt Boatwright's Property Matters – Smelly Food, Electric Chargers Across Driveways, And Light Pollution Kanekt – Reconnect With Shaftesbury At Semley Concert With Sitar, Karen Wimhurst And A Two-Tone Icon
On The Alfred Daily Today: Alfred What's Ons And Events Serious Issue Uncovered By Dorset Council Auditors – Councillors Told They Must Not Discuss It Shaftesbury MP Says Daycare Services Must Remain At Shaftesbury's Trinity Centre State-Of-The-Art Sound For Shaftesbury's Hilltop Cinema – With Foyer Refresh Imminent Runners Turn Out For Fitness, Fun And Friendship With Doddler's Shaftesbury Couch To 5K Events Within One Hour Of Shaftesbury – 4th June View From The Hill – Friends Visit From Hong Kong Wanted – Wiltshire Residents Prepared To Host Air Quality Monitors For A Year Tramie Heeler Takes On Shaftesbury's Spiritual And Alternative Fair, Relaunching 14th June Shaftesbury Garden Guru Jan Walls Rediscovers Radishes In Her Maltings Garden
(Episode 1899) On The Alfred Daily Today: What's Ons For The Week Ahead Town Council To Discuss Changes To High Street Loading And Waiting On Tuesday Council To Interview Town Clerk Applicants Tuesday – Won't Appoint If None Pass Muster Third British Title For Madjeston Teen Boxer Ruby – Why Serial Wins Are Stressful Auditor Flags Up Procedural Failure At Dorset Council – Leader Fears It Has Significantly Increased Costs Save The Children Enjoys Fundraiser With Dogs At East Knoyle Shaftesbury Carnival To Appoint Two Junior Princesses Due To High Interest Two Shaftesbury Quizzes On Saturday 14th June Job Vacancy At Ye Olde Two Brewers View From The Hill – Family From Frome And Adelaide Visit Shaftesbury The Semley Artist – Painting Interesting Views On Walls, Ceilings And Furniture Events Tomorrow, Tuesday 3rd June, Within One Hour Of Shaftesbury What's New At Shaftesbury's Oxfam Bookshop And The Dorset Blind Association
On The Alfred Daily Today: Alfred Events For The Week Ahead Motcombe Council Urges Careful Review Of Retrospective Childminding Application Amid Mixed Views Dorset Planners Turn Down Hotel Application For East Orchard New Barn Can Be Built In Twyford Dorset Councillor Promises £1 Hop-On, Hop-Off Bus Fares For Shaftesbury Circuit Where In Shaftesbury With Dave Toulson Appeal For Nicked Gnomes Tree Expert Highlights North Dorset's Special Specimens In New Book Happy Dorset Day As Flag Is Flown Above Town Hall Roadworks This Week Including A30 Closure East Of Shaftesbury View From The Hill – Visitors From Victoria, Australia From Ad Exec To Asanas – Why She Swapped A Fortune For Fulfilment Sunday Best With Joni And Susan – Irrational Fears Shaftesbury Short Story – Anthony Mitchell Reads “Say Cheese”
On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Area Events Planners Approve Melbury Vale Winery Conversion Into Homes Green Light For Substation On New Persimmon Development Planners Allow La Fleur De Lys To Split Into Two Homes Pick From 90 Volunteering Opportunities At Shaftesbury Arts Centre Next Saturday Paul Merefield's Pub Quiz 75,000 Dorset Residents Have Had Covid Jabs – Shaftesbury Clinic Date Announced Pay Boost For Senior Dorset Council Officer Who'll Head Up Neighbouring BCP Council Promotion For Shaftesbury Ladies FC In A League That Won't Mean Driving Too Far To Play Shaftesbury Businessman Plans World Domination With Meat-Free Pie Brand Wildlife Walkers Can Watch For In June With Tom Perrett View From The Hill – Bournemouth Visitors Walked From Gillingham Love Shaftesbury – Artist Pauline Dawkins-White Meet My Pet – Motcombe Schoolteacher Emily And Chihuahua Harrison Shaftesbury Book Blogger Karen Cole Reviews ‘Deity'
On The Alfred Daily Today: Alfred Events Pensioner's Savings Taken During Hospital Stay – Family Say Police Let Them Down Police Defend North Dorset Coverage And Reveal Plan To Improve Ease Of CCTV Submission Semley Music Festival Grows To Three Days – Sunday Focus: Pampering And The Planet Neurodiverse Donhead Teenager To Cycle John O'Groats To Land's End View From The Hill – Wolverhampton Couple Visit Gold Hill Could You Be Shaftesbury's Next Town Crier? Recruitment Starts Soon Events Within One Hour Of Shaftesbury – 31st May Adrian Ryder Reviews Geoffrey Tapper's Book On Shaftesbury's Postal History
On The Alfred Daily Today: A Shaftesbury Woman Has Been Found Guilty Of Fraud After Emptying An 85-Year-Old Man's Bank Account While He Was In Hospital. Dorset NHS Advises Residents To Go Elsewhere Due To Issues With Jhoots Pharmacy. Bratwurst, Beer And Bavaria Return As Oktoberfest Comes To Barton Hill. Dorset Council Has Voted To Put Children First In Decision-Making By Adopting A UN Convention. A Group Of Young Farmers Are Organising A Father's Day Motcombe Tractor Rally. In Today's View From The Hill, We Meet A Visitor From Georgeham, North Devon. Doggy's Delight Is Back – East Knoyle's Quirky Canine Contests Return With This Sunday's Fair. Find Out What's On Within An Hour Of Shaftesbury On Friday. A 16-Year-Old Is Helping To Keep Shaftesbury Looking Beautiful With In Bloom Efforts. Roadworks And Closures Are Updated For The Week Ahead. Kathy Morgan Shares Her Seasonal Reflections – Buzzards Versus Crows. Jackie And Jeanette Take A Trip Down Memory Lane To The 1970s In Compton And Fontmell. And Poet Julia Desch Reads “Night Light.”
On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury What's On Police Investigate Break-Ins At Melbury Business Park Shaftesbury Hospital Friends' Mental Health Vision – Transforming Lives At Pepperell House Dorset Police Bosses Will Answer Questions During Online Chat – Thursday Motcombe Villagers Want Neighbourhood Plan Refreshed Before Planning Protection Lapses View From The Hill – Couple From Weymouth Rate Shaftesbury Pints And Painting As Mitre Inn Launches Art Workshops Events Within One Hour Of Shaftesbury – 27th May Shaftesbury Councillor Accepts Dorset Economic Plan Is South-Focused But Says Benefits Should Reach North How Bert And The Actor Reimagined Shaftesbury Abbey Before Archaeology Took Over Soil, Slugs And Companion Planting – Jan's End-Of-May Garden Advice
On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury Events For The Week Ahead Fontmell Campaigners Hope For Quick Approval Of Re-Submitted 20mph Bid Shocking AI Art Presenting Shaftesbury Like You've Never Seen It Visitors' Views: Tourists From Northwich In Cheshire Classic Songstress Samantha Goes Full Metal With Fiery Rock Concert Not Just Prayer And Piety – Author's Insight Into The Real Shaftesbury Abbey Events Within One Hour's Drive Of Shaftesbury – 27th May Birds You May Spot This Week With North Dorset National Trust Ranger Clive Whitbourn A30 Road Closure And Traffic News For The Next Seven Days Charity Shop News – Oxfam Book Bargains For Military History Buffs
On The Alfred Daily Today: Alfred What's Ons Saturday Buses Return With Shaftesbury's Best-Ever Service And Plan To Rebrand Gillingham And Tisbury Train Line Nationalised From Sunday Paul Merefield's Pub Quiz Tears In The Town Hall As Brie Logan Says Goodbye Appeal For Man Last Seen At West Stour Spar Shop View From The Hill: Visitors From Russia Events Within 1 Hour Of Shaftesbury On Sunday 25th May Love Shaftesbury – Julian Prichard Meet My Pet – Steve Brockway And Misty Karen Cole Recommends The Bologna Vendetta By Tom Benjamin Walk Of The Week – Martin Hibbert – Shaftesbury To Motcombe
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