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 2108) On The Alfred Daily Today:

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

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

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

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

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

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"

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 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

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(Episode 2091) On The Alfred Daily Today:

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

On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury What's Ons Business Rates Block Wider Community Use At Coombe House School Shaftesbury Rotary Bingo Night Raises Over £890 For Local Charities Environment Agency Alert For Stour, Sturkel. Motcombe Brook And Loddon After Heavy Rain New £8 Million Contract Planned To Tidy Wiltshire Bus Shelters Castle Hill Spring Plans Stone Tribute To Shaftesbury's Historic Waters Marks And Spencer New Food Store Near Shaftesbury Shaftesbury Greengrocer Nick Else Expands Into Bell Street Baguette Shop Salisbury Street Shaftesbury Water Supplies Restored After Evening Leak Exeter Day-Trip Visitor Praises Shaftesbury's Shops And Christmas Atmosphere Shaftesbury's BV Dairy Scoops Clean Sweep Of Gold Food Awards Free Christmas Day Meal And Lifts Offered From Shaftesbury To North Dorset RFC

(Episode 2076) On The Alfred Daily Today: