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.
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'
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
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
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On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury WHAT'S ONS The Fringe Hit Of 2025 – The Trinity Big Stage (Although Some Locals Have Objected) Our Saturday Pub Quiz With Paul Merefield Pat Button's Wing Walk For Hope Delayed Important Women From Dorset's Past Share Their Stories At Fringe Considered Words And Cello Music – Donhead Composer And Poet Collaborate For Fringe Sunday Show Walk Of The Week – Anne Davies Takes Us To Oysters Coppice Events Within One Hour Of Shaftesbury On 20th July Love Shaftesbury – James Farrow Of BMV Health And Fitness On Sherborne Causeway View From The Hill – Barton On Sea Friends Spend Three Days In Shaftesbury For Fringe Tickets On Sale For Twinning Association Summer Barbecue Meet My Pet – Bill Bruce And Louie The Labrador Community Invited To Shaftesbury School Creative Show Karen Cole's Book Review – Shatter Creek By Rod Reynolds
On The Alfred Daily Today: Shaftesbury WHAT'S ONS Dorset Council Planners Reject Plans For New Estate Alongside B3081 At Enmore Court Free NHS Health Checks On Wincombe Lane This Wednesday Councillor Says Coombe House Is Value For Money – But Per-Pupil Costs Have Risen From Initial Plan Motcombe's Teddies Zipline From Church Tower To Raise Funds For St Mary's Town Council Restarts Community Grant Scheme – 11 Groups Bid For £8K View From The Hill: Former Fontmell Villager Returns To Shaftesbury From Wells North Dorset's Wimbledon Connection Donhead Man Completes Three Peaks Challenge In 24 Hours For Mr Gay GB Fundraiser Returning Stand-Up Finds The Fun And Frustrations In Being 46 In Shaftesbury Fringe Show Events Within One Hour's Drive Of Shaftesbury On 15th July What's New At Shaftesbury's Oxfam Bookshop And Dorset Blind Association East Knoyle Poet Elaine Cadogan Reads ‘Last Days'
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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
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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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