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On today’s Alfred Daily: Motcombe Major Andy extends his wheelchair challenge | Why Shaftesbury area applicants should read proposed housing rules | Neil Adlam on one of Shaftesbury’s most distinctive trees | Clive Whitbourn shares ideas for family wildlife fun | Shaftesbury poet Marigold Rumbold | Hartgrove writer Barkley Johnson’s story | Canada geese at Melbury Abbas

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury’s verge wildflower seeding underway | Climate change demonstration on Gold Hill | Paul Merefield’s quiz | Shaftesbury GP answers COVID-19 questions | Karen Cole’s book review | Enmore Green artist Carolyne Moran | The musical sound of the Sturkle at Melbury Abbas

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Council back temporary High Street traffic ban | How to live to 100 – advice from a Shaftesbury centenarian | Shaftesbury author writes children’s fantasy novel | Football Club providing more youth opportunities | Elderflower’s medicinal properties with Julie Wood | Stories of days before ‘health and safety’ with Karren and Kate | A robin provides our Breach Lane birdsong

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Primary head outlines new safety measures | Donheads’ water supply will be improved | Shaftesbury volunteer urges at risk to remain at home | Shaftesbury’s Roman roads | Where in Shaftesbury? | Rachel Diment searches for orchids on Fontmell Down | A Wincombe Lane blackbird

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury MP says he’s not homophobic | Shaftesbury man ‘robbed by nuns’ shares story in debut novel | Demand for reopened Shaftesbury tip lower than expected | Tech is changing North Dorset farming | Where in Shaftesbury? | Covid poetry by King Alfred’s Kitchen owner | Dirty Nails on deterring wasps | Dawn chorus at Breach Common

On today’s Alfred Daily: Hi-tech VEO cameras for Shaftesbury FC | David teaching dance from his native Venezuela | Delays possible around Guy's Marsh | Arts Centre wants singing selfies | Council to debate High Street pedestrianisation | Robert Mullins remembers Cann School | Wildlife reports from Motcombe | Where in Shaftesbury? | David Toulson’s pride for Park Walk | Wind in the willows at Morgan’s Copse