The Alfred Daily is a 30-minute radio programme for Shaftesbury and the surrounding area, being broadcast 7 days-a-week. On The Alfred Daily today:

• Dorset’s Council’s finance lead explains plan to increase council tax rise.
• Dog agility course opens near Shaftesbury.
• Historian Bob Kelley explains why you don’t see TV aerials on Gold Hill.
• Motcombe writer Man Lee Davey exploring the world in caravans.
• Dirty Nails on parish hedges and Breach Lane gates.
• Shaftesbury what’s ons.
• Evening birdsong near Motcombe’s Thanes Farm.