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:

• COVID-19 cases fall in most Shaftesbury parishes – rate rises in one rural area.
• Repairs for Shaftesbury Abbey’s Alfred – the statue that went to Downing Street.
• Dorset Council won’t act over Guys Marsh and Fontmell speeding.
• Kate and Karren chat ‘over the garden fence’.
• Shaftesbury man’s Sunday half marathon for mental health.
• Mothering Sunday verse from Shaftesbury poet Marigold Rumble.
• Soundscapes – a cheery greenfinch at Enmore Green’s orchard.