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:

• Friday is deadline day for Save St Mary’s Shaftesbury School campaigners.
• Dorset Police prefer advice to fines for shoppers ignoring mandatory mask rule.
• Witnesses sought after truck collides with tree in Hartgrove.
• Fast track grants on offer for Shaftesbury projects affected by COVID.
• Robert Mullins remembers petrol sales and public loos on Shaftesbury High Street.
• East Stour herbalist Julie Wood on peace promoting Meadowsweet.
• Nick Crump records grasshoppers at sunset on Breach Common.