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:

• Royal Mail recognises Shaftesbury sorting office staff.
• 16-year-old Shaftesbury School student wins ‘Young Engineer of the Year’.
• Shaftesbury firefighters tackle greenhouse blaze.
• David Kerswell on myths surrounding magpies.
• Four new signings for Shaftesbury FC.
• Mary Myers’ smallholding diary – trouble with Dorset Downs sheep.
• New online social group for Shaftesbury’s over 60s.
• Shaftesbury Arts Centre reopens with National Theatre screenings.
• Soundscapes – horses and beech trees in the wind at Wardour Woods.