The Alfred Daily is a new, daily, 30-minute radio programme. It is being broadcast 7 days-a-week. On The Alfred Daily today:

• Shaftesbury hospital staff thank the community for flowers, chocolates and the offer of a holiday home. (01:07)
• ‘You get a sense that we’re pulling together’. Why a Shaftesbury woman loves delivering food to self-isolating locals. (05:56)
• Travel to London is set to become more difficult.
• Are pets a COVID-19 Risk? We ask Shaftesbury vet Lynn Broom. (12:51)
• How Shaftesbury’s fair-trade champion is keeping his customers satisfied. (15:14)
• Shaftesbury author Karen Dickson’s novel goes on sale at WHSmith, where she used to work. (18:10)
• Shaftesbury psychotherapist Judith Barton on coping with the lockdown. (24:30)
• Heather Whitehead takes us on a stroll around the slopes. (31:31)