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:

• Wessex Water ‘should have done better’ over Shaftesbury resurfacing.
• Armed police take part in Shaftesbury operation.
• Community rallies round to find missing Charlton terrier.
• The fun of Zoom Zumba using Guys Marsh’s super-slow broadband.
• Kate Scott discovers what you should never say to a chicken.
• Paul Merefield’s Saturday quiz.
• Shaftesbury book reviewer Karen Cole on ‘It Will Be Quick’ by Karl Drinkwater.
• Soundscapes – four long-tailed tits in Breach Lane.