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:

• Stunning scenery and fascinating history in Shaftesbury Abbey – The Movie.
• Shaftesbury councillor irritated by volume of roadside litter.
• Shaftesbury’s Tesco brings back animal charity collection following outrage.
• Rent 70 acres for a fiver – incredible offer at the Motcombe Turnpike Showground.
• Chickens and crosswords in Kate Scott’s bird keeping diary.
• Paul Merefield’s pub quiz.
• Tom and Jan Perrett walk a circuit of Motcombe.
• Shaftesbury book blogger Karen Cole recommends a Nigerian crime novel.
• Saturday soundscape.