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:

• Shaftesbury COVID-19 cases are up but Dorset numbers are falling.
• Shaftesbury’s sweetshop owners win award for online success.
• Wanted – ideas for safely celebrating Christmas in Motcombe.
• Shaftesbury Library loans continues through lockdown.
• Tom Perrett’s weekly walk – Motcombe to Sedgehill.
• Kate Scott’s chicken keeping diary – the birds fight over food.
• Paul Merefield’s pub quiz.
• Karen Cole reviews ‘Fifteen Coffins’ by Tony J Forder.
• A mistle thrush in Ashmore Woods recorded by Corax.