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:

• Dorset councillors expand on St Mary’s school purchase.
• Shaftesbury’s volunteer litter pickers reach a rubbish milestone.
• Shaftesbury GP reveals the challenge in delivering COVID-19 jabs on Saturday.
• Shaftesbury community notes.
• Shaftesbury’s new printer Matthew Fields – taking on a business in a pandemic.
• East Stour medicinal herbalist Julie Wood on the wonders of willow.
• Soundscapes – a freezing sunset at Win Green.