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This time on Alfred, the podcast for Shaftesbury, The Vale and Chase areas of North Dorset and West Wiltshire: The Hilltop Litter Pickers voluntarily keep our town tidy. And now the thirty-strong group has been given the first ever Rachel Caldwell Award in recognition of their service. We meet the group, learn what they do and hear their ideas on how to drastically reduce litter. And where are Shaftesbury’s litter hot spots? (00.30) A group of Shaftesbury creative writers has written a short selection of stories inspired by the town. ‘Shaftesbury Tales’ will be published as a book and performed as part of Shaftesbury Fringe. Alfred talks with writers Jenny Parker and Richard Foreman. (08.10) A new supermarket could be built on Shaftesbury’s Cattle Market site. But why don’t they use the empty former Co-Op store on Bell Street instead? Local retailer David Perry explains why. Some locals think that Marks and Spencer would be suitable for the unoccupied Bell Street store. David doesn’t think that M&S would