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Single-bed hospital rooms are “solitary confinement” for patients, medics warn

VULNERABLE hospital patients kept in single rooms are being treated like prisoners in “solitary confinement”, medical experts warned. Health workers said patients are frightened, isolated...

Eight year ban for dog neglect

A MAN who allowed his dog to plummet to half her ideal weight has been banned from keeping dogs for eight years following an...

Were guinea pigs lost, stolen or dumped?

THE Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after three guinea pigs were discovered in a Dumfries garden. The charity was called out to a home...

Nurse suspended over alleged assault on elderly dementia patient

A NURSE has been suspended amid allegations he assaulted an elderly dementia patient. Ian Hamilton Rafferty, a mental health nurse from Dumfries, allegedly kicked an...

Hill fire seen from space

SMOKE from a massive hillside blaze which destroyed hundreds of acres of moorland was photographed from space. A NASA satellite captured the inferno near Dumfries...

Cyclist injured following collision

A CYCLIST is in a serious condition in hospital after colliding with a car. The 50-year-old woman was cycling on Glasgow Road in Dumfries at around...

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