Tag: sighted
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Partially sighted woman reveals daily difficulties she faces after colliding with driver stopped across entire crossing
A PARTIALLY sighted woman has revealed the daily difficulties she faces after a driver stopped across an entire road crossing, blocking her way. Ellie Askew – who has been partially sighted since birth – demonstrated the obstacles she faces in everyday life whilst out walking on Monday. The 32-year-old had been attempting to cross the…
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Rare leech once commonplace in hospitals sighted in Dumfries and Galloway
ONE of the rarest invertebrates in Scotland, the medicinal leech, has been spotted in Dumfries and Galloway for the first time. The presence of the medicinal leech has been confirmed in three ponds near Carrick Shore on the Solway coast by Buglife, as part of the Scotland-wide conservation programme, Species on the Edge. Medicinal leeches are…