Updates for Thursday 5 February
More news, sport, travel and weather from 09:00 on Friday 6 February
Giancarlo Rinaldi
South Scotland reporter, BBC Scotland news website
That's it for today, join us again tomorrow for all the latest news, sport, travel and weather from across the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway.
Police in Hawick are investigating following a break-in to a business premises in the early hours of this morning.
The break-in happened around 2.30am at Johnston's of Elgin Mill Shop on Mansfield Road, and 11 men's Barbour jackets worth approximately £2,000 were stolen.
Six players with Borders teams are in the Scotland Under 20 side which will take on their French counterparts in the opening game of the Under 20s Six Nations on Saturday.
In the starting XV to face the champions of last season are Ruaridh Howarth of Gala, Ross Graham of Hawick and Melrose's Lewis Carmichael. Melrose pair Neil Irvine-Hess and Tom Galbraith are on the bench along with Gala's Gary Robertson.
A man has been arrested and charged under the Misuse of Drugs Act after police in Galashiels made a recovery of Class A drugs yesterday.
A quantity of cocaine with a potential street value of £4,000 was recovered from a vehicle seized from an address in St Andrews Street.
@khursheb tweets, external: waiting for the first train today at Tweedbank
Image source, Bridget Khursheed
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It'll be mostly dry and cloudy for the first part of the night. Some clear spells developing through the early hours will lead to a frost and isolated freezing fog patches.
Winds remain light and temperatures will dip to around minus 1 Celsius in the coldest spots, although in town it will likely hold above zero.
Tune in to your local news bulletin on BBC Radio Scotland at 16:30 and 17:30, broadcast live from our Dumfries and Selkirk studios.
Image source, ThinkstockCatch the latest news, sport, weather and travel tomorrow at 06:30, 07:30 and 8:30.
Police in Newton Stewart are hunting a man and woman who stole six bottles of vodka from the town's Co-operative store at about 15:00 on Wednesday.
The man is 6ft 2in, of Eastern European appearance, with dark hair. He was in his late 20s or early 30s and he was wearing blue jeans and a grey hooded top.
The woman is also of East European appearance and about 5ft 8in. She was wearing blue jeans and a green parka-style jacket.
Budget plans by Dumfries and Galloway Council's Labour administration to cut more than £8m from spending in the next financial year have been agreed.
They were voted through by 22 votes to 17 with two abstentions.
Paul Brownlee sent us a photograph of the track-laying train on Redbrige Viaduct, near Tweedbank.
Image source, PAul BrownleePreparations are well under way at Dumfries Ice Bowl as it welcomes the Trophy D'Ecosse Synchronised Skating Championships this weekend.
Image source, ThinkstockThe council-run facility is hosting the event for the fourth consecutive year, and work is taking place this week to transform the rink into an international skating theatre for the weekend.
The event runs from Friday to Sunday.
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Dumfries and Galloway Police Division posts, external: Jack has been found safe and well. Thanks to everyone.
Police are investigating a break-in to a silver Mitsubishi Warrior pick-up, which was targeted while it was parked in Wigtown.
A magnetic mounted laser receiver and the Fukedad laser level, worth a total of £1,400, were stolen overnight on Wednesday/Thursday.
Police are appealing for help in tracing a 16-year-old missing from Lockerbie.
Image source, Police ScotlandJack Howat was last seen in the town at around 2pm yesterday.
He was wearing a blue Adidas tracksuit top, black Adidas bottoms and Nike trainers.
Police believe he may be in the Dumfries area.
@Pete_McA tweets, external: Lovely morning near Dumfries.
Image source, Peter McAdamThe price of rural land in Scotland has risen sharply but still lags well behind the UK average, according to a report.
Image source, Sylvia DuckworthThe Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) estimated the average price per acre in Scotland was £4,375 last year.
The figure was 17% up on 2013 but 47% below the UK figure for 2014.
The Rics survey also found that the price of pasture land was at least 40% cheaper than any other part of the UK.
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Three Borderers have been included in the starting line-up for Scotland 6 Nations opener with France on Saturday.
Former Kelso front-row man Ross Ford will be joined by scrum half and skipper Greig Laidlaw, who played his club rugby for Jed-Forest, and Hawick's Stuart Hogg at full back.
Image source, SNSEx-Gala prop Geoff Cross will be on the bench.
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Don't forget to tune into The Great British Sewing Bee tonight to see how Borders woman Annie Shanks fares in the competition.
The retired teacher, from Minto, near Hawick, will showcase her skills against nine of the country's best stitchers.
The show, which is hosted by Claudia Winkleman, will be broadcast at 8pm on BBC Two.
Former Queen of the South boss Allan Johnston will leave his post as Kilmarnock manager in the summer.
Image source, SNSThe 41-year-old left Palmerston in 2013 to join the Ayrshire side.
He said the sale of Robbie Muirhead to Dundee United on Monday was a factor behind his decision.
"I never found out Robbie was away until five past 12 [on deadline day]. Stuff like that, it is not the way things are done," he said.