Updates for Thursday 30 April
More news, sport, travel and weather from 09:00 on Friday 1 May
Giancarlo Rinaldi
South Scotland reporter, BBC Scotland news website
That's it for today, thanks once again for joining us for regular updates from across the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway.
Join us again tomorrow from 9am.
In the meantime, email your news, views and images to dumfries@bbc.co.uk or selkirk.news@bbc.co.uk.
BBC Sport
Scotland
Scotland's new football season will start on 25 July with the first round of the Petrofac Training Cup, with the Premiership beginning the following weekend.
The top-flight's opening round of fixtures will coincide with the first round of the League Cup.
Scottish Championship, League One and League Two clubs will begin their league campaigns on 8 August.
The Scottish Professional Football League tweets, external: .@FrankoBaresi86 dishes the dirt on his @StranraerFC team mates & chats about his career here http://spfl.co/frank, external
Image source, SNS
BBC Scotland Weather
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Showers will die away, leaving a lovely evening across the region. It will be a dry night with long clear spells and a widespread frost inland.
Temperatures will fall to around freezing in the towns, and down to -2C in the countryside. There is a possible risk of icy patches by dawn.
Tune into BBC Radio Scotland on FM to hear the latest news bulletins broadcast from Selkirk and Dumfries at 16:30 and 17:30.
We'll be back again at 06:30, 07:30 and 08:30 tomorrow.
Southern Reporter
The back page of this week's Southern Reporter leads with a story abut Hawick's Julie Forrest, who won silver at the bowls Wold Cup in Australia.
Image source, Southern ReporterDurty Events, which organises the Selkirk Mountain Bike Marathon, tweets, external: Selkirk is getting right behind the #MTBMarathon Festival on Friday evening! - 7pm High Street @EventScotNews
Image source, @durtyeventsThe Moffat News hits the shops today, with a front page story about a mini gold rush.
Image source, MOffat News
Debbie Muir
BBC Scotland, Dumfries
Two women are trapped in a car which has been involved in a road accident on the A75, according to police.
Police and paramedics are at the scene of the collision, which also involved a lorry, east of Castle Kennedy.
A spokesman for Police Scotland said the women's injuries are not thought to be serious.
The road is currently closed in both directions but officers hope to reopen it as soon as possible.
Stagecoach West Scotland tweets, external: #STRANRAER. Services between Stranraer and Dunragit subject to disruption due to an RTA on the A75.
Traffic Scotland
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Traffic Scotland tweets, external: Here's a map of the #A75 incident at Castle Kennedy which is closed. Local diversion is in place with police onsite.
Image source, GoogleThousands of people made redundant by the closure of Woolworths will not receive compensation, following a European Court of Justice ruling.
Image source, PAThe decision applies to 3,200 people who worked in stores with fewer than 20 employees and also affects 1,200 ex-workers at clothing chain Ethel Austin.
Traffic Scotland
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Traffic Scotland tweets, external: *NEW* #A75 in both directions east of Stranraer near to Castle Kennedy is currently closed due to a incident. Check bit.ly/1ztMKsw, external
Scottish Borders Council tweets, external: Bed socks back on, it's going to be a cold one tonight! Our gritters will be out from 6pm and check again first thing #sbctravel
ITV News
A couple from Dumfries and Galloway say they hadn't planned to buy a run-down castle and restore it.
But John and Janet Brennan have spent the last seven years and hundreds of thousands of pounds rebuilding Barholm Castle, near Gatehouse on Fleet.
They have now put the property on sale for £695,000, external.
Gill McKie emails: No it hasn't got any better as people are still feeding them and they are still stealing food from people in town.
Queen of the South have confirmed they will charge season ticket holders for any home Premiership play-off matches.
Image source, SNSRangers have already said they intend to let their season ticket holders into their games for free.
If Motherwell are involved, they have indicated a willingness not to charge while Hibs are also reported to be considering the move.
However, the Dumfries club said it had "always expected" season ticket holders would pay, as they did last year.
Southern Reporter
The Southern Reporter leads with the story of journalist David Knox's ordeal during the Nepal earthquake.
Image source, Southern ReporterPast presidents of rugby's Border League were honoured at a special ceremony at Netherdale last night.
Image source, ThinkstockThey were given a special tie to mark their involvement in the oldest rugby union league in the world.
Former Scotland and British Lion Gregor Townsend made the presentations.
Police are appealing for witnesses after a young man suffered "shocking" racial abuse while walking on Hawick's High Street.
Image source, Walter BaxterThe 21-year-old victim was walking along the road from the top of Baker Street when an unknown man shouted racially-aggravated abuse at him.