Updates for Tuesday, 1 September
More news, sport, travel and weather from 09:00 on Wednesday 2 September
ScotRail has unveiled the first of 40 new-look trains which have improved seating, better lighting and power sockets for customers to use.
Image source, ScotrailThe 137-seat Class 158 trains will also be fitted with new CCTV systems and automated passenger-counting systems.
The first carriage will be on the track ready for the opening day of the new Borders Railway at the weekend.
Giancarlo Rinaldi
South Scotland reporter, BBC Scotland news website
Borders-born trainer Keith Dalgleish has three runners at Hamilton races this afternoon.
Tectonic runs at 4.30pm followed by the well-fancied Farkle Minkus and outsider Candy Hill at 5.05pm.
Debbie Muir
BBC Scotland, Dumfries
Parents of children who won an appeal to have their children allowed to go to Castle Douglas Primary School have called for the catchment area to be changed.
A row erupted after nine children were told they would not be able to go to the school as it was full. Applicants living outside the catchment area with siblings already at the school were given precedence over those living in the town.
But the parents launched appeals against the decision and now two teachers will share one class to accommodate the extra pupils.
Parent council chairwoman Jill McIvor said: "At present the catchment area extends far beyond the boundaries of the town. So this is the obvious thing that they can address and shrink the catchment area down to Castle Douglas town and a little perimeter round about it."
Michael Redpath emails: I refer to your story on the decline of roads in the Scottish Borders in particular the A72, yes I have to agree it's not in the best condition, but pales into significance compared to the B709
From Innerleithen to the A7, I have seen better equipped roads in poorest Africa, albeit only on TV,
I travel the B709 regularly and every time I am on it there is another part of the road broken away or another filled in pothole has opened up again, this is the worst road in this region in my opinion, not the A72 .
All quiet so far from south of Scotland sides on transfer deadline day.
You can keep up to date with all the deals north of the border on our live page.
BBC Scotland Weather
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It'll be mainly dry and bright across the south-west this afternoon, with spells of sunshine.
Image source, BBC weatherA few showers will break out, most likely over Galloway, but most places will remain dry.
In the Borders, it will turn increasingly cloudy this afternoon, and scattered showers will develop, the odd one heavy.
Temperatures will reach 17 or 18C and it will become breezy along the Berwickshire and Galloway coasts as a fresh north-westerly wind sets in.
The local radio bulletins for Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders are coming up at 12:30.
Remember to tune in on 92-95FM or 810MW.
BBC Radio Scotland
Removing the RNLI lifeboat from St Abbs "will cost lives", according to campaign co-ordinator Euan Gibson.
Listen to him talk to Gary Robertson on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland here, from about 55mins.
Giancarlo Rinaldi
South Scotland reporter, BBC Scotland news website
Borders trainer Iain Jardine made it six wins in a row with Wor Lass at Newcastle races yesterday afternoon.
Jockey Anna Hesketh saw the 7/4 favourite home in the 3.35pm race.
And Hawick-born Keith Dalgleish was also among the winners with Edgar Balthazar in the final race of the day at the north east of England track.
Jan, from Northern Ireland, emails: The road between Lockerbie and Langholm is a disgrace, I have travelled this road for many years and the pot holes in it would destroy any tyres especially during the dark where you can't see them.
Debbie Muir
BBC Scotland, Dumfries
Education committee chairman Jeff Lever said he was "very, very disappointed" at the funding problems faced by the Dalbeattie school project.
He added: "Not just for the council itself but also for the youngsters, the parents and the teachers who are looking forward to moving into this brand new, state-of-the-art school in the next couple of years or so.
"The fact that we don't actually know when it's going to resolve is even more frustrating because the schools which it's replacing are not in the best physical condition.
"So what we don't want to do is spend even more money just patching them up while we are waiting for this to be resolved."
Debbie Muir
BBC Scotland, Dumfries
Councillors have held a special education committee meeting to ensure that they're ready to begin building the new school at Dalbeattie as soon as funding issues are resolved with outside bodies.
Image source, D&G CouncilContracts were due to be signed on 21 September but that is now unlikely, after new EU rules forced the Scottish government to reclassify works on the Aberdeen bypass as a public sector project - at a cost of £745m.
That decision is likely to delay the funding of a number of other projects being channelled through the Scottish Futures Trust, including the Dalbeattie learning campus.
Peter Symms emails: I was interested in your piece about the condition of Border roads. It is not just the A72 that needs attention, and any local road user will tell you of particularly bad examples.
Some of the surfaces in and around Duns, and a stretch around Chirnside are certainly worthy of notice. Maybe I'm lucky, but I have had only two punctures in the past year - one completely destroyed the tyre.
Giancarlo Rinaldi
South Scotland reporter, BBC Scotland news website
Campaigners opposed to the closure of the lifeboat station at St Abbs are taking their fight to the RNLI headquarters at Poole in Dorset.
Image source, St Abbs lifeboatA delegation will hand over a petition containing around 13,000 signatures calling for its boat to be retained.
The RNLI plans to shut the site on 8 September with cover provided with an additional boat at nearby Eyemouth.
@stevecycle1 tweets, external: @BBCSouthScot I cycle to work everyday and the state of the roads especially in the towns like gala and Newtown St Boswells are pathetic!!
@AwGlen tweets, external: @BBCScotlandNews @BBCSouthScot it's ok we're getting a shiny new white elephant/railway instead
@ticstu32 tweets, external: @BBCScotlandNews shocking and they dig up and repair sections that are not too bad.
A new programme to vaccinate all newborn babies against meningitis B has started in the UK - the first scheme of its kind in the world.
Image source, ThinkstockThe Men B vaccine will be given to babies at two, four and 12 months old as part of routine immunisations.
Infants aged under one are at the most risk of meningitis B infection, which is fatal in one in 10 cases.
Campaigners said the move could prevent up to 4,000 cases by 2025, but warned parents should be aware of symptoms.
Giancarlo Rinaldi
South Scotland reporter, BBC Scotland news website
Businesses in Stranraer have voted down plans to create an "improvement district" in the town.
Image source, Andy FarringtonIt would have seen a levy collected from traders and used to fund projects to boost its "commercial potential".
A ballot required a majority of businesses to vote in favour and that they represent more than 50% of the rateable value of votes cast.
What are your experiences of roads in the Scottish Borders? Have they worsened in the last few years and is the A72 of particular concern?
Get in touch by emailing us on selkirk.news@bbc.co.uk or find us on Twitter @BBCSouthScot.
Giancarlo Rinaldi
South Scotland reporter, BBC Scotland news website
The condition of roads in the Scottish Borders is deteriorating faster than in other rural areas, according to a study.
Image source, ThinkstockResearch compared the area's road condition ranking with seven other rural local authorities in Scotland.
Roads in the Borders were found to have the greatest decline of any of them between 2013 and this year.
Temporary lights are in use as work continues today on the A75 at Douievale, just east of Dumfries.
The A7 at Ewes, north of Langholm will be down to a single lane for surfacing work from 09:30.
On the A77 traffic controls will be in use north and south of Cairnryan.
Stop-go boards will be in use on the A76 between Auldgirth and Closeburn and further north, from Drumlanrig to Glenairlie Bridge.