Town centre patrolspublished at 12:52 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
@NithsdalePolice tweets:, external Dumfries Town Centre Officers are joined by Special Constables today and will be patrolling the town centre #keepingpeoplesafe
Summary
Updates for Wednesday 2 September
More news, sport, travel and weather from 09:00 on Thursday 3 September
Town centre patrolspublished at 12:52 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
Best of the brightnesspublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
The western Borders will see the best of the brightness this afternoon; eastern parts will see a scattering of showers.
However, they'll be lighter than in recent days.
It'll feel quite cool, with temperatures reaching 16 or 17 Celsius at best, and a moderate to fresh northwesterly breeze.
Radio timepublished at 12:26 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
Remember our local radio bulletins are coming up at 12:30 from Dumfries and Selkirk.
Get all the news for Dumfries and Galloway and the Borders on 92-95FM or 810MW.
Buzzard killing gamekeeper finedpublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
A gamekeeper has been fined £2,000 after being found guilty of killing a bird of prey.
William Dick, 25, was convicted at Dumfries Sheriff Court last month of killing a buzzard in April 2014.
Witnesses said they saw Dick, of Kirkmahoe, Dumfries, throw rocks at the bird and repeatedly stamp on it.
A spokesman for the Crown Office said one witness described the incident as "sickeningly violent".
Railway previewpublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
Border Telegraphtweets:, external Full steam ahead! The @BordersRailway opening is previewed inside this week's @bordertelegraph #MyBordersRailway
Image source, Border TelegraphForestry firm buyoutpublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
Philip Sim
BBC Scotland NewsA leading forestry company based in Stirling has been bought out by a national timber group.
Tilhill Forestry was established in 1948 and grew to become the UK's largest forest management and timber harvesting company.
It will now operate as a subsidiary of BSW Timber Limited, a Berwickshire-based firm which operates sawmills across the UK and in Latvia.
Lifeboat closure stance maintainedpublished at 11:34 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
The RNLI will withdraw its lifeboat from St Abbs next week, despite receiving a 13,000-signature petition opposing the move.
Image source, St Abbs LifeboatThe charity's operations director said the closure of the lifeboat station would go ahead as planned.
George Rawlinson added that a second lifeboat would be stationed at nearby Eyemouth in a move which "meets the requirements for the area".
Annan acquisitionpublished at 11:18 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
Annan Athletic have signed Motherwell defender David Ferguson on loan.
The 19-year-old is said to be comfortable playing across the back or in midfield and featured for the Motherwell first team before going out on loan to Alloa Athletic at the end of last season.
He has joined the Galabank outfit until January.
New Doonhamerpublished at 11:05 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
BBC Sport
ScotlandHearts have sold Scotland Under-19 striker Gary Oliver to join Queen of the South for an undisclosed fee.
Image source, SNS Group Paul DevlinThe 20-year-old made his first-team debut for the Scottish Premiership club in August 2013 and has made 25 appearances for the Edinburgh outfit.
Heavy defeatpublished at 10:51 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
Queen of the South's heavy defeat by Rangers and a morale-boosting win for Annan Athletic make the back page of today's Standard.
Image source, Dumfries and Galloway StandardYour views: Borders road conditionspublished at 10:37 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
Ian Flannigan emails: Roads are joke throughout the borders, and have been for the last few years! Temporary patching not the answer, no money, no money, put council tax up that would solve there problems.
Road trip visitpublished at 10:23 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
Television cameras will be in Galashiels today as antique experts search for treasure.
The BBC show Antiques Road Trip will be in the town from mid-morning to visit Hall's Auction House.
And they'll also be out and about in local antique shops looking to pick up a bargain or two. Antiques Road Trip was last in Galashiels during April 2014.
Pylon protestpublished at 10:10 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
The Dumfries and Galloway Standard is out today and leads on a community council protest against power pylon plans in the region.
Image source, Dumfries and Galloway Standard'A huge honour'published at 09:59 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
Greig Laidlaw has spoken of his delight at being named Scotland captain for the forthcoming Rugby World Cup.
Image source, SNS"I was obviously delighted, it has been a long time coming and a lot of hard work has gone into it," he said.
"I think we are starting to come good at the right time - we had a good result at the weekend and the weekend before.
"On the captaincy, it is a huge honour for me and it is one I take very seriously and I'm delighted."
Railway housing impact awaitedpublished at 09:48 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
Giancarlo Rinaldi
South Scotland reporter, BBC Scotland news websiteThe Borders Railway has yet to have an impact on the housing market along its route, according to new figures from Registers of Scotland (RoS).
Image source, Borders RailwayIn the last three years, the volume of residential sales within five miles of the new stops has risen.
However, the increase is less than that in the wider local authority areas of Midlothian and the Scottish Borders.
House prices have also risen along the route since 2006 but again the council-wide figure has been higher.
GP debatepublished at 09:34 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
South of Scotland Lib Dem MSP has led a debate on sustainable GP recruitment at the Scottish Parliament.
You can catch up on the discussions, involving many of the region's politicians, here.
Travel latestpublished at 09:20 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
Temporary lights will again be in use today as work continues on the A75 at Douievale just east of Dumfries.
On the A77 traffic signals will be in use north and south of Cairnryan and long term controls remain in use on the A76 at Enterkinfoot, north of Thornhill.
Dry and brightpublished at 09:09 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
BBC Scotland Weather
LatestThere'll be some showers around to start the day, but most of them will clear and it'll be largely dry and bright today with some good spells of sunshine.
There'll still be a few showers this afternoon, but they'll be lighter than in recent days.
It'll feel quite cool, with temperatures reaching 16 or 17 celsius at best, and a moderate to fresh northwesterly breeze.
Postpublished at 09:00 British Summer Time 2 September 2015
Giancarlo Rinaldi
South Scotland reporter, BBC Scotland news websiteGood morning and welcome on board for another day of news, sport, travel and weather from Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders.
Stay with us until 5pm for regular updates throughout the day.