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Nichola Rutherford and Giancarlo Rinaldi
Scottish Fire and Rescue Servicepublished at 13:06 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
13:06 GMT 17 March 2015
The fire service's Dumfries and Galloway prevention and protection team tweets, external: Firefighters will be in and around Catherine Street in Dumfries today offering FREE Home Fire Safety Visits.
Image source, SFRS
South League actionpublished at 12:50 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
12:50 GMT 17 March 2015
The top two sides in the South League are in action this evening.
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League leaders Wigtown and Bladnoch head to Lockerbie to face Mid Annandale. Second placed Newton Stewart take on Edusport Academy at Blairmount Park.
Both games kick off at 19:30.
A grey afternoonpublished at 12:38 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
12:38 GMT 17 March 2015
BBC Scotland Weather
LatestHigh pressure will continue to dominate our weather initially this week bringing a lot of dry conditions. It will remain grey this afternoon, although there will may possibly be some brightness towards the Galloway coast.
Some fog patches will linger in the Borders and there could be some light passing showers.
Not feeling quite as cool than of late with the south-easterly winds remaining very light. Temperatures will reach 7C or 8C.
Tune inpublished at 12:24 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
12:24 GMT 17 March 2015
Don't miss our local radio bulletins at 12:30 today from Dumfries and Selkirk.
All the latest news from Dumfries and Galloway and the Borders coming up.
Lowland fixturepublished at 12:11 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
12:11 GMT 17 March 2015
Selkirk will travel to East Kilbride in the Lowland League tonight.
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The Borders team currently lie third bottom in the table while their hosts are third top, although they are 17 points adrift of runaway leaders Edinburgh City.
The match kicks off at 19:45.
Selkirk game datepublished at 11:55 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
11:55 GMT 17 March 2015
Selkirk's visit to Watsonians should finally take place on Tuesday 24 March, after three postponements.
It was originally cancelled on 10 January when the pitch was unplayable, then on 7 February, and then last Saturday when a number of Watsonians were playing with Scotland's Under 20s side.
Is that Madge Elliot?published at 11:40 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
11:40 GMT 17 March 2015
Borders Railway tweets, external: Pandas, mining museum & @theforthbridge all get a nod in the new train livery. Is that Madge Elliot walking the route?
Image source, Borders Railway
Libor funding for mountain rescue teamspublished at 11:25 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
11:25 GMT 17 March 2015
Fines paid by banks involved in the Libor lending rate-fixing scandal have resulted in a £60,000 donation to Scottish Mountain Rescue.
Image source, Cairngorm MRT
The umbrella organisation for Scotland's 27 teams has received the funding from Police Scotland.
Gretna and Eastriggs festivalpublished at 11:10 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
11:10 GMT 17 March 2015
Plans are being drawn up for a festival to mark the role of Gretna and Eastriggs in the supply and manufacture of ammunition during World War One.
Image source, Martin Loader
The event, due to be held in August, will be part of the Great War centenary celebrations.
It will include a vintage car and motorcycle rally, stage plays, street parties, and games reflecting the period.
Gretna and Rigg Community Council have applied to the local area committee for help with funding the project.
Stranraer aims for a winpublished at 10:54 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
10:54 GMT 17 March 2015
Stranraer have a chance to move back to the top of League One tonight when they travel to strugglers Stirling Albion.
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The Stair Park side has slipped to third after back-to-back defeats but boss Stephen Aitken is hopeful they can find return to winning ways.
"There's a long way to go. There's still eight games to go, there's plenty of points to play for. We have got a game in hand which we need to try and win now. We are still in with a shout, there's no doubt about that.
"That wee spark we had, we lost that over the last couple of games. We need to work hard to get that back."
Earth's Crust blazepublished at 10:37 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
10:37 GMT 17 March 2015
A small artisan bakery in the south of Scotland has been destroyed by fire.
Image source, Earth's Crust Bakery
The blaze broke out at the Earth's Crust Bakery in Laurieston, near Castle Douglas, in the early hours of Monday morning.
Owners said an "unexplained electric fault" had caused the fire which ripped through the building.
Claim against council droppedpublished at 10:18 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
10:18 GMT 17 March 2015
A multi-million pound claim by consultants against Scottish Borders Council has been dropped.
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Barry Phelps, of D&P Management Enterprises, claimed he was due fees for work on a waste facility planned for Easter Langlee near Galashiels.
The Court of Session case was due to be heard later this month.
However, the firm has agreed to drop the action - and to pay £20,000 towards the council's legal fees of more than £36,000.
One way trafficpublished at 10:01 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
10:01 GMT 17 March 2015
An experimental one-way traffic system in Hawick could be made permanent, after a poll of residents found that two-thirds believed it had benefitted them.
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Members of Teviot and Liddesdale area forum are being recommended to confirm that a section of Langlands Road will be one-way permanently.
Local residents in the Langlands Road area had voiced concern about traffic speeds and the volume of vehicles on their street for some time.
A survey found that is had increased the number of vehicles using the route but the average speed had fallen to 16mph.
Sanquhar man foundpublished at 09:46 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
09:46 GMT 17 March 2015
A Sanquhar man reported missing after he failed to return home from his job overseas has been traced.
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Police said Richard Alexander Griffiths, 37, was "safe and well".
He had been due to return home last Tuesday but yesterday it emerged that he had not arrived.
Fall in salmon numberspublished at 09:28 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
09:28 GMT 17 March 2015
A fall of more than 50% has been reported in the number of salmon caught on the River Tweed last year.
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Figures disclosed in the River Tweed Commissioner's annual report show the total number of salmon caught by rod and net in 2014 was 9,971.
It is a drop of more than 10,000 compared with the 2013 total of 20,316.
It has been attributed to the mildest winter on record coupled with a hot summer and lengthy dry spell.
Travel newspublished at 09:13 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
09:13 GMT 17 March 2015
Traffic lights remain in use for cabling work on the A701 at Locharbriggs in Dumfries. On the same route stop-go boards will also be in use today for white lining work just north of St Ann's Bridge and at the Grove at Heathhall in Dumfries.
Also in Dumfries, surfacing work is scheduled today on the Catherinefield Road which is at the the junction with Tinwald Downs Road. Work is also continuing on the Moffat Road at the junction with Carnegie Street.
Elsewhere, the A751 link road in Wigtownshire remains closed for resurfacing Work is continuing on the new vehicle checkpoint on the A75 at Glenluce and traffic controls are also use on the A77 north of Cairnryan and on the A76 at Enterkinfoot.
A cold startpublished at 09:06 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
09:06 GMT 17 March 2015
BBC Scotland Weather
LatestA cold start with possibly a touch of frost for inland parts and some patches of mist and fog. Some early brightness across Galloway, especially coastal areas.
For most though it will be a rather cloudy, grey misty day with very limited brightness. There will be a little patchy rain at times, mainly over the Southern Uplands, and not really amounting to much.
Temperatures will reach 8C with light south-easterly winds
Postpublished at 09:00 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2015
09:00 GMT 17 March 2015
Nichola Rutherford
BBC ScotlandGood morning. Welcome to Tuesday on the South of Scotland Live page.
We'll be here until 5pm to bring you the very latest news, sport, weather and travel from across Dumfries and Galloway and the Borders.