15/09/2014 Newsround

Hi, guys, you're watching Newsround with me, Ricky, this Monday morning.

I'm live in Scotland where this week's big teferendum

I'm live in Scotland where this week's big referendum

And keep watching for some very exciting space news!

First, could any race be closer than this?

It's only three days now before people in Scotland get to

The big question, should Scotland be an independent country?

At the moment, it's just too close to call.

Today, politicians on both sides of the debate will be travelling round

Scotland trying to win over anyone who's not made their mind up yet.

Hello from Stirling, the latest stop on Newsround's Scotland tour.

Behind me is the William Wallace monument.

It remembers the famous Scotsman William Wallace who fought against

England in Wars of Independence more than 700 years ago.

So, this week's battle for Scottish independence isn't a new one!

Now, one of the biggest issues for voters in the Scotland referendum

It brings a lot of money and jobs into Scotland.

Thousands of people work on the oil rigs.

They drill down under the seabed to get to oil and gas,

Workers have to spend weeks away from home though, because

Hi, my name is Anna and my father works offshore in the North Sea. It

is quite unusual how he gets to work, he flies in a helicopter! To

date me and my father are going to tell you all about it. What is your

dad up to now? He is checking in, and it is a bit like a airport. The

helicopter can only take a certain amount of weight. This is a bit like

a suit that a mother or father might wear going to work, but this is what

my dad wears going to work. It is a safety suit on the helicopter. What

is it like working on an oil rig in the middle of the North Sea? I

suppose it is similar to being on a ship. You are out in the middle of

the sea and all you can see is the sea. Every day you are working 12

hour shifts. You see the odd wildlife. You see seals quite

regularly. You also see sharks and the odd killer whale. That is

amazing. How do you feel about your dad working on the oil rig?

Sometimes I am quite sad because he is not here for my birthday. If he

is not here for my birthday he is here for Christmas. He does the

occasionally more -- e-mail or called me and my brother every day.

There is always a telephone and eye can e-mail. This does -- does this

give you a better understanding about what your dad does? Yes, I can

now understand why he is always too tired! Thank you very much. I had

fun. Should we go now? Let's do this thing! Next stop, news round

headquarters will stop the striker headquarters. But did not make it to

the headquarters. So, just a few days left

before that big vote. If you have any questions you still

want answered, then ask them on the Newsround website

and we'll put them to our expert. Now to the very latest

on attempts to land the first ever Later this morning the European

Space Agency will announce where they hope the Rosetta probe will

touch down for the historic landing. But picking the right spot

has proved pretty tricky. The probe has been chasing this

comet across space for more than ten years, and last month, there were

huge celebrations when it finally entered its orbit. But that was just

the beginning. European Space Agency experts think that getting the probe

to land on the comets could help discover some of the ancient

mysteries of the universe. Finding the right place to try and land that

is really important to the success of the mission. Things that could go

wrong is, if the common lands on a slave, it could topple over. It

could fall into a crevasse or land on a rock. The comet is oddly shaped

and travelling at millions of miles an hour. On top of that, there is no

gravity, so even if it does touch down safely, it could still fly

away. To try and stop that, the probe has been fitted with a special

harpoon that will launch itself into the surface of the comet. The

landing sites will be announced later this morning, with it hoping

to reach the surface by November. Time for some sport,

and Manchester United's record signing Angel di Maria scored in his

first match at Old Trafford, in a The club's ?59.7 million signing

fired in a free-kick to set his side on the way to

their first win of the season. That's all from the Newsround

team for this morning.