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New warnings over the potential price

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of independence - but Alex Salmond accuses the Westminster government

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He says Scotland is on the cusp of history in voting

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for independence - and launches a fresh attack on his rivals.

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Cobbled up promises from the no campaign which unravel at the

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slightest scrutiny will not fall anyone in this country. -- fool

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anyone. There are more questions

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about the future of Scottish financial institutions in the event

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of a Yes vote - and sharp criticism Every Scottish bank has announced

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that in the event of a yes vote, they will move business south of the

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border. It is not about brass plates, it is about brass tacks.

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year-olds - voting for the first time - take part in the biggest

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Also in the programme, a sobbing Oscar Pistorius is told by the judge

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he is not guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

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But he'll return to court for the final verdicts tomorrow -

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And as he remembers 9/11, President Obama sets out his plans

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to tackle Islamic State extremists, including air strikes in Syria.

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Police say her missing iPhone could hold clues to the whereabouts of

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teenager Alice Gross. And the head suspended from an outstanding

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primary, following concerns over the safeguarding of children.

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six from Edinburgh.

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The First Minister Alex Salmond has launched a scathing attack on the

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Westminster government, accusing it of bullying and intimidation over

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It follows the decision by several financial institutions -

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including Royal Bank of Scotland - to move their company registration

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Mr Salmond insisted that Scotland was on the "cusp of history"

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and would vote for independence in the referendum next Thursday.

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Our political editor Nick Robinson has the latest on the campaign -

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Any decision... He is a week away from a place in history but will it

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be as Scotland's nearly man or is the father of a newly independent

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nation? Scotland is on the cusp of making history. The eyes of the

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world are upon Scotland. What the world is seeing is an articulate,

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peaceful, energise debate. Scotland will vote yes next Thursday. All

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that confidence despite a steady and organised drumbeat of warnings of

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the economic risks of independence, led by a series of banks announcing

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they will move their legal homes down south. Today, a series of high

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street retailers warned of a possible impact on prices in their

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stores of operating across a new border. The boss of Asda said they

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would have to reflect the costs of operating in two different

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countries. The chairman of John Lewis spoke of the likelihood of

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higher prices. But Tesco have denied claims they would charge more. This

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week, reporters have flown to Edinburgh from all over the world.

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But Alex Salmond knows that for victory, he needs to reassure voters

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at home. Why should a Scottish voter believe you, a politician, against

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the men who are responsible for billions of pounds of profits? He

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did not answer but he did attack the reporting of those in what he called

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the metropolitan media. To make his point, he read out a letter from the

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Chief Executive of Royal Bank of Scotland about its decision to move

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its registered HQ to London. Let me read the key paragraph. "Based on

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our current strategy and business plan, it is not our intention to

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move operations or jobs". No jobs lost and, he insisted, no loss of

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tax revenues. This was simply a matter of shifting around blast --

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brass plates. He went on to say the BBC story had come from the

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Treasury, handing over market sensitive information. He said there

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needed to be an official enquiry. They have been caught red-handed, as

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being part of a campaign of scaremongering. It provides a

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spectacular example of the kind of campaign tactics of intimidation and

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bullying. Therefore, I know the BBC, in its impartial role as a

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public sector broadcaster, will give full corporation to that

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investigation. APPLAUSE The closer this referendum gets, the

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more heated it becomes. Today on the streets of Glasgow, Ed Miliband

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struggled to be heard. That is a lie! Earlier, dozens of Labour MPs

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travelled up together on the train from London to join a Scottish

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colleagues. There is a sign of real belief that we are better together.

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Their cases that Alex Salmond is playing down very real risks. Every

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Scottish bank has now said that if there is a yes vote, they are going

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to move business south of the border. It is not about brass

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plates. It is about brass tacks. This will cost jobs and will cost of

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the funds we need to pay for the help service and schools. Asda have

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just announced that prices will go up if there is independence. All

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Alex Salmond can do is shrug his shoulders and say it does not

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matter. It does matter. Alex Salmond knows the eyes of the world are on

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him. He says this is the beginning of something, and not the end. As

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for all of those questions, all those doubts, he dismisses those as

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scaremongering. So Alex Salmond has played

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down questions over the future of some Scottish financial institutions

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in the event of a Yes vote. But what impact - if any - would

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the changes have on the companies, Our business editor Kamal

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Ahmed has this assessment. It is a bank, nearly as old as the

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union itself. The Royal Bank of Scotland today joined Lloyds and TSB

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in saying it was considering moving some of its business interests to

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London, if there is a yes vote in the independence referendum. But is

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this just a technical matter of little consequence? I asked one man

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who speaks in the industry north of the border. It is important to any

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international jurisdiction to have large companies registered in that

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jurisdiction because it sends a signal that it is a good and stable

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place to do business. Scotland has a long and proud history as a

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financial capital. Today, that future has been questioned. This is

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what has been announced. RBS will consider moving its headquarters to

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London. Lloyds has said it is looking at setting up new businesses

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south of the border. TSB is considering a similar move. All

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three have made it clear that the moves will have no impact on jobs,

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and where they pay their main business taxes will not be affected.

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Whether a bank's headquarters is in Edinburgh or 400 miles away in

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London may seem of little importance but high street banks are saying

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privately that a vote for independence could affect essential

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services like mortgage applications and people's personal savings. The

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reason? Uncertainty over the currency and independent Scotland

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would use, and whether the Bank of England would back the banks north

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of the border if there is another financial crisis. The Bank of

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England governor, Mark Carney today wrote to the Treasury Select

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Committee, suggesting that without a currency union, an independent

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Scotland would have to raise billions of pounds in reserves to

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maintain economic stability. Many leading business figures are

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positive about the prospect of a yes vote. Scotland's largest fund

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manager said an independent Scotland would be a big success. I don't

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think anyone suggests that Scotland would not be assessed cess in the

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event of a yes vote. -- a success. I probably subscribe to that view as

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well. Whether you agree with independence or not, it is now

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becoming clear that the yes vote on September 18 will have major

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imprecations for Scotland's history as a home of banking.

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Our political editor Nick Robinson is with me here.

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Despite economic uncertainties, Alex Salmond certainly came out fighting

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today. At times, it resembled a press conference not by Alex Salmond

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but Alex Ferguson. Why is he fighting? It is because he is

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convinced that there is an organised campaign coming from London, to

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scare Scotland into voting no. There's a bit of evidence for that

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claim tonight because the BBC has just revealed that my colleague

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Robert Peston, that a meeting was held at number ten this afternoon

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with supermarket bosses. In other words, some of the very people who

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have warned that prices could go up. He says the Scots should have faith

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but of course, the no campaign is saying something quite different.

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They say that this matters, it does not matter if it is recycled, if it

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has been heard for two years, it is the meat and drink of what

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independence could mean, and people should focus it.

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We'll have more from Edinburgh a little

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editor, Brian Taylor. talking to our Scotland political

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But for now - it's back to Reeta in the studio.

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After a six-month trial, the South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has

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been cleared of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

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But the judge said he used excessive force, and that

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his conduct was negligent when he shot her through a toilet door.

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It's raised the possibility that the Paralympian could still be facing

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years in jail if the judge finds him of guilty of manslaughter tomorrow.

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He could also be found guilty of Cobble Bull homicide. -- culpable

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homicide. Our Africa correspondent

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Andrew Harding has been in court. A lot of people arrived at court

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this morning, commits the stories could not escape the murder verdict.

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But the judge, and remember, there are no jury trials in South Africa,

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the judge had other ideas in what has been a day of extraordinary

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drama and suspense. He has admitted to killing Reeva

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Steenkamp, but does that make Oscar Pistorius a murderer? Today, it was

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the day for answers. In the early morning hours of 14th debris, 2013.

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In court, Judge Thokozile Masipa began to outline how she had reached

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a verdict. Here the accused was charged with the murder of Reeva

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Steenkamp. This is where it happened, Pistorius rushed from his

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bedroom down the narrow corridor towards his bathroom. Reeva

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Steenkamp was in the corner toilet with the door locked. We know that

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Oscar Pistorius was standing about here with his gun pointed towards

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the toilet door. What the trial has had to decide is if he deliberately

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killed Reeva Steenkamp, or was he startled by noise and fired almost

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without thinking? The prosecution says it was premeditated murder but

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today, the judge brushed that aside. There are just not enough facts to

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support such a finding. She dismissed the evidence of neighbours

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who said they had heard a woman scream, and said there was no proof

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Oscar and Reeva Steenkamp's Lycian chip was on the rock. Normal

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relationships are dynamic and unpredictable. -- relationship was

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on the rocks. Human beings are fickle. The objective facts, she

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said, supported Pistorius' own timeline of events. I sat over her

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and I cried. But remember the athlete's tearful evidence? She was

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not breathing! Today, Judge Masipa accused him of dishonesty and giving

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contradictory explanations for why he pulled the trigger. The accused

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was a very poor witness. As the athlete sat quietly sobbing, the

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judge declared the state had failed to prove the story is meant to kill

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anyone. She cleared him of murder. -- failed to prove Pistorius. Reeva

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Steenkamp's family watched from the gallery. Here I have no vengeful

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feelings and I have forgiven Oscar for what he has done. He has killed

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her. Even if he made a mistake, it is a huge mistake. It has cost her

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her life. And the athlete is not out of the woods yet. The judge strongly

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implied she would declare him guilty tomorrow of the lesser charge of

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culpable homicide. It has been an extraordinary day in court. The

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judge rejected almost the entire prosecution case. And yet, she still

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found Pistorius guilty of negligence. That could yet see him

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spend years in jail. Alex Salmond accuses

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the No campaign of scaremongering - after fresh warnings over

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the possible costs of independence. Richard Kiel,

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known for his unforgettable role as Jaws in the Bond movies,

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has died at the age of 74. Later on BBC London, good recycling

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graves in the B the answer to London's growing shortage of burial

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plots? And uncertainty for fans, as Spurs prepared to move away from

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White Hart Lane while their new stadium is being built.

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President Obama has set out plans to combat the Islamic State extremists

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who have seized large parts of Syria and Iraq.

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It follows recent criticism that he didn't have a strategy.

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In a televised speech he said he was authorising air strikes in Syria,

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insisting that America would hunt down terrorists wherever they were.

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He said the United States would give $500 million to moderate Syrian

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And he's promised more military aid for Iraqi and Kurdish forces.

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Our North America editor Jon Sopel reports from Washington.

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On the Whitwell -- White House lawn this morning, everybody came

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together to remember those who died on September the 11th 13 years ago

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when this country was under attack. But it is today's threat from

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Islamic State that was on the President's mine tonight when he

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addressed the nation from the White House. I have made it clear we will

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hunt down terrorists wherever they are. I will not hesitate to take

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action against IS in Syria as well as Iraq. This is a core principle of

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my presidency. If you threaten America, you will find no safe

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haven. These planes have been in action in Iraq, but launching air

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strikes against Syrian targets will be immensely complex. For a start,

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President Assad has sophisticated air defence systems and the Foreign

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Ministry in Damascus has made clear that any military action would be

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seen as an act of aggression. Also it has been described as an

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intelligence black hole. How easy will it be to pinpoint Islamic State

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fighters from the air? The Free Syrian Army says their role on the

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ground will be crucial. Air strikes will never be enough to tackle

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crisis in Syria. There has to be coordination with the Free Syrian

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Army on the ground. Syrian fighters who know when and how and where to

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hit crisis. John Kerry has now arrived in Saudi Arabia to look at

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the operation. Slowly a broad coalition is starting to take shape.

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Back in Washington, where some 9/11 commemorations are quieter than

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others, there is broad support for military reaction. -- action. And

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polling of American people finds people think themselves directly

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threatened by the Islamic State, just as they were 13 years ago by

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Al-Qaeda. President Obama is a reluctant war leader. He hoped his

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legacy would be bringing troops home from overseas conflicts. Instead

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America is embarking on another campaign that could last until well

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after this President leaves the White House.

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Here, the Foreign Secretary has said the UK would not take part in air

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strikes in Syria, but Downing Street insisted no military options had

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been ruled out. James Landale joins me now. There seems to be some

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confusion about what Britain's role might be. Yes, there is. We know the

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Foreign Secretary is not keen on British forces taking part in air

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strikes against militants in Syria. He said it would be a high risk

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strategy, technically, legally and militarily more, located at air

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strikes in Iraq. Today he went further by saying, and I quote,

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Britain will not be taking part in any air strikes in Syria. The only

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problem, that is not the Government's policy. The Foreign

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Secretary messed up. The Prime Minister has made it very clear that

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nothing is ruled out when it comes to air strikes. It is possible back

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down the line the Government will decide not to launch air strikes in

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Syria but we are not there yet. They are being much more cautious than

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that. The first rule of British diplomacy is never disagree with the

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President of United States just after he has announced a new

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policy, which is what the Foreign Secretary did today. , thank you.

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An inquest has heard how a nurse was found hanged after

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presenters from an Australian radio station made a prank call to a

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hospital in London where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated.

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Jacintha Saldanha told a colleague she thought it was her

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fault that details of the Duchess's treatment for morning sickness two

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Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports.

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She was the meticulous night nurse who made one mistake

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when she thought she was talking on the telephone to the Queen.

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Today nearly two years after the death of Nurse Jacintha Saldanha,

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her husband Benedict, third from the left, and two children

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on the right, came to the Royal Courts of Justice in London to hear

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Also there, Mel Greig, one of the two Australian radio DJs

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She had come, she said, to honour a promise she had made to the family

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to attend the inquest in case there were any questions she could answer.

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On the night of the 3rd of December 2012, the Duchess of Cambridge was

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being treated at the King Edward VII Hospital for acute sickness

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In Sydney, Australia, the two radio DJs thought it would be funny to

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ring the hospital pretending to be the Queen and the Prince of Wales.

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Nurse Saldanha was taken in by the hoax.

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Three days later, her body was found in the nurse's home.

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The inquest heard from the nurse's husband Benedict who read

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a short statement about the woman he described as my beloved wife.

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Then he was asked by the coroner if she ever suffered psychological

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problems or had ever tried to harm herself before.

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Inside the hospital, there were protocols for dealing with VIP calls

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but Nurse Saldanha, who was in charge of the hospital that

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night, put the call straight through to the nurse treating the Duchess.

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That nurse told the inquest about an email Jacintha Saldanha

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I feel very bad about getting you involved.

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I'm very upset and don't know what to do.

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Things are going in the wrong direction.

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Nicholas Witchell, BBC News, at the Royal Courts of Justice.

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The American actor Richard Kiel, best known for playing the Bond

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The American star appeared in two Bond films,

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thrilling audiences with his steel-toothed character.

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Here's our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba.

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At 7 ft 2, he was probably the most physically imposing villain ever

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featured in a Bond film but that wasn't what made him memorable.

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The steel-toothed killer proved so popular when he appeared in The

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Spy Who Loved Me, that unusually Bond's producers brought him back

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for the next film, Moonraker, to once again face Roger Moore's 007.

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When I spoke to Richard Kiel in 2012, the 50th anniversary year

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of the Bond franchise, he told me what he thought set Jaws apart.

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What was it about your character that made him so popular that he was

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He was a fun character and he had a lot of personal qualities.

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Perseverance, frustration, determination.

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Today Sir Roger Moore said, I am totally distraught to learn of my

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We were on a radio programme together just a week ago.

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Kiel, who was married with four children, did make appearances

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in other movies thanks to his Bond success, but it was Jaws he remained

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best known for, often appearing at Bond events and conventions,

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celebrating a villain who almost uniquely turned from being Bond's

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enemy to being his ally and who even had his own love story.

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And despite speaking just four words in the films...

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Richard Kiel will be remembered as the man behind one of

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the most popular characters in one of cinema's most popular series.

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More now on our main story, the referendum in Scotland, with Sophie

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in Edinburgh. Thank you and welcome back.

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Today thousands of 16 and 17 year olds who will be voting for the

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first time have been taking part in the biggest political debate that

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Whatever the outcome of the referendum, these teenagers will

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It'll be the first time that anyone their age

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has been given a vote in a national election in any part of the UK.

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And because of that there's been a lot of focus on their views.

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Our Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon reports.

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This is not your usual day trip away from school. Thousands of first-time

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voters from across Scotland coming together to discuss their future.

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Their argument about who is voting yes and no. Some posters, and some

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come down. 100,016 and 17-year-olds have registered to vote. This will

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be their first time at the ballot box and they are going to make it

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count. I am pretty decided that I will vote no. I doubt anything will

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sway me because both campaigns seem to be saying the same things over

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and over again. I am voting yes because it is a better thing for

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Scotland's future and the yes campaign have a stronger argument.

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What is the point of going down the route Westminster are taking us when

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it is not the right one for Scotland? There has been a lot of

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information coming out but not enough to push people towards either

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side because usually the same arguments come out in each debate.

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This is what today is all about. This venue is normally packed with

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people here for pop concerts and sporting events. These 16 and

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17-year-olds are here to watch, listen and engage with prounion and

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pro-independence politicians who are debating with each other and with

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them. How would independents affect job opportunities? If we have

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control over our economic levers we can create more opportunities.

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People in Scotland of any age know there are jobs that exist because we

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work with other parts of the UK. Questions on jobs, tuition fees, the

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NHS, and then this. Is there a statement that the Better Together

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and yes campaigns would like to make that will help me make my decision?

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There will be challenges and ups and downs but we will have control over

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our resources. We have huge control over our health, education and

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policing but we stand together with other people, too. Big issues for

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the next generation to consider. In seven days time, these 16 and

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17-year-olds will be voting for the first time in a referendum that is

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all about their future. Lorna Gordon, BBC News, Glasgow. And there

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are a number of ways to watch The Big Big Debate on BBC One. In

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Scotland it is on at nine o'clock, in England and Wales it is 10:40pm,

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and 11:15pm in Northern Ireland. Wherever you are in the UK, it is on

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the BBC News Channel at nine o'clock. Brian Taylor is in Glasgow

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tonight. Exactly a week to go before Scotland decides and it could go

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either way. It is an astonishing campaign, this. Those young voters

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that we just heard there are part of 4.3 million people registered to

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vote in Scotland for the referendum. It is a record

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registration and likely to be a record turnout. What will they say

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and decide? These business arguments, will they be a wall of

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noise as supporters of independence suggest? Will they hear that wall of

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noise and gather a sense of anxiety and perhaps vote no? Alex Salmond is

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saying tonight that the campaign and concerns being raised by business

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are being orchestrated by Downing Street. He has seized upon reports

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that the Prime Minister met market leaders this afternoon before

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statements were issued about costs possibly rising in Scotland. Downing

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Street is saying it was a scheduled meeting about feeding the future and

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Scotland was not mentioned. This is going to go to the wire. This is big

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stuff. A lovely, warm evening in Edinburgh. John has the weather.

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Yes, fine and settled, isn't it? And that is the forecast for several

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days to come. I will run the satellite sequence because you can

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see this Catherine wheel of cloud to the South West going nowhere fast.

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Eventually it will edge towards us and break down the fine spell but

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not for another week or so. It is another large area of low pressure

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but at the moment we have high pressure across the UK, hence the

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fine weather. Yes, it has been sunny in Scotland but more cloud further

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South. The cloud will come and go and we could see some breaks but

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clearer skies will be further North. Towns and cities in double figures

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but just like last night, in the Glens of Northern Ireland and

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Scotland, we could get down to two. Milder further South where we keep

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the cloud. There could be fog in Northern Ireland and Scotland which

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could lift tomorrow. Then the cloud will fill in to some extent. Further

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South, where it starts cloudy, there will be breaks developing, so things

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could even out by the afternoon. That is a snapshot for 4 o'clock.

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Some cloudy spells and sunny spells and I will not attempt to much

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detail. The main thing is that it will be dry and pleasant with light

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winds and sunshine and temperatures into the low 20s and high teens,

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which is pretty good. More fine weather for this weekend and some

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cloud around. There will be some sunshine but the risk of a shower

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later this weekend. Thank you. That is all

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