:00:09. > :00:10.Hi, guys, you're watching Newsround with me, Ricky, this Monday morning.
:00:11. > :00:20.I'm live in Scotland where this week's big teferendum
:00:21. > :00:22.I'm live in Scotland where this week's big referendum
:00:23. > :00:27.And keep watching for some very exciting space news!
:00:28. > :00:29.First, could any race be closer than this?
:00:30. > :00:32.It's only three days now before people in Scotland get to
:00:33. > :00:36.The big question, should Scotland be an independent country?
:00:37. > :00:40.At the moment, it's just too close to call.
:00:41. > :00:43.Today, politicians on both sides of the debate will be travelling round
:00:44. > :00:47.Scotland trying to win over anyone who's not made their mind up yet.
:00:48. > :00:58.Hello from Stirling, the latest stop on Newsround's Scotland tour.
:00:59. > :01:02.Behind me is the William Wallace monument.
:01:03. > :01:06.It remembers the famous Scotsman William Wallace who fought against
:01:07. > :01:08.England in Wars of Independence more than 700 years ago.
:01:09. > :01:13.So, this week's battle for Scottish independence isn't a new one!
:01:14. > :01:16.Now, one of the biggest issues for voters in the Scotland referendum
:01:17. > :01:24.It brings a lot of money and jobs into Scotland.
:01:25. > :01:27.Thousands of people work on the oil rigs.
:01:28. > :01:30.They drill down under the seabed to get to oil and gas,
:01:31. > :01:37.Workers have to spend weeks away from home though, because
:01:38. > :01:59.Hi, my name is Anna and my father works offshore in the North Sea. It
:02:00. > :02:03.is quite unusual how he gets to work, he flies in a helicopter! To
:02:04. > :02:09.date me and my father are going to tell you all about it. What is your
:02:10. > :02:16.dad up to now? He is checking in, and it is a bit like a airport. The
:02:17. > :02:23.helicopter can only take a certain amount of weight. This is a bit like
:02:24. > :02:29.a suit that a mother or father might wear going to work, but this is what
:02:30. > :02:34.my dad wears going to work. It is a safety suit on the helicopter. What
:02:35. > :02:38.is it like working on an oil rig in the middle of the North Sea? I
:02:39. > :02:43.suppose it is similar to being on a ship. You are out in the middle of
:02:44. > :02:47.the sea and all you can see is the sea. Every day you are working 12
:02:48. > :02:54.hour shifts. You see the odd wildlife. You see seals quite
:02:55. > :02:59.regularly. You also see sharks and the odd killer whale. That is
:03:00. > :03:03.amazing. How do you feel about your dad working on the oil rig?
:03:04. > :03:07.Sometimes I am quite sad because he is not here for my birthday. If he
:03:08. > :03:13.is not here for my birthday he is here for Christmas. He does the
:03:14. > :03:19.occasionally more -- e-mail or called me and my brother every day.
:03:20. > :03:25.There is always a telephone and eye can e-mail. This does -- does this
:03:26. > :03:29.give you a better understanding about what your dad does? Yes, I can
:03:30. > :03:35.now understand why he is always too tired! Thank you very much. I had
:03:36. > :03:45.fun. Should we go now? Let's do this thing! Next stop, news round
:03:46. > :03:50.headquarters will stop the striker headquarters. But did not make it to
:03:51. > :03:52.the headquarters. So, just a few days left
:03:53. > :03:55.before that big vote. If you have any questions you still
:03:56. > :03:57.want answered, then ask them on the Newsround website
:03:58. > :04:00.and we'll put them to our expert. Now to the very latest
:04:01. > :04:12.on attempts to land the first ever Later this morning the European
:04:13. > :04:17.Space Agency will announce where they hope the Rosetta probe will
:04:18. > :04:20.touch down for the historic landing. But picking the right spot
:04:21. > :04:34.has proved pretty tricky. The probe has been chasing this
:04:35. > :04:38.comet across space for more than ten years, and last month, there were
:04:39. > :04:43.huge celebrations when it finally entered its orbit. But that was just
:04:44. > :04:48.the beginning. European Space Agency experts think that getting the probe
:04:49. > :04:52.to land on the comets could help discover some of the ancient
:04:53. > :04:56.mysteries of the universe. Finding the right place to try and land that
:04:57. > :05:00.is really important to the success of the mission. Things that could go
:05:01. > :05:05.wrong is, if the common lands on a slave, it could topple over. It
:05:06. > :05:11.could fall into a crevasse or land on a rock. The comet is oddly shaped
:05:12. > :05:17.and travelling at millions of miles an hour. On top of that, there is no
:05:18. > :05:21.gravity, so even if it does touch down safely, it could still fly
:05:22. > :05:25.away. To try and stop that, the probe has been fitted with a special
:05:26. > :05:30.harpoon that will launch itself into the surface of the comet. The
:05:31. > :05:32.landing sites will be announced later this morning, with it hoping
:05:33. > :05:36.to reach the surface by November. Time for some sport,
:05:37. > :05:38.and Manchester United's record signing Angel di Maria scored in his
:05:39. > :05:41.first match at Old Trafford, in a The club's ?59.7 million signing
:05:42. > :05:45.fired in a free-kick to set his side on the way to
:05:46. > :05:51.their first win of the season. That's all from the Newsround
:05:52. > :05:54.team for this morning.