:00:34. > :00:34.Millions of people in Scotland are deciding
:00:35. > :00:39.In an historic decision on whether to make Scotland Independent
:00:40. > :00:43.Queues of people started voting at 7am and the polling places are
:00:44. > :00:55.I'm in Ingliston and this is where the count will be happening soon.
:00:56. > :00:58.Millions of people have been going to polling places across Scotland,
:00:59. > :01:22.Looks quiet at the moment later on though will be loads of activity in
:01:23. > :01:28.this hall. The polls will close at 10pm and we will be here all night
:01:29. > :01:33.bringing you the latest tomorrow morning in Newsround at 7:40am and
:01:34. > :01:40.8:15am so make sure you do not miss it.
:01:41. > :01:42.Next, to the extreme weather wreaking
:01:43. > :01:50.north west coast of Mexico has been hit by a huge hurricane.
:01:51. > :01:52.In Arizona they're preparing for heavy rain and flash flooding
:01:53. > :01:58.Hurricane Odile has caused massive destruction.
:01:59. > :02:07.Witnesses on Mexico's west coast say it's the
:02:08. > :02:18.It is crazy. I have never been in a storm like that before. Everything
:02:19. > :02:19.was completely destroyed, there is nothing left.
:02:20. > :02:22.Thousands of tourists trapped by the hurricane can now finally
:02:23. > :02:25.The airport's been closed for days - it's been too dangerous to fly.
:02:26. > :02:28.Earlier this week Odile slammed into Las Cabos, destroying entire
:02:29. > :02:35.holiday resorts and neighbourhoods, leaving thousands without power.
:02:36. > :02:40.TRANSLATION: all of this has been lost. Now we have to start over,
:02:41. > :02:43.little by little. Remarkably authorities say no
:02:44. > :02:45.deaths have been reported. The heavy rains brought by Odile
:02:46. > :02:47.have fallen on dry, hard ground, As the hurricane leaves Mexico
:02:48. > :02:51.and heads north to Arizona, people They're only just recovering
:02:52. > :02:54.from floods a week ago. But east of here, in California,
:02:55. > :02:57.the opposite - a heatwave is Millions there are overloading
:02:58. > :03:01.electricity supplies by using air conditioning to cope
:03:02. > :03:05.with high temperatures. 15 big fires are burning
:03:06. > :03:11.through dry forests. With hot weather set to continue and
:03:12. > :03:15.high winds fanning the flames the south west of the US looks like it
:03:16. > :03:25.has more weather troubles to come. A thief's has been caught on CCTV
:03:26. > :03:28.stealing a piece of art from The footage shows the man removing
:03:29. > :03:32.the painting - worth several hundred pounds from the wall and
:03:33. > :03:36.trying to hide it in his jacket. Now check out these amazing
:03:37. > :03:42.pictures from space. There's a close up at
:03:43. > :03:47.the swirling gases on the Sun, night The stunning pictures
:03:48. > :03:51.from 51 countries are part of a yearly competition to show
:03:52. > :04:04.pictures of our planets, And finally - 180 litres of slimy
:04:05. > :04:07.green gunge, and 60 people. In just under an hour's time,
:04:08. > :04:10.Barney, Radzi, Lindsey and the Blue Peter gang, will attempt to
:04:11. > :04:12.break the world record for most It's all part of
:04:13. > :04:16.the 60th anniversary celebrations of We stopped by their studio,
:04:17. > :04:32.a little earlier on, Hello in Newsround and say hello to
:04:33. > :04:36.the gunge which will be going over hopefully 60 people 's heads today.
:04:37. > :04:43.The current world record stands at 49. We are hoping to get 60 buckets
:04:44. > :04:45.over 60 heads which will be a brand-new record. Watch Blue Peter
:04:46. > :04:49.at 5:30 p.m.. Head to the website to see news
:04:50. > :04:52.about wombats, whales and hippos. That's also where you can watch
:04:53. > :04:55.Ricky's report about what to do That's all from me,
:04:56. > :04:59.I'm off to the Blue Peter studio to get gunged for their World Record
:05:00. > :05:03.attempt at 5.30pm.