:00:00. > :00:00.You're watching a special Newsround on an historic morning for the UK.
:00:00. > :00:09.I'm Ricky, live at Westminster, bringing you the massive news
:00:10. > :00:23.that the UK has voted to leave the European Union.
:00:24. > :00:26.I'm outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster,
:00:27. > :00:34.as children and adults across the UK wake up on a truly historic day.
:00:35. > :00:40.It is very busy, there are so many journalists and camera people,
:00:41. > :00:45.everyone is out here this morning, Nigel Farage was a moment ago. It is
:00:46. > :00:50.busy because today is a huge news story.
:00:51. > :00:52.The votes have now been counted after yesterday's EU referendum,
:00:53. > :00:55.and the enormous news we're bringing you is that the has UK voted
:00:56. > :01:00.to leave that club of 28 countries, the European Union.
:01:01. > :01:04.Well, Theo Leggett, the BBC's Politics expert
:01:05. > :01:19.Thank you for joining us. Tell us why this is such big news. Since I
:01:20. > :01:22.was born, we have been members of the European Union and because of
:01:23. > :01:26.that, a lot of the rules and regulations and laws that we live by
:01:27. > :01:31.our not made here, they are made in Brussels in the headquarters of the
:01:32. > :01:35.EU, and they affect so many aspects of our lives, where we can live and
:01:36. > :01:40.go to school and work. That is all going to change. But we do not know
:01:41. > :01:47.how it is going to change. We will speak to him later. We will be
:01:48. > :01:48.asking you some questions at! I have been up all night, I have not had
:01:49. > :01:55.any sleep, to bring you this report. You can hear the bongs of Big Ben
:01:56. > :02:01.just behind me here in Westminster. After months and months
:02:02. > :02:03.of campaigning, we will soon find out which way
:02:04. > :02:09.the country has voted. Behind me is the Houses
:02:10. > :02:11.of Parliament. There will be a lot of people
:02:12. > :02:14.in there waiting really nervously tonight to find out
:02:15. > :02:17.what that result is. They will be staying up
:02:18. > :02:20.all night just like we are. Right now, all the votes
:02:21. > :02:23.are being counted one by one at all the different centres
:02:24. > :02:28.all over the UK. And at this one in Swindon,
:02:29. > :02:34.the volunteers listened to dance music to help them count the votes
:02:35. > :02:37.as quickly as possible. Everyone is counting far
:02:38. > :02:39.quicker with the music on, It was quiet for a couple of hours
:02:40. > :02:45.while the counting went on. Then around midnight,
:02:46. > :02:49.Newcastle and Sunderland in the north-east of England became
:02:50. > :02:51.some of the first places It was Remain for Newcastle,
:02:52. > :02:57.but in Sunderland, a strong vote After that, the results
:02:58. > :03:10.came in thick and fast. Voters have thought deeply
:03:11. > :03:14.about this, many of them. Leaves are now headlined nearly half
:03:15. > :03:16.a million, is that We are absolutely clear
:03:17. > :03:26.now that there is no way It is getting a lot brighter,
:03:27. > :03:32.the sun is starting to rise. The Leave campaign have done a lot
:03:33. > :03:35.better than anyone could have thought and it looks like people
:03:36. > :03:53.in the UK are waking up on this That is what has been happening
:03:54. > :04:01.while you have been asleep. Theo is here still. I have gotten questions,
:04:02. > :04:05.make them simple! Explain why voting to leave the European Union is such
:04:06. > :04:09.a huge deal. Over here we have the British Parliament, where a lot of
:04:10. > :04:13.our laws are made, but a lot of our laws are not made here, they are
:04:14. > :04:16.made in Brussels in the EU headquarters. So that'll have to
:04:17. > :04:21.stop now, we will be responsible for ourselves. It is a big change. Some
:04:22. > :04:26.people are happy but other people are quite worried, why is that? Some
:04:27. > :04:29.people think it is time we took control, some of the laws drawn up
:04:30. > :04:33.in the European Union do not benefit us that much, and that we should be
:04:34. > :04:37.responsible for ourselves. Look after ourselves. Are the people
:04:38. > :04:42.think that by coming out of the European Union, we will be at a
:04:43. > :04:47.disadvantage because the Europeans will not care about Britain. We have
:04:48. > :04:51.some viewers here, thank you for coming here, Abdullah and Roumaisa,
:04:52. > :05:00.you have some questions, is that start with us. Do you think that the
:05:01. > :05:05.UK voted for leaving the EU because of the EU immigration and refugee
:05:06. > :05:08.crisis? That is a really good question, and I think that was a big
:05:09. > :05:13.part of it, not the only part but as you say there is a refugee crisis,
:05:14. > :05:17.people from Syria and places like that are coming into Europe and once
:05:18. > :05:22.they are here, they can pass all the way through without having to shore
:05:23. > :05:25.-- show a passport. People on the Leave side were worried that those
:05:26. > :05:30.people would come into Britain and end up taking up space in doctors
:05:31. > :05:39.surgeries and schools. So they were worried. Is this the result of
:05:40. > :05:44.people in the UK not using the vote? I do not think it is not using the
:05:45. > :05:48.vote because lots of people dead, more than 32 million people voted.
:05:49. > :05:54.-- lots of people did. But in the areas while where people were
:05:55. > :05:56.expected to vote remain, fewer people turned out so might have had
:05:57. > :06:01.impact. Have you got any questions
:06:02. > :06:03.about what all this means? Go to Newsround online and let us
:06:04. > :06:07.know, we'll put some of them to Theo We'll have plenty more
:06:08. > :06:13.to tell you about right