24/06/2016 Newsround

You're watching a special Newsround on an historic morning for the UK.

I'm Ricky, live at Westminster, bringing you the massive news

that the UK has voted to leave the European Union.

I'm outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster,

as children and adults across the UK wake up on a truly historic day.

It is very busy, there are so many journalists and camera people,

everyone is out here this morning, Nigel Farage was a moment ago. It is

busy because today is a huge news story.

The votes have now been counted after yesterday's EU referendum,

and the enormous news we're bringing you is that the has UK voted

to leave that club of 28 countries, the European Union.

Well, Theo Leggett, the BBC's Politics expert

Thank you for joining us. Tell us why this is such big news. Since I

was born, we have been members of the European Union and because of

that, a lot of the rules and regulations and laws that we live by

our not made here, they are made in Brussels in the headquarters of the

EU, and they affect so many aspects of our lives, where we can live and

go to school and work. That is all going to change. But we do not know

how it is going to change. We will speak to him later. We will be

asking you some questions at! I have been up all night, I have not had

any sleep, to bring you this report. You can hear the bongs of Big Ben

just behind me here in Westminster. After months and months

of campaigning, we will soon find out which way

the country has voted. Behind me is the Houses

of Parliament. There will be a lot of people

in there waiting really nervously tonight to find out

what that result is. They will be staying up

all night just like we are. Right now, all the votes

are being counted one by one at all the different centres

all over the UK. And at this one in Swindon,

the volunteers listened to dance music to help them count the votes

as quickly as possible. Everyone is counting far

quicker with the music on, It was quiet for a couple of hours

while the counting went on. Then around midnight,

Newcastle and Sunderland in the north-east of England became

some of the first places It was Remain for Newcastle,

but in Sunderland, a strong vote After that, the results

came in thick and fast. Voters have thought deeply

about this, many of them. Leaves are now headlined nearly half

a million, is that We are absolutely clear

now that there is no way It is getting a lot brighter,

the sun is starting to rise. The Leave campaign have done a lot

better than anyone could have thought and it looks like people

in the UK are waking up on this That is what has been happening

while you have been asleep. Theo is here still. I have gotten questions,

make them simple! Explain why voting to leave the European Union is such

a huge deal. Over here we have the British Parliament, where a lot of

our laws are made, but a lot of our laws are not made here, they are

made in Brussels in the EU headquarters. So that'll have to

stop now, we will be responsible for ourselves. It is a big change. Some

people are happy but other people are quite worried, why is that? Some

people think it is time we took control, some of the laws drawn up

in the European Union do not benefit us that much, and that we should be

responsible for ourselves. Look after ourselves. Are the people

think that by coming out of the European Union, we will be at a

disadvantage because the Europeans will not care about Britain. We have

some viewers here, thank you for coming here, Abdullah and Roumaisa,

you have some questions, is that start with us. Do you think that the

UK voted for leaving the EU because of the EU immigration and refugee

crisis? That is a really good question, and I think that was a big

part of it, not the only part but as you say there is a refugee crisis,

people from Syria and places like that are coming into Europe and once

they are here, they can pass all the way through without having to shore

-- show a passport. People on the Leave side were worried that those

people would come into Britain and end up taking up space in doctors

surgeries and schools. So they were worried. Is this the result of

people in the UK not using the vote? I do not think it is not using the

vote because lots of people dead, more than 32 million people voted.

-- lots of people did. But in the areas while where people were

expected to vote remain, fewer people turned out so might have had

impact. Have you got any questions

about what all this means? Go to Newsround online and let us

know, we'll put some of them to Theo We'll have plenty more

to tell you about right