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Newsround here with everything you need Tono. Coming up: Find out what | :00:08. | :00:14. | |
Gary Barlow's scared of, and, are these the worst Christmas lights in | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
the country? People living there think so. | :00:18. | :00:23. | |
First, we are talking about Scotland, a country which has been | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
part of the UK for over 300 years. But in less than a year, that could | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
change. On the 18th September, 2014, Scotland will hold a referendum, a | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
vote, where people will be asked a simple question - should Scotland be | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
an independent country? Today, the Scottish Government revealed how | :00:42. | :00:43. | |
they would run the country should the people vote yes. Martin's got | :00:44. | :00:49. | |
the latest on this story. I'm here in Glasgow where earlier | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
today, Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, released what he called the | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
mission statement for Scotland's future. It's a massive document | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
which is 670 pages long and the aim was to answer the difficult | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
questions on how Scotland would be run if it was to become an | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
independent country. We can have powers and responsibilities, we need | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
to seize opportunities, to build a wealthier, fairer nation, but also | :01:16. | :01:20. | |
to face our major challenges. So what are the key points? First | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
up, money. The Scottish Government want to keep | :01:24. | :01:28. | |
using the pound, although those against independence say it will | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
cause huge problems to share the same money with the remainder of the | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
UK. The yes campaign want the Queen to | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
stay as Head of State and they want Scotland to stay in the European | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
Union. Others say this would not be straightforward. | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
The British Army would be split up. Scotland would have its own Defence | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
Force but would give up nuclear weapons. | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
Those who're against independence say that today's plan doesn't answer | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
all the questions and that Scotland would be better off staying in the | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
UK. They were supposed to come up with | :02:04. | :02:06. | |
all the answers anyone could ever want Tono about anything to do with | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
independence, but there's absolutely nothing new. The First Minister Alex | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
Salmond thinks independence will make Scotland a more successful | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
country. I'm here with Max, Jack, Max and | :02:17. | :02:23. | |
Ellie. They'll be amongst the youngest voters in the UK next year. | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
Jack, you voted yes for independence. What's made up your | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
mind for you? Scotland should be run by the people that Scotland want, | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
rather than by the people down south. I think that's it. Max, you | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
are going to vote no. Why is that? I think there's too much uncertainty | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
for to it actually happen because there's too much risk. | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
If we were to go independent, and things were to go wrong, we need | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
help. Unless a revolution happens, there's no many ways I can see it | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
working. Ellie, you are split down the middle and don't know which to | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
vote for yet? I don't feel I have enough information yet. People say | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
this party is great, this party is terrible. There should be something | :03:14. | :03:15. | |
that we can understand to help us decide. Max, why is it important for | :03:16. | :03:22. | |
people to be able to vote? It's important for young people to have | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
an opinion in Scotland. It's going to be often a life-changing decision | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
and it will affect us most. Next, spiders and the dark. I'm afraid of | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
heights. What about you? Gary Barlow's spoken about his biggest | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
fear, flying. He told the Daily Mirror newspaper that he's always | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
been a nervous traveller sand is especially scared of take off. His | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
busy schedule means he has to travel lots, so he's signed up for a | :03:50. | :03:53. | |
special course where he'll learn how a plane works to tray to overcrop | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
his phobia. Online, we are asking how you've overcrop your fears -- | :04:00. | :04:07. | |
overcome your fears. Next, England cricket verse spoken | :04:08. | :04:10. | |
out in support of Jonathan Trott after he left the Ashes tour with a | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
stress related illness. The endless cycle of cricket and touring seems | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
to have taken its toll. He's returned home to recover. It's not | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
the first time a celebrity's opened up about their strucks. -- | :04:24. | :04:30. | |
struggles. Tune in at 6. 50 for more on that. As the clock counts down to | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
Christmas, up tos and cities have been holding big events to celebrate | :04:35. | :04:38. | |
switching on the Christmas lights. At one town in Kent, the reaction | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
was far from friendly. There were loud boos when these lights were | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
unveiled. Lots of people complained about the festive decorations, | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
calling them embarrassing, with some billing them as the worst Christmas | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
lights in the country. That's brutal. That's all for now. More at | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
6. 50 for the last word here | :05:00. | :05:01. |