:00:10. > :00:16.Tonight at ten - a sharp fall in violent crime in England and Wales,
:00:17. > :00:19.confirming a long-term trend. There's been a significant reduction
:00:20. > :00:22.in the number of injuries caused by violence being dealt with by the
:00:23. > :00:30.NHS. One of the factors could be less affordable alcohol and a change
:00:31. > :00:34.in patterns of binge drinking. In recent years, alcohol has become
:00:35. > :00:39.less affordable, and particularly the disposable income of young
:00:40. > :00:42.people has come down. We'll have more details and we'll be
:00:43. > :00:45.looking at other factors in the downward trend. Also tonight...
:00:46. > :00:47.Russia says it is prepared to retaliate to protect the interests
:00:48. > :00:51.of Russians living in eastern Ukraine.
:00:52. > :00:54.Three young children are found dead at their home in south London -
:00:55. > :00:57.their mother has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
:00:58. > :01:06.A special report from Niger, as thousands of refugees flee the
:01:07. > :01:09.violence in neighbouring Nigeria. And on St George's Day, a taste of
:01:10. > :01:43.English opinion on Scottish independence.
:01:44. > :01:49.Good evening. There's been a sharp fall in violent crime in England and
:01:50. > :01:56.Wales, confirming a long-term trend. The latest figures are based on data
:01:57. > :01:59.from NHS hospitals. They suggest the number of people treated for
:02:00. > :02:02.injuries caused by violence has fallen to its lowest level for more
:02:03. > :02:05.than a decade. A survey of accident and emergency departments last year
:02:06. > :02:07.recorded 235,000 people being treated for injuries caused by
:02:08. > :02:12.violence - a reduction of more than 32,000 on 2012. One factor is
:02:13. > :02:17.thought to be less affordable alcohol and a reduction in
:02:18. > :02:18.binge-drinking. Our home editor, Mark Easton, has been studying the
:02:19. > :02:27.findings. British town centres on a Friday and
:02:28. > :02:30.Saturday night have been likened to war zones - a culture of drinking
:02:31. > :02:34.and fighting which keeps the emergency services at full stretch.
:02:35. > :02:40.But that reputation belies an extraordinary change. Two years ago,
:02:41. > :02:43.Crawley town centre at night was regarded as the worst in the county,
:02:44. > :02:47.a no-go area for the law-abiding majority. Like many places, binge
:02:48. > :02:51.drinking and anti-social behaviour went hand-in-hand. But recently,
:02:52. > :02:53.police, publicans and the local council have worked together to
:02:54. > :03:00.transform the culture of the night-time economy.
:03:01. > :03:06.I have seen the change coming through. Nine or ten years ago,
:03:07. > :03:09.there was a culture of fighting. In Crawley, when I arrived here four
:03:10. > :03:13.years ago, there may have been an elephant, but what has happened here
:03:14. > :03:16.now is that people do not tend to go out for a fight, they go out to
:03:17. > :03:19.socialise, to enjoy themselves and to have a good night.
:03:20. > :03:21.Figures today show that numbers treated for violent injuries in
:03:22. > :03:25.English and Welsh hospitals fell 12% last year, just the latest reduction
:03:26. > :03:30.in a trend which goes back more than ten years. Researchers believe it is
:03:31. > :03:32.action to do with alcohol-related violence which has made a real
:03:33. > :03:38.difference. We found in our own research that
:03:39. > :03:41.where this multi-agency prevention is well-organised and well-led, that
:03:42. > :03:47.it is in those regions of the country where violence has come down
:03:48. > :03:50.most. It was 2001 when Labour's Mike O'Brien attempted to woo voters with
:03:51. > :03:57.the promise of a cafe-style drinking culture. The argument was that if
:03:58. > :03:59.Britain relaxed licensing laws and toughened sanctions on those who
:04:00. > :04:04.abused the new freedoms, it would encourage a more responsible
:04:05. > :04:09.att5itude towards alcohol. Adam Foxley runs Crawley's biggest
:04:10. > :04:13.nightclub. He has witnessed a real change. The instances we have where
:04:14. > :04:16.people are assaulted in clubs and bars has reduced dramatically and
:04:17. > :04:23.usually when that type of stuff does happen, it is always an ongoing feud
:04:24. > :04:28.which has happened. It isn't, right, we are going to go out and have a
:04:29. > :04:32.fight - that definitely has changed. Cafe culture may have arrived. Among
:04:33. > :04:35.young people, there appears to be a greater intolerance of aggression,
:04:36. > :04:37.from bar room brawls to domestic violence, from knife crime to
:04:38. > :04:48.football hooliganism, evidence is mounting that these days, it is cool
:04:49. > :04:54.to be cool. Our home editor, Mark Easton, is here. I think it is fair
:04:55. > :04:59.to say, there is still plenty of debate about the fact is, but how
:05:00. > :05:04.significant is this? Nobody is suggesting that the problem has gone
:05:05. > :05:08.away. In many parts of the country, alcohol-related violence is still a
:05:09. > :05:10.troubling problem. But we have seen something quite extraordinary,
:05:11. > :05:14.violence has been falling in this country for 20 years, and on the
:05:15. > :05:19.basis of these figures, appears to be falling still, and very fast. So
:05:20. > :05:24.why is it happening, and why particularly among young people? You
:05:25. > :05:29.will have heard some theories - lead-free petrol, CCTV cameras, even
:05:30. > :05:35.the abortion laws. I think perhaps more important is a change in youth
:05:36. > :05:40.culture. Teenagers do much less hanging around these days. In our
:05:41. > :05:45.generation, it was behind the bike sheds with a callow side are getting
:05:46. > :05:48.up to mischief. Now, teenagers are much more likely to be in their
:05:49. > :05:53.bedroom at the computer, playing games, on Facebook, even possibly
:05:54. > :05:56.doing their homework. In many ways they behave better than their
:05:57. > :06:03.parents, they drink less, take fewer drugs, teenage pregnancies are at
:06:04. > :06:07.historically low levels. So, far from regarding a Saturday night
:06:08. > :06:11.fight as part of growing up, the kid who lashes out is regarded as
:06:12. > :06:15.something of a loser. Think we are seeing something of a tipping point
:06:16. > :06:18.where aggression frankly is out, and anger management is in.
:06:19. > :06:23.Moscow has again warned that it will retaliate if it judges that the
:06:24. > :06:26.interests of Russian people are being threatened in Ukraine. Russian
:06:27. > :06:29.troops have begun military exercises close to the border with Ukraine,
:06:30. > :06:32.while NATO forces are conducting exercises in Poland. Our
:06:33. > :06:44.correspondent Daniel Sandford sent this report from eastern Ukraine.
:06:45. > :06:48.Heavy Russian armour on display at the most sensitive time and in the
:06:49. > :06:52.most sensitive area, just 50 miles from the Ukrainian border. And to
:06:53. > :06:57.pile the pressure on Ukraine even further, the Russian Foreign
:06:58. > :07:05.Minister recalled when the army went into Georgia in 2008. If our
:07:06. > :07:10.interests, legitimate interests, the interests of Russians, have been
:07:11. > :07:15.attacked directly like in South Ossetia, for example, I do not see
:07:16. > :07:19.any other way but to respond in full accordance with international law.
:07:20. > :07:23.Russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the Russian
:07:24. > :07:27.Federation. Camped on the other side of the border, much less
:07:28. > :07:33.well-equipped, Ukrainian troops, and their supporters. You are our only
:07:34. > :07:37.hope, she tells the young soldier, though there is no sign of Russian
:07:38. > :07:44.forces actually entering eastern Ukraine. For now, the Ukrainians are
:07:45. > :07:51.focused on their internal problems in the region around Donetsk, where
:07:52. > :07:54.the government has restarted its strangely labelled anti-terrorism
:07:55. > :07:59.operation, against armed pro-Russian protesters. It is a battle by the
:08:00. > :08:02.government in Kiev to show that they are in control of some parts of
:08:03. > :08:07.eastern Ukraine, something they have been struggling to do for more than
:08:08. > :08:11.two weeks now. In the most rebellious town, Sloviansk, the
:08:12. > :08:18.gunmen have detained an American journalist. Simon Ostrowski, an
:08:19. > :08:23.internationally respected documentary maker, has been held for
:08:24. > :08:32.more than 48 hours now. Why do you need to hold him, why not set him
:08:33. > :08:38.free? TRANSLATION: He is not an honest, good journalist. All his
:08:39. > :08:44.reports have one aim, to distort reality. So, to prevent that, he has
:08:45. > :08:47.been detained. With no sign of the tensions with Russia abating,
:08:48. > :08:53.American troops were arriving in Poland for exercises, as the United
:08:54. > :08:58.States tried to reassure its nervous Eastern European allies. NATO was
:08:59. > :09:03.conducting naval drills in the Baltic Sea, too. Everyone in this
:09:04. > :09:04.part of the world is reminding each other of the lethal firepower they
:09:05. > :09:10.possess. A woman has been arrested on
:09:11. > :09:14.suspicion of murdering her three children at their home in south
:09:15. > :09:16.London. It's thought the children - twin three-year-old boys and a
:09:17. > :09:18.four-year-old girl - had a genetic disorder. Our correspondent Ben
:09:19. > :09:33.Geoghegan reports. Gary Clarence, a proud dad, with his
:09:34. > :09:35.three-year-old twins. But last night, his two boys and their
:09:36. > :09:40.four-year-old sister were found dead at their family home. These were
:09:41. > :09:46.called to the house on this wealthy suburban street at 9.13 yesterday
:09:47. > :09:53.evening. Inside were the dead children. Among the neighbours
:09:54. > :09:58.today, a feeling of stunned sadness it is terrible, it is unbelievable,
:09:59. > :10:03.it is a big shock. What has added to the sense of disbelief here is the
:10:04. > :10:07.fact that it is the children's 42-year-old mother who has been
:10:08. > :10:10.arrested on suspicion of murder. Scotland Yard say they are not
:10:11. > :10:16.looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation.
:10:17. > :10:20.The children's father, Gary, is a banker. He and their mother are both
:10:21. > :10:25.originally from South Africa. They had four children, all under the age
:10:26. > :10:30.of eight. The three who died were disabled as a result of a genetic
:10:31. > :10:37.illness. Ken Smith helped the family after they modified their home to
:10:38. > :10:40.cope with their children's needs. I thought that the parents were
:10:41. > :10:44.caring, and I thought that they were doing everything within the house to
:10:45. > :10:47.ensure that the children had a secure environment to live in.
:10:48. > :10:52.Neighbours say the parents devoted themselves to their children. They
:10:53. > :10:57.have just done everything they can to make those children happy. But
:10:58. > :11:02.all the equipment they can get, and toys, they have been very good
:11:03. > :11:07.parents, both of them. Police have not said what caused the children's
:11:08. > :11:10.deaths. Postmortem examinations will be carried out, and officers say
:11:11. > :11:16.they are speaking to the wider family to try and understand what
:11:17. > :11:19.lies behind this chat GG. -- this tragedy. Ben Geoghegan, BBC News,
:11:20. > :11:25.New Malden. Mark Shand, the brother of the Duchess of Cornwall, has died
:11:26. > :11:28.in New York. He was 62 and a noted conservationist and campaigner. He
:11:29. > :11:36.is said to have fallen and suffered serious head injuries.
:11:37. > :11:39.British detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
:11:40. > :11:42.are examining five sexual assaults on British children in Portugal. The
:11:43. > :11:53.cases have come to light since an appeal last month. Police are now
:11:54. > :11:56.looking at 18 potentially linked brakings.
:11:57. > :12:00.Campaigners are urging the pharmaceutical company Roche to
:12:01. > :12:03.lower the cost of a pioneering new breast cancer treatment. NICE, which
:12:04. > :12:07.sets guidelines for England and Wales, is set to reject its routine
:12:08. > :12:11.use on cost grounds. Kadcyla can prolong a patient's life by up to
:12:12. > :12:12.six months and the company says the ?90,000 price tag reflects years of
:12:13. > :12:18.work. The rival Palestinian factions Fatah
:12:19. > :12:21.and Hamas have announced a reconciliation which could end the
:12:22. > :12:26.bitter divisions of the past seven years, triggered when Hamas seized
:12:27. > :12:31.control of Gaza. Under the agreement, a unity government will
:12:32. > :12:39.be formed within weeks. Our Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, is in
:12:40. > :12:43.Jerusalem. Let's talk about the implications of this, not least for
:12:44. > :12:53.America's plans for peace in the Middle East. I think the timing of
:12:54. > :12:57.this has to be seen in the context of America trying to make peace
:12:58. > :13:02.between the two sides here. The deadline was in fact this coming
:13:03. > :13:06.Monday. That has run into the sand, it is not going anywhere. I think
:13:07. > :13:11.what the Palestinians on the Fatah side, roughly speaking the
:13:12. > :13:14.pro-western side are saying, they want to try and build their strength
:13:15. > :13:18.from within. They are not getting what they want from the Israelis,
:13:19. > :13:23.trying to change the balance of power in their favour by getting
:13:24. > :13:30.national unity. It has to be said, they are trying to -- they have
:13:31. > :13:35.tried to mend this risk before. It has not worked. This may fail
:13:36. > :13:38.again. The Israelis are saying this is a big crisis. How can they
:13:39. > :13:43.negotiate with people who are allied with Hamas, an organisation who want
:13:44. > :13:48.the end of the Jewish state? What this means in a broader state is
:13:49. > :13:53.there has now been more than 20 years of negotiations, often
:13:54. > :13:57.brokered by the Americans or other outsiders between the Palestinians
:13:58. > :14:02.and Israelis, and so far, none of them have worked. Both sides have
:14:03. > :14:06.not been able to make the necessary sacrifices and deals. So, what has
:14:07. > :14:10.happened in the past is when a peace initiative has not worked, there has
:14:11. > :14:17.sometimes been a period of violence after it and people are wondering if
:14:18. > :14:20.that is the risk now. Thank you. Four more crew members from the
:14:21. > :14:23.ferry that sank last week off the coast of South Korea have been
:14:24. > :14:26.arrested, bringing the total number detained to eleven. Prosecutors said
:14:27. > :14:31.all were on the bridge when the ferry began to capsize. The number
:14:32. > :14:34.of people known to have died has reached 156, with another 152 still
:14:35. > :14:37.missing, their bodies thought to be trapped in the submerged vessel.
:14:38. > :14:40.Memorial services have been held in the city of Ansan, where they all
:14:41. > :14:52.went to the same school as Lucy Williamson reports.
:14:53. > :14:56.White flowers told their story of purity and of death. One each for
:14:57. > :15:05.the grieving mothers, classmates and many strangers. A whole nation
:15:06. > :15:09.wanting ritual to attain the horror of this loss. They were meant to be
:15:10. > :15:16.schoolchildren, not heroes, their faces too young for this. What
:15:17. > :15:24.should I do, she says, what should I do? I feel angry when I think of all
:15:25. > :15:27.the students who were rescued. If we had acted sooner, they would have
:15:28. > :15:32.survived. I often imagine what they must have gone through, they must
:15:33. > :15:39.have screamed for help, they thought tortures me. The messages left by
:15:40. > :15:44.mourners spoke of sympathy and guilt but also pride. My beloved little
:15:45. > :15:50.Sister, this one says, we heard you saved your friend. We are so proud
:15:51. > :15:55.of you. There were faces missing from the commemorations. Scores of
:15:56. > :15:59.students still have not been found. The nightly searching and
:16:00. > :16:02.identifying has become a grim routine now. Tonight, more crew
:16:03. > :16:07.members are being questioned over whether they left their passengers
:16:08. > :16:12.to drown. There is a need here to find some answers or at least,
:16:13. > :16:17.someone to blame. For some, the hardest day in this grim story will
:16:18. > :16:22.be tomorrow. The high school at the centre of this tragedy has become a
:16:23. > :16:26.memorial site, a place of funerals and grieving. Tomorrow, with half
:16:27. > :16:33.its classrooms empty, it will open as a school again. Their desks and
:16:34. > :16:38.lockers will now be empty spaces. School friendships ended, future is
:16:39. > :16:43.gone. These smiling teenagers will be missed by so many. You hope they
:16:44. > :16:46.would have known how much. In Nigeria, more than 180
:16:47. > :16:49.schoolgirls are still missing, a week after being kidnapped by the
:16:50. > :16:53.Islamist militant group Boko Haram. We broadcast the first images from
:16:54. > :16:56.the school last night. Tonight, we can reveal that the insurgents may
:16:57. > :17:01.be paying to recruit fighters from across the border in Niger. More
:17:02. > :17:04.than 50,000 people are reported to have sought refuge there from the
:17:05. > :17:06.violence in Nigeria, provoking fears that Boko Haram's insurgency will
:17:07. > :17:14.spread to all neighbouring countries. Our correspondent Thomas
:17:15. > :17:17.Fessy has been to the region of Diffa, in southeastern Niger, along
:17:18. > :17:26.the border with Nigeria and sent this report.
:17:27. > :17:32.In the Sahara, there is little cover to take from a sandstorm. But at
:17:33. > :17:36.least it feels safer here. These Nigerian refugees were pushed across
:17:37. > :17:42.the border into Niger after Islamist militants from Boko Haram raided
:17:43. > :17:46.their village. On Lake Chad, Nigerians are fleeing by boat. The
:17:47. > :17:53.UN estimates 500 cross into Niger every week. This man arrived last
:17:54. > :18:01.month with his two wives and six children. I was going to bed when we
:18:02. > :18:07.heard the first gunshots, he said. When we ran to escape, a little girl
:18:08. > :18:13.was shot when she fled her burning house. He says he counted 50 dead in
:18:14. > :18:16.the streets. It is a growing refugee crisis but without camps. The
:18:17. > :18:21.authorities argue they could become new targets or worse, recruitment
:18:22. > :18:25.centres for Boko Haram. Boko Haram have shown they can hit the Nigerian
:18:26. > :18:30.state in different ways. Bomb attacks, raiding villages, attacking
:18:31. > :18:34.schools and abducting children. For now, Nigeria's neighbours are
:18:35. > :18:38.dealing with the consequences of this violence, but the prospect of
:18:39. > :18:43.this same violence spilling over is becoming more of a question of not
:18:44. > :18:48.if but when they may strike here. Niger's security forces patrol the
:18:49. > :18:57.border. Several attacks have been for East and men with links to Boko
:18:58. > :19:02.Haram have been arrested. We made contact with a local gang whose
:19:03. > :19:06.members claim they have been collaborating with Boko Haram. They
:19:07. > :19:10.have agreed to talk to us that we cannot show their faces. The gang
:19:11. > :19:17.members are all in their 20s. They say five of their group have joined
:19:18. > :19:21.the Islamist militants. Two have been killed on operations.
:19:22. > :19:26.TRANSLATION: Some of us are with them now and we hear information
:19:27. > :19:31.about what is going on. They come to us. If they tell you to launch an
:19:32. > :19:36.attack, would you be ready to do that? Yes, we are ready. We have no
:19:37. > :19:45.job so we are ready. That is what we are here for. Boko Haram say they
:19:46. > :19:50.have paid ?2000 to join their insurgency. It is the cash they
:19:51. > :19:54.want. They have no interest in defending sharia law. Drought and
:19:55. > :19:58.hunger have made communities in Niger vulnerable. This fragile
:19:59. > :20:03.hunger have made communities in is threatened by the crisis next
:20:04. > :20:14.door that is fuelled by poverty and neglect. Both conditions exist here.
:20:15. > :20:16.The Lib Dems will not support a minority government if there's a
:20:17. > :20:19.hung parliament after the next election. That's the pledge given by
:20:20. > :20:23.Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who went on to say
:20:24. > :20:26.that his party would be willing to consider a formal coalition with
:20:27. > :20:29.either Labour or the Conservatives if no party had an outright
:20:30. > :20:37.majority. He was speaking to our deputy political editor James
:20:38. > :20:41.Landale. He's the fourth most powerful man in
:20:42. > :20:46.government. Today, Danny Alexander took a ride to Channel Tunnel to
:20:47. > :20:51.claim some lead them credit for the light appearing at the end of the
:20:52. > :20:56.economic gloom, insisting it is his spending which is keeping their
:20:57. > :21:01.recovery on track. Even though his party's ratings are at rock bottom,
:21:02. > :21:04.he told me the Lib Dems still want to stay in coalition after the
:21:05. > :21:09.election and would not support a government that does not have a
:21:10. > :21:15.majority of MPs in Parliament. I believe that a majority government
:21:16. > :21:19.-- minority government, an unstable government would not be in the
:21:20. > :21:22.British national interest. A minority government would not be
:21:23. > :21:26.able to take the difficult decisions that would still need to be taken in
:21:27. > :21:31.the next Parliament, to keep our economy on track. Here, halfway
:21:32. > :21:36.along the tunnel, he told me the Lib Dems would keep a future coalition
:21:37. > :21:42.anchored in the centre ground. The coalition could include Labour as
:21:43. > :21:45.much as the Tories. We would seek to work with whichever party had the
:21:46. > :21:47.strongest mandate from the electorate. Of course there are a
:21:48. > :21:52.difference with Labour on the economy, with and the Conservatives
:21:53. > :21:56.on Europe and other issues. The whole point of negotiating a
:21:57. > :22:02.coalition is to find a way to bridge those differences. Who might take
:22:03. > :22:07.the Lib Dems into a coalition? Could you lead the Liberal Democrats? That
:22:08. > :22:13.is a decision which could be made in many years. I will cross that bridge
:22:14. > :22:18.if it comes. Now he is mapping out a future for the Lib Dems if there is
:22:19. > :22:21.no clear winner for the election. Danny Alexander has come here not
:22:22. > :22:26.just claim some Lib Dem credit for the economic recovery, but also to
:22:27. > :22:30.show that despite its poor poll ratings, his party is determined to
:22:31. > :22:34.stay in power, even if that means coalition with Labour.
:22:35. > :22:36.The former Manchester United football manager, David Moyes, has
:22:37. > :22:40.broken his silence after being sacked yesterday. In a statement he
:22:41. > :22:43.thanked supporters and said he understood their frustration at
:22:44. > :22:47.recent results. But the League Managers' Association says the club
:22:48. > :22:51.has been guilty of behaving in an 'unprofessional manner'. Our sports
:22:52. > :23:01.editor David Bond is at Old Trafford. What have you learned
:23:02. > :23:04.there today? David Moyes was quite gracious in his first public
:23:05. > :23:08.statement since his sacking yesterday. He thanked almost
:23:09. > :23:13.everyone at Old Trafford except notably the players. The real sense
:23:14. > :23:16.of anger and frustration was contained in that simultaneous
:23:17. > :23:20.statement released by the League Managers Association. That used much
:23:21. > :23:25.stronger language and accused Manchester United or acting in our
:23:26. > :23:29.unprofessional manner. I am hearing tonight there is a continued
:23:30. > :23:34.stand-off between the club and David Moyes over his compensation payoff.
:23:35. > :23:43.That has not yet been agreed. He is said to be more livid today than he
:23:44. > :23:46.was yesterday at the way the story leaked out and no one from the club
:23:47. > :23:50.talked to him about it. This could definitely rumble on in the coming
:23:51. > :23:53.days. I have spoken to senior officials at old Trafford. They have
:23:54. > :23:58.defended their handling of the way David Moyes was sacked. They are now
:23:59. > :24:03.scrambling to find a new manager to be in place for the summer transfer
:24:04. > :24:08.window. Remember, this is a club which is supposed to set the
:24:09. > :24:12.standard. Tonight, it feels like a club in chaos. Thank you.
:24:13. > :24:15.The Prime Minister has appealed to the people of Scotland not to sever
:24:16. > :24:19.their links with what he called the "world's greatest family of
:24:20. > :24:22.nations". With under five months to go to the referendum on
:24:23. > :24:25.independence, Mr Cameron said the UK had been a global success story.
:24:26. > :24:28.Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, said this evening that
:24:29. > :24:32.social and economic ties between England and an independent Scotland
:24:33. > :24:36.would not be severed. Our special correspondent Allan Little has been
:24:37. > :24:45.to the city of York on St George's Day to assess English views on the
:24:46. > :24:50.Scottish debate. St George's Ross, symbol of English
:24:51. > :24:56.national identity flies proudly this Saint George's day, at York, a city
:24:57. > :25:00.founded by the Romans and midway between London and Edinburgh. What
:25:01. > :25:04.is happening to the sense of Englishness as Scotland debates its
:25:05. > :25:09.future? At this local business fair, opinion was consistently
:25:10. > :25:14.against Scottish independence. It is sad. Personally, I think it is a bit
:25:15. > :25:19.bonkers. I cannot understand why they would want to separate from us
:25:20. > :25:23.when it is becoming -- the world is becoming more global. The control
:25:24. > :25:27.will all be about the currency and without an effective control you can
:25:28. > :25:32.never really have independence. I think there is a growing
:25:33. > :25:36.entrepreneurial spirit in Scotland, in my industry, the tech industry in
:25:37. > :25:43.particular. We already have a north-south divide, will we have a
:25:44. > :25:47.North, middle and south divide? Middle England is relatively new to
:25:48. > :25:51.the independence debate. Baffled by the fact that their country may
:25:52. > :25:56.become two countries and perplexed because they have no formal say in
:25:57. > :26:03.it. Scotland has been arguing about this for decades. England's opinion
:26:04. > :26:06.has been marked by benign neutrality. All that is changing
:26:07. > :26:11.with more and more people across the country now starting to believe the
:26:12. > :26:17.rest of the UK has a stake in this as well. In the Gentle calm of an
:26:18. > :26:22.art class, more mixed views. For the North, like Scotland, feels distant
:26:23. > :26:27.from Westminster as well. Emotionally, I have to say, who can
:26:28. > :26:30.blame them? They feel Westminster does not listen to what they are
:26:31. > :26:37.saying so if they feel they could do better on their own, I am
:26:38. > :26:42.sympathetic. Do you want them to vote yes? No. Is Scotland can do it
:26:43. > :26:49.than I think the North of England can have a few decisions made up
:26:50. > :26:53.here. Or at least it might help send decision-making coming out from the
:26:54. > :26:58.south. If Scotland do vote for independence, we might benefit in
:26:59. > :27:01.the North of England from that. It is not really a good thing making
:27:02. > :27:07.enemies, which we were for hundreds of years, but for the last three or
:27:08. > :27:13.400 years, it has worked quite well. But is it still? Scotland's
:27:14. > :27:17.debate about independence might yet still questions about how the whole
:27:18. > :27:18.of the UK is governed. That's all from