:00:00. > :00:00.degrees. Thursday, more of the same. Is that is all
:00:00. > :00:20.Alex Salmond meets supporters in Fife,
:00:21. > :00:23.as polling suggests the gap between no and yes voters is closing.
:00:24. > :00:26.But with just over two weeks until polling day, those defending the
:00:27. > :00:33.The young woman from Glasgow who's suspected of travelling to Syria
:00:34. > :00:49.The community has not shown any reaction apart from discussed. They
:00:50. > :00:53.Also this evening, are you a bus lane statistic?
:00:54. > :00:55.We visit Glasgow's newest no-go area for motorists that could soon net
:00:56. > :01:00.Scotland will have a player in the Gleneagles Ryder Cup this month, as
:01:01. > :01:06.We're with George Galloway as he travels around the country
:01:07. > :01:23.The First Minister has told the BBC independence is
:01:24. > :01:28.Alex Salmond was speaking as polls suggested a narrowing of the gap
:01:29. > :01:34.Tonight, the Prime Minister David Cameron says he will continue to
:01:35. > :01:37.make a strong, clear argument that Scotland could have the best
:01:38. > :01:48.Brian Taylor's report contains some flash photography.
:01:49. > :01:58.Among friends, Alex Salmond with supporters in Fife. How are you
:01:59. > :02:07.doing? Bathing up. We are proud of you. -- bearing up. Which is better,
:02:08. > :02:12.a chocolate biscuit or the First Minister?
:02:13. > :02:13.Should Scotland be an independent country? The latest poll suggests
:02:14. > :02:31.and Arlene Mock the Week -- and -- suggests and narrowing of the
:02:32. > :02:36.lead. During this campaign, people are being mobilised. -- who have
:02:37. > :02:41.never given us stuff about politics before. They are engaged in a
:02:42. > :02:45.debate, being invigorated and empowered by a debate about
:02:46. > :02:48.Scotland's future. Went about what that energy will do when we make
:02:49. > :02:55.this country the prosperous and fair society every single one of us knows
:02:56. > :02:58.it can be. In Glasgow, Labour leaders pick up some catering tips,
:02:59. > :03:01.saying that young Scots need the strength of the union to provide
:03:02. > :03:06.jobs, and insist all out campaigning will defeat the independence
:03:07. > :03:12.argument. I have never been complacent. I have always believed
:03:13. > :03:17.this is a closely fought argument. People need to speak out and talk
:03:18. > :03:21.about the benefits we get as being part of the native kingdom and the
:03:22. > :03:25.benefits of a strong Scottish parliament, but this is an energetic
:03:26. > :03:30.campaign. We are up for it, encouraging people who are
:03:31. > :03:35.supporting our argument, to speak out and listen to the arguments
:03:36. > :03:39.about why we are Better Together. Alex Salmond and his supporters are
:03:40. > :03:40.still the underdogs, and the voters will determine whether they will
:03:41. > :03:47.stay that way. the Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
:03:48. > :03:49.Danny Alexander, has said it would be catastrophic
:03:50. > :04:00.for an independent Scotland to But Scottish ministers disagree.
:04:01. > :04:06.The cost of the financial crisis, including bailing out the banks has
:04:07. > :04:10.contributed to the UK's ?1.4 trillion debt mountain. If Scotland
:04:11. > :04:14.votes for independence, the current Scottish government says it would be
:04:15. > :04:18.willing to take on a fair share of this burden. Based in Scotland's
:04:19. > :04:25.population, that might amount to someone hundred ?30 billion. And
:04:26. > :04:30.that is about 130 times the total cost of Edinburgh's trams. But SNP
:04:31. > :04:34.ministers say that they would only accept that in exchange for their
:04:35. > :04:39.share of UK assets. Including continued use of the Bank of England
:04:40. > :04:45.as part of a formal currency union with the rest of the UK. Last night
:04:46. > :04:49.the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says refusing a share of debt
:04:50. > :04:53.would make an independent Scotland and international outcast. He was
:04:54. > :04:57.backed up in the House of Commons by a Treasury Minister. Scottish
:04:58. > :05:01.Government was my plan to renege on Scotland's share of debt and
:05:02. > :05:06.independence is not credible because of the effect it would have on the
:05:07. > :05:11.people of Scotland. Mortgage rates would go up, credit cards and bills
:05:12. > :05:18.would go up, and they would have two raise money to pay for public
:05:19. > :05:21.services in Scotland. But in a BBC debate in Dundee, the Scottish
:05:22. > :05:25.Cabinet minister insisted the UK Government would drop its opposition
:05:26. > :05:32.to sharing the pound to ensure Scotland took its share of debt. Why
:05:33. > :05:37.would you want to saddle the rest of the UK with additional bet? It does
:05:38. > :05:43.not make sense. The UK Government says is legally liable for the debt.
:05:44. > :05:48.We are happy to take on Irish year, but that has to be a discussion of
:05:49. > :05:52.liabilities as well as assets. This dispute will not be deserved before
:05:53. > :06:12.people go to the polls. The poll conducted
:06:13. > :06:13.by YouGov suggests that the gap between the yes
:06:14. > :06:16.and no campaigns may be narrowing. Taking out the "don't knows"
:06:17. > :06:19.it puts the yes campaign at 47% For more on that, we can join
:06:20. > :06:23.our political editor Brian Taylor. So this new poll suggests the Yes
:06:24. > :06:30.vote is on the increase. It does indeed. This is the city of
:06:31. > :06:32.Dundee. One of the areas Alex Salmond and the supporters of
:06:33. > :06:37.independence are looking forward to deliver a substantial Yes vote.
:06:38. > :06:41.Polls can be wrong, they can be rolled. We are looking for a trend
:06:42. > :06:45.more regularly, but the thing is that this latest poll comes common
:06:46. > :06:53.organisation which has habitually been towards the law end of
:06:54. > :07:04.forecasting the Yes vote. C what it looks like. This is a poll tracker,
:07:05. > :07:14.and this suggests that 45% will vote yes. -- late see what it looks like.
:07:15. > :07:20.Alex Salmond says momentum is with his organisation and his campaign.
:07:21. > :07:28.Just over two weeks to go. And an intervention regarding Scotland and
:07:29. > :07:32.the EU? Yes, Danny Alexander made a speech in which he is saying that he
:07:33. > :07:35.has correspondence from a former European Commissioner to the effect
:07:36. > :07:41.that if Scotland setup assistant to use the pound unilaterally without a
:07:42. > :07:45.formal currency deal, then according to the correspondence Danny
:07:46. > :07:50.Alexander has, Scotland could not join the European Union because she
:07:51. > :07:57.would lack the financial organisations. John Swinney says
:07:58. > :08:02.that is nonsense, it is yet another scare story, and they say they
:08:03. > :08:06.intend to have a formal currency union and believe it would be the
:08:07. > :08:10.case. Even if it were to be another system, he says, there would be a
:08:11. > :08:13.monetary Institute established in Scotland, and John Swinney says that
:08:14. > :08:18.would be enough to meet the European Union rules. Thank you. Let us look
:08:19. > :08:21.at some other news. A young woman from Glasgow appears
:08:22. > :08:24.to have travelled to Syria and been using her Twitter account to promote
:08:25. > :08:26.terrorism here in Scotland. The 20-year-old was reported missing
:08:27. > :08:36.to Police Scotland Her family have said they cannot
:08:37. > :08:43.understand why she went to Syria. This Twitter account was under this
:08:44. > :08:50.name, and it shows a black flag under the terrorist -- the black
:08:51. > :08:57.flag of the terrorist group. In a statement, the principal of the
:08:58. > :09:05.school said that she was a pupil here from 2005 until three years
:09:06. > :09:10.ago. He said she left at the end of 50 year in 2011. She also attended
:09:11. > :09:14.this Academy in Glasgow for a short time. It is then thought she went to
:09:15. > :09:16.study at Glasgow Caledonian University. These are some of the
:09:17. > :09:35.tweets from the account. We tried to talk to members of her
:09:36. > :09:39.family at their home in the south side of Glasgow. Someone answered
:09:40. > :09:41.the door, but they said they did not want to comment. Later her family
:09:42. > :10:02.issued this statement. Yesterday a BBC reporter spoke to a
:10:03. > :10:11.man who helps smuggle people wanting to join terrorist groups to cross
:10:12. > :10:13.the border from Turkey to Syria. He says they came from across Europe,
:10:14. > :10:24.from Scotland and England. Imams in mosques across Scotland
:10:25. > :10:26.condemned his involvement. Today there was a similar reaction in
:10:27. > :10:34.Glasgow about the content of the tweets. The community has not shown
:10:35. > :10:41.any reaction, apart from disgust. They do not like it. As we advise
:10:42. > :10:46.them, about 2000 people were there when I announced it, no one should
:10:47. > :10:52.go to Syria, and if they go they will be arrested and labelled as a
:10:53. > :10:57.terrorist. But if you want to help Syrian people, the best thing will
:10:58. > :11:02.be to give your charity through non-charities. It appears that the
:11:03. > :11:08.Twitter account has been removed. -- through charities that are known.
:11:09. > :11:11.There's growing controversy over a new bus lane in Glasgow which, in
:11:12. > :11:14.nine weeks, has already generated more in fines than the annual total
:11:15. > :11:17.So are some local authorities nationwide using bus gates
:11:18. > :11:20.and bus lane fines to shore up their tight budgets?
:11:21. > :11:33.Helping the environment are helping the council's offers? Many drivers
:11:34. > :11:37.seem to be ignoring this new restriction in the heart of Glasgow.
:11:38. > :11:44.While we were filming, this critic entered the cars going through this
:11:45. > :11:48.so-called bus gate. People do not know what direction to go, so they
:11:49. > :11:52.go straight on, so it is almost a congestion charge rather than a bus
:11:53. > :11:57.lane. Do you have a message for the council? They need to do a U-turn,
:11:58. > :12:01.because that is what cars have to do if they do not drive straight
:12:02. > :12:05.through. While this -- since this was introduced, thousands of cars
:12:06. > :12:12.have come through it. Every driver who was caught this is a penalty of
:12:13. > :12:18.at least ?30. That means the council has earned a minimum of ?840,000.
:12:19. > :12:22.They are not done on revenue generating grounds. They have a
:12:23. > :12:28.commitment to promote public transport and get people out of
:12:29. > :12:35.cars, make them walk, cycle, and improve the safety. Most councils do
:12:36. > :12:40.not get any money from bus lane fines, and even for big councils it
:12:41. > :12:45.is a small part of their budget. Glasgow got the most in penalty
:12:46. > :12:48.charges last year. Aberdeen's figure was smaller, and Edinburgh's was
:12:49. > :12:57.smaller still. Across the country bus lane finds still split opinion.
:12:58. > :13:07.The finds a little bit and fearful stop especially if it has been an
:13:08. > :13:14.accident. The drivers are guilty. If they do not like it, tough. The
:13:15. > :13:16.council have to make this more cleaner, so any financial benefit
:13:17. > :13:19.could be short lived. Police have appealed for help
:13:20. > :13:22.in tracing a woman and three children who have been
:13:23. > :13:24.missing from the Pollok area 28-year-old Kristina Pikse, and her
:13:25. > :13:28.children David, Danius and Zana Hauberts, aged eight, four, and nine
:13:29. > :13:31.months, were last seen in Brockburn Police believe they may have
:13:32. > :13:34.travelled to the Blackburn area The Highlands are to get a new
:13:35. > :13:37.high-performance computer network. The pilot project will enable
:13:38. > :13:39.businesses to use computers capable of trillions
:13:40. > :13:41.of calculations every second. Its backers say it will put
:13:42. > :13:59.the Highlands into the champions' This is what it looks like, but what
:14:00. > :14:06.is really exciting its backers is what it could do. If we can make it
:14:07. > :14:15.happen here, this will be the new frontier for technology. This would
:14:16. > :14:21.have enormous implications for development, not least jobs. But
:14:22. > :14:28.just how fast is super fast? The system works at 320 trillion
:14:29. > :14:31.calculations every second. Businesses and universities in Wales
:14:32. > :14:34.were hooked up earlier this year, and the company behind the network
:14:35. > :14:46.says it is not just science that has benefited. That a business which
:14:47. > :14:52.renders high-definition animations. The previously rendered these
:14:53. > :14:55.animations in two or three weeks, but using this high-performance
:14:56. > :15:00.facility, they did it in 26 minutes. A trade organisation is
:15:01. > :15:06.also a partner, and energy will be the initial focus. We are keen to
:15:07. > :15:10.sit down and look at companies we can bring into a pilot project. And
:15:11. > :15:14.also to make a list of other companies that may wish to be
:15:15. > :15:21.involved as it progresses. If it is a success, it is a wink to the next
:15:22. > :15:24.idea, science skills Academy for the Highlands. We want people to take
:15:25. > :15:28.advantage of these opportunities so that high-paying jobs that are
:15:29. > :15:31.available can have a high wage economy here in the Highlands,
:15:32. > :15:33.taking full advantage of that, and people will be a high wage economy
:15:34. > :15:37.here in the Highlands, taking full advantage of that, and people will
:15:38. > :15:39.be aware the eventual benefits could include thousands of jobs and the
:15:40. > :15:44.invention of a Highland brain drain. Now, returning to the referendum,
:15:45. > :15:51.and the first in a new series Tonight,
:15:52. > :15:54.could an independent Scotland have a different immigration system
:15:55. > :15:56.from the rest of the UK? In May, Alex Salmond said he backed
:15:57. > :15:59.an increase in the number of young people settling here from abroad, to
:16:00. > :16:02.boost Scotland's working population. But UK ministers say that move could
:16:03. > :16:04.lead to passport checks for anyone travelling
:16:05. > :16:25.between Scotland and England. It is not local enough... For five
:16:26. > :16:28.years, Alex has produced theatre in Scotland, but this young Americans
:16:29. > :16:33.struggled to stay here for any length of time. Now he says he is
:16:34. > :16:38.living out of a suitcase and about to apply for yet another Visa. It
:16:39. > :16:45.might be the wall I come up against that says you are done. Do not come
:16:46. > :16:52.back, thanks for coming. You know? We appreciate the money you brought
:16:53. > :17:01.in, and the work you made, but we do not want you here any more. Right
:17:02. > :17:05.now, passport control, visas and immigration are part of the Home
:17:06. > :17:09.Office. That would change if voters choose independence. The Scottish
:17:10. > :17:14.Government would take charge and priorities would change, as well.
:17:15. > :17:17.Government would take charge and Scotland's population continues to
:17:18. > :17:19.get older, the SNP aims to boost the number of working age adults. Partly
:17:20. > :17:25.through immigration. Every number of working age adults. Partly
:17:26. > :17:28.about 22,000 people have settled in Scotland from abroad. In May, Alex
:17:29. > :17:32.Salmond said he wanted that figure Scotland from abroad. In May, Alex
:17:33. > :17:37.to increase to 24,000, but how popular with this be? About 58% of
:17:38. > :18:30.people in Scotland support reduced immigration,
:18:31. > :18:34.They would also have to decide if they want to set up these controls
:18:35. > :18:40.on the expense of it. Now to two political mavericks
:18:41. > :18:43.are touring Scotland. Tommy Sheridan and George Galloway
:18:44. > :18:46.are socialists, but are on separate Our referendum correspondent
:18:47. > :18:53.Laura Bicker has spent time with Tonight she reports from George
:18:54. > :19:06.Galloway's Just Say Naw tour. This is not George Galloway's normal
:19:07. > :19:15.stomping ground, but one of the stops on his just say no to.
:19:16. > :19:20.Hundreds pack into the halt is here him speak. You have to listen. This
:19:21. > :19:26.was before the MP was attacked in London. On this night, his harshest
:19:27. > :19:32.words were for his political opponents. One of the
:19:33. > :19:37.words were for his political that do not suit their argument.
:19:38. > :19:42.Some yes supporters were keen to see him speak but did not agree with
:19:43. > :19:47.what they were hearing. Mr Heckler, you have 45 minutes of questions and
:19:48. > :19:49.answers, so put this in your pipe and smoke it and come back after the
:19:50. > :19:55.break. The distinctive hat" and smoke it and come back after the
:19:56. > :19:58.on, with his pacing punctuating and smoke it and come back after the
:19:59. > :20:01.sentence. It and smoke it and come back after the
:20:02. > :20:07.week for the MP, so why take on another fight? I felt that the other
:20:08. > :20:13.argument was not being energetic enough, was not being -- our
:20:14. > :20:18.argument was not being energetic enough. My target is working class
:20:19. > :20:24.people, Labour voters, left-wing people, who were beginning to move
:20:25. > :20:31.pretty wholesale towards the Scottish Nationalists position. And
:20:32. > :20:35.it seems many are keen to listen. You knew you would get a he would
:20:36. > :20:52.have an answer for everyone, and he has. Irish you would get a. I really
:20:53. > :20:58.enjoyed it. Very enthusiastic, he takes no prisoners. This was very
:20:59. > :21:06.much George Galloway's platform. For him, this is personal.
:21:07. > :21:22.Let's get the latest sports news from Rhona.
:21:23. > :21:28.Stephen Gallacher will be playing in the Ryder Cup for Scotland. That the
:21:29. > :21:34.people I have chosen, Stephen Gallacher, Ian Poulter, and Lee
:21:35. > :21:40.Westwood. It was the moment Scottish golf was hoping for. He did not give
:21:41. > :21:45.me any choice but to pick him. I wanted to Beckham, and he should be
:21:46. > :21:51.very proud of what he did and how he achieved his Ryder Cup Scot what. He
:21:52. > :21:55.needed the captain's pic after missing out on automatic
:21:56. > :22:00.qualification in Italy last week. A test of character that did not go
:22:01. > :22:07.unnoticed. His performance under incredible pressure was fantastic.
:22:08. > :22:12.He did everything we asked them to do, and he fully deserved it.
:22:13. > :22:17.Stephen Gallacher joins a team laden with quality. Four of the country's
:22:18. > :22:23.top five will play at Gleneagles, along with the winners of three
:22:24. > :22:25.major championships this season. Since the qualifying campaign
:22:26. > :22:31.started a year ago, Stephen Gallaher had ten top ten finishes, to finish
:22:32. > :22:36.one spot outside the automatic qualification. He was against stiff
:22:37. > :22:42.competition, but is there on merit. Scotland will have one of her own on
:22:43. > :22:46.the course at Gleneagles. And if Stephen can play as well as Bernard
:22:47. > :22:48.Gallacher used to do, the home galleries could be in for quite a
:22:49. > :22:50.week. Andy Murray says he will leave
:22:51. > :22:53.everything on the court in his bid to win
:22:54. > :22:56.the final tennis slam of the year. He beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
:22:57. > :22:58.in straight sets to serve up a quarter-final clash in the
:22:59. > :23:01.US Open against the world number Kheredine Idessane sends this
:23:02. > :23:15.report from Flushing Meadows. Meet the mob from Melbourne, who
:23:16. > :23:20.have flown 10,500 miles to cheer on their adopted hero. We have been
:23:21. > :23:25.following him for six or seven years. We have really got behind him
:23:26. > :23:30.every year, and decided to come overseas because we love it so much.
:23:31. > :23:34.We are all behind Andy Murray, but regardless I think he will get over
:23:35. > :23:39.the line. That typical Australian confidence was well-placed. The
:23:40. > :23:51.prediction was spot-on. This was a day when Andy Murray's tennis ranged
:23:52. > :23:56.from the good to the very good. A special short, you have no chance of
:23:57. > :24:04.seeing Matt coming. To the downright outrageous. Badge of seeing it
:24:05. > :24:11.coming. My goodness! He lost to him in Canada last month, but took
:24:12. > :24:18.straight sets revenge in New York, and now loftier targets at insight.
:24:19. > :24:23.I am close to potentially winning another Grand Slam. I know there's a
:24:24. > :24:27.lot of work to be done, but I will leave everything on the court, it is
:24:28. > :24:32.the last slam of the year. I hope I can play well. This was a very
:24:33. > :24:35.significant win for Andy Murray. The first time he has beaten a top ten
:24:36. > :24:41.players since he won Wimbledon last year, and it gets tougher from here.
:24:42. > :24:49.Next up, a rerun of the 2012 final here, against Novak Djokovic.
:24:50. > :24:51.The new Celtic striker Stefan Stepovic is meeting
:24:52. > :24:56.The Serbian had decided not to sign for Celtic but then made a U-turn
:24:57. > :25:05.The assistant manager believes he will boost the attacking options for
:25:06. > :25:26.the club. I will be speaking to Alex Salmond,
:25:27. > :25:29.asking him what the risks are to the NHS in Scotland becomes independent.
:25:30. > :25:33.And we will try to see if we can have the whole conversation without
:25:34. > :25:35.any of us mentioning the phrase plan B. See if we succeed tonight
:25:36. > :25:49.10:30pm. A day of contrast today. Some people
:25:50. > :25:55.had clothed, others had the blue sky. The satellite picture shows
:25:56. > :25:59.what happens nicely. In the West, the cloud was thicker, so the
:26:00. > :26:04.temperatures were suppressed. Under the sunnier skies it was 21 degrees.
:26:05. > :26:08.This evening will be dry and bright for some before the sun goes down.
:26:09. > :26:15.The exception will be the Western Isles, with thicker cloud and some
:26:16. > :26:20.spots of rain. Temperatures in town will be in double digits, and a bit
:26:21. > :26:25.cooler than that in the countryside. Tomorrow high-pressure stays with us
:26:26. > :26:31.and the wind will go round in a clockwise motion, coming from the
:26:32. > :26:34.size with little and wind strength, but the motion of it moving
:26:35. > :26:43.northwards will help to break up the clothes. Badge coming from the
:26:44. > :26:48.South. There will be not wall to wall sunshine tomorrow, but brighter
:26:49. > :26:54.and better. Even if you have the cloudier skies, temperatures will be
:26:55. > :26:58.not too bad, 18 or 19 degrees. Further west, up towards the Isle of
:26:59. > :27:07.Skye, thicker Further west, up towards the Isle of
:27:08. > :27:12.temperatures. 19 or 20 in the east and north-east. Cooler conditions up
:27:13. > :27:15.through the Northern Isles. For the rest of the afternoon and into
:27:16. > :27:18.through the Northern Isles. For the evening, much the same as what we
:27:19. > :27:23.are seeing this evening. Some areas of cloud, and some bright spells.
:27:24. > :27:30.Looking towards Thursday, some cloud is breaking up, going up to 22
:27:31. > :27:35.degrees. The high pressure is keeping the rain away, and for
:27:36. > :27:39.Freddie a change in the direction of the wind, coming from the East this
:27:40. > :27:47.time. If you had cloudier skies up until Friday, it is your turn for
:27:48. > :27:52.some sunshine. Some news just coming in. Video has been released on the
:27:53. > :27:55.Internet reporting to show the beheading of an American hostage by
:27:56. > :28:00.an Islamic State militants. The journalist was abducted in Syria
:28:01. > :28:01.last August, and the White House says the authenticity has not yet
:28:02. > :28:08.been confirmed off the video. The First Minister has told the BBC
:28:09. > :28:10.independence is Alex Salmond was speaking as polls
:28:11. > :28:14.suggested a narrowing of the gap Tonight, the Prime Minister David
:28:15. > :28:18.Cameron says he will continue to argue that Scotland could have "the
:28:19. > :28:28.best of both worlds" in the UK.