:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight, with just nine days to go to the referendum we're bringing you
:00:08. > :00:10.a specially extended Reporting Scotland.
:00:11. > :00:13.The No campaign deny they're panicking over
:00:14. > :00:15.the latest opinion polls and tonight set out a timetable
:00:16. > :00:22.But the Yes campaign say it shows the momentum's with them
:00:23. > :00:27.and only independence will give Scots control of their own affairs.
:00:28. > :00:30.There's market jitters as the City reacts to suggestions of a surge
:00:31. > :00:36.Meanwhile we'll also be hearing from people and campaigners
:00:37. > :00:52.We are alive in Galashiels looking at what independence would mean for
:00:53. > :01:06.How Scotland's footballers put on an impressive performance
:01:07. > :01:24.Former prime minister Gordon Brown has set out a timetable
:01:25. > :01:25.for boosting the Scottish Parliament's powers
:01:26. > :01:29.It's expected to be backed by all the pro-union parties.
:01:30. > :01:33.It follows a poll at the weekend which suggested that
:01:34. > :01:35.the Yes campaign was ahead for the first time.
:01:36. > :01:39.That appears to have prompted a fall in the value
:01:40. > :01:42.of the pound against the dollar, and a drop in the share prices of
:01:43. > :01:45.Tonight Yes campaigners described their opponents as being
:01:46. > :01:49.For the latest, let's cross to our Political
:01:50. > :01:57.Correspondent, Glenn Campbell who is at Loanhead in Midlothian.
:01:58. > :02:06.Gordon Brown will tell his audience that work should begin on September
:02:07. > :02:11.the 19th to agree and deliver more powers for the Scottish Parliament
:02:12. > :02:14.if there is a No vote in the Independence Referendum. He has
:02:15. > :02:27.taken this initiative after difficult weekend for the Yes
:02:28. > :02:31.campaign bat for the No campaign. Alistair Darling was Chancellor in
:02:32. > :02:40.the economic crisis and now he is being tested again. One survey
:02:41. > :02:52.suggested the Yes campaign may have edged ahead. Separation is an
:02:53. > :02:56.irreversible risk to the NHS. We need more powers to the Scottish
:02:57. > :03:03.Parliament within the United Kingdom. But the Yes campaign says
:03:04. > :03:13.independence as the only way to guarantee a big shift in power from
:03:14. > :03:20.Westminster to Edinburgh. If people come to the conclusion that the best
:03:21. > :03:29.way to preserve the NHS is to vote yes. I am optimistic and confident.
:03:30. > :03:37.Today the Welsh Nationalists lent their support in the hope that a Yes
:03:38. > :03:46.vote could lead to independence for Wales. We have been told since the
:03:47. > :03:50.1980s that there is no alternative to neoliberal politics. What has
:03:51. > :03:55.taken place in Scotland shows me that there is an alternative. In
:03:56. > :04:03.London that Mears said Scottish independence would be an act of self
:04:04. > :04:07.mutilation. There is a great future for the Scottish people. They can
:04:08. > :04:15.have that and they can have written as well. In the end they will step
:04:16. > :04:18.back from the purse and wants to keep Britain. All sides will chase
:04:19. > :04:27.the undecided voters between now and polling day. Better Together hope
:04:28. > :04:34.that by setting out a timetable that will shore up their support. Yes
:04:35. > :04:40.Scotland sooner is nothing new on offer from the prounion parties.
:04:41. > :04:45.Whether you support a No vote or you plan to back the Yes campaign there
:04:46. > :04:53.is nothing boring about the final days of this campaign.
:04:54. > :04:58.Gordon Brown will spell out in more detail has proposed timetable for
:04:59. > :05:02.the delivery of new powers. He wants of the UK parties to reach an
:05:03. > :05:10.outline Agreement by St Andrew's Day. He wants the draft legislation
:05:11. > :05:16.to be available by Burns night at the end of January 2015. Ideally he
:05:17. > :05:22.was like this legislation asked straight after the next UK general
:05:23. > :05:26.election no matter which party is in Government across the United
:05:27. > :05:30.Kingdom. Within the last hour we have had reaction from Downing
:05:31. > :05:35.Street which says it is content with what is described as a Labour
:05:36. > :05:39.initiative. Ed Miliband said he would move fairly swiftly to deliver
:05:40. > :05:45.more powers in the event of a No vote. Those who are arguing for
:05:46. > :05:50.independence say that is the only package of power that would
:05:51. > :05:55.guarantee the sort of change that they think Scotland needs to grow
:05:56. > :06:11.the economy and build a fairer society. Gordon Brown is arguing
:06:12. > :06:15.that there is another way. This timetable has long been
:06:16. > :06:26.planned, hasn't it? It has. We know there are three
:06:27. > :06:30.distinct offers. There are substantial overlaps on powers for
:06:31. > :06:43.the Scottish Parliament. Is this padding? Not necessarily. But the
:06:44. > :06:48.weekend has concentrated minds. Both sides of the campaign might be level
:06:49. > :06:53.pegging. The timing is by no means an intentional. The timing is
:06:54. > :06:57.deliberate. They want to pull the people of Scotland back from what
:06:58. > :07:02.supporters of the union seaward be an error. The advocates of
:07:03. > :07:05.independence say this will not convince the Scottish people. They
:07:06. > :07:09.argue that the Scottish people already know what these offers on
:07:10. > :07:25.the table from the three parties are, and they have already discarded
:07:26. > :07:31.them. We are now going to go to
:07:32. > :07:34.Westminster. Reaction to the weekend survey results appears to have focus
:07:35. > :07:41.the minds of politicians and Westminster.
:07:42. > :07:44.It is your understanding that the survey suggesting Scotland's Mike
:07:45. > :07:50.bought in favour of independence has come as a shock.
:07:51. > :07:55.That is fair comment. The survey has put a jolt of electricity into the
:07:56. > :08:02.campaign in Scotland and also down here as well. The London papers are
:08:03. > :08:04.focusing on one story. It is the Scottish referendum and the
:08:05. > :08:08.constitutional implications that could follow from that. In the
:08:09. > :08:13.building behind me that people deny that they are shocked or spooked by
:08:14. > :08:19.the latest survey. They say they always expected the opinion polls to
:08:20. > :08:31.tighten. They see it will focus peoples minds very closely on what
:08:32. > :08:34.lies ahead in the next ten days. It is your understanding that we can
:08:35. > :08:38.expect more visits from politicians and campaigners South of the border
:08:39. > :08:42.to Scotland. That is the sense that I get.
:08:43. > :08:46.Downing Street has made it plain, although they will give no time
:08:47. > :08:51.frame, that David Cameron will make another visit to Scotland. Downing
:08:52. > :08:55.Street is also acutely aware that as far as the union campaign is
:08:56. > :09:03.concerned that can be a double edged sword having English Tory MPs going
:09:04. > :09:05.up to Scotland. They will very much take their cue from the campaigners
:09:06. > :09:12.in Scotland as to how much support and resources are given. The Yes
:09:13. > :09:18.campaign see the momentum is with them. Downing Street say they remain
:09:19. > :09:23.convinced that the No campaign will be victorious. Not everyone in
:09:24. > :09:24.Westminster shares that view. Back now to apparent market
:09:25. > :09:30.reaction. The value of the pound has fallen
:09:31. > :09:33.today, along with a number Our economics correspondent
:09:34. > :09:36.Colletta Smith is with me. What's happened today
:09:37. > :09:45.on the currency market? The pound lost value early this
:09:46. > :09:50.morning. People with stocks of sterling have been selling them off.
:09:51. > :09:57.That seems to be in response to the YouGov survey which put the Yes
:09:58. > :10:00.campaign in the lead. Although investors new that the referendum
:10:01. > :10:04.was on the cards they were operating on the assumption that it would be a
:10:05. > :10:11.No vote. This morning they walk up to the possibility that it may be a
:10:12. > :10:15.Yes vote. This is not a reflection on the strength or otherwise of an
:10:16. > :10:18.independent Scotland. It is purely the views of investors on the
:10:19. > :10:23.strength of the pound. There is a lot of uncertainty at the moment
:10:24. > :10:28.around the issue of sterling. When some people start to sell a currency
:10:29. > :10:34.others join in. It is a snowball effect. There could be some
:10:35. > :10:39.significance of traders follow. This happens all the time in the market.
:10:40. > :10:42.It is the first time there has been a direct response to what is
:10:43. > :10:49.happening here in Scotland in the sterling market.
:10:50. > :10:51.How will this affect people's pockets?
:10:52. > :10:55.For people who are going on holiday in the next couple of weeks you will
:10:56. > :10:58.get less of Your Money in other currencies. Anybody buying and goods
:10:59. > :11:03.from other countries will get less for their money also. More
:11:04. > :11:09.significant is the impact on Scottish companies. At the cause of
:11:10. > :11:16.play Lloyds, standard life, Royal Bank of Scotland have all close at
:11:17. > :11:21.the bottom of the list. It puts them at the bottom of the pile today. It
:11:22. > :11:25.is not good news for those companies.
:11:26. > :11:29.With the campaign now in its final stages we will be live in
:11:30. > :11:34.communities across the country every night until the eve of the
:11:35. > :11:40.referendum. Tonight we had in Galashiels. You have been stealing
:11:41. > :11:49.from voters and campaigners. I have seen passion, two years, and
:11:50. > :11:51.converted voters. We are doing it to Scotland, finding out what
:11:52. > :12:01.independence would mean for different parts of the country.
:12:02. > :12:11.Tonight we had in Galashiels. These children are learning judo. The
:12:12. > :12:16.Borders is very close, obviously, to England. People travel to England to
:12:17. > :12:27.work and for shopping. For people here it is a difficult decision.
:12:28. > :12:30.This is one area where the No campaign feels confident. We were
:12:31. > :12:37.filming as one emotional daughter walked into the campaign shop to ask
:12:38. > :12:44.questions. -- as one emotional voter.
:12:45. > :12:48.She felt she would lose a sheer custody. There was passion on both
:12:49. > :12:56.sides. Michael Brewer had some support.
:12:57. > :13:13.He decided to try to convert a Yes vote. -- Michael Moore had some
:13:14. > :13:21.support. Michael Moore says the Borders have a unique bond with the
:13:22. > :13:26.rest of the UK. People in Scotland are having this fierce debate. I
:13:27. > :13:29.hope in the end people across the country will see what is special
:13:30. > :13:33.about the UK and recognise that if we turn our backs on the rest of the
:13:34. > :13:39.UK that is a once-in-a-lifetime choice. For that reason I hope
:13:40. > :13:43.people will stick. As with other small towns the main street in
:13:44. > :13:48.Galashiels struggling. Many shops are empty or closing. It is hoped
:13:49. > :13:53.that this will be a new transport hub as part of the new borders to
:13:54. > :13:57.Edinburgh rail link. The discussion in this cafe is whether or not more
:13:58. > :14:06.powers for Holyrood would help or hinder further development. My
:14:07. > :14:15.father fought in the British Army dualling the war. There might be
:14:16. > :14:22.plasters or minuses. There is now a new shop in town urging local people
:14:23. > :14:26.to vote yes for a different future. The local MP takes every opportunity
:14:27. > :14:35.to convert those who support the No campaign. I am different. I am
:14:36. > :14:48.European. So am I. You are discriminating. But then... Batters
:14:49. > :14:53.it. . A total convert. This person says voting yes there is not about
:14:54. > :15:00.turning your back on the border. It is issued history. You become good
:15:01. > :15:08.neighbours. You become partners. There is no hostility about it. It's
:15:09. > :15:13.another late England. This could also be the making of the North of
:15:14. > :15:20.England. The battle for the Borders is not over yet.
:15:21. > :15:24.We thought we would bring together both sides of the campaign. These
:15:25. > :15:32.two people are going through shoe leather. What are people talking
:15:33. > :15:37.about on the doorstep? The campaign is hotting up. People are willing to
:15:38. > :15:40.engage on the doorstep. They are talking about things like border
:15:41. > :15:48.control. With those being so close to the border, Carlisle, Newcastle.
:15:49. > :15:57.They are talking about their livelihoods and their pensions. It
:15:58. > :16:08.is important to them. This must make your job difficult as a yes
:16:09. > :16:13.campaigner. Concerns that people have are largely the same. That is
:16:14. > :16:18.why we in the Borders are experiencing a massive momentum
:16:19. > :16:21.towards the Yes campaign. People genuinely believe that the best
:16:22. > :16:25.people to decide our future are the people who live here in Scotland.
:16:26. > :16:29.There are local charges as well. Some people talk about the
:16:30. > :16:35.cross-border issues. I can fast our House where it was said that they
:16:36. > :16:41.rely on penguins because the supermarket is across-the-board. --
:16:42. > :16:52.rely on England. You are a businesswoman and an
:16:53. > :16:58.employer, what are people saying to you about their concerns?
:16:59. > :17:03.We employ 40 people and businesses in tourism so we rely on people
:17:04. > :17:08.coming up to stay with us from the north-east and the north-west. In
:17:09. > :17:15.that sense, we are wondering about the currency and the transaction
:17:16. > :17:18.increases that me we might incur. Our employees are worried about
:17:19. > :17:24.their livelihoods. We have just recovered from the economic
:17:25. > :17:30.recession in 2008 and are back to where we wear and are pleased about
:17:31. > :17:33.that and we don't want to risk becoming independent because our
:17:34. > :17:41.employees and asked as business people feel that could be really
:17:42. > :17:46.risky and actually cause job losses. Can you see that risk?
:17:47. > :17:51.I can see why people have concerns, that is why we need to get out on
:17:52. > :17:55.top to be ball on the doorstep. That is why our groups are out every day
:17:56. > :18:02.talking to people because actually this isn't so much of a risk, it is
:18:03. > :18:07.an opportunity of a lifetime to do something different, to take
:18:08. > :18:10.control. The borders are not on the radar of Westminster but they will
:18:11. > :18:17.be in an independent Scotland. I have seen a lot of passion today,
:18:18. > :18:22.in fact I've seen tears from someone who was very worried about their
:18:23. > :18:27.future. Do you think there is a way, you can see how close the
:18:28. > :18:36.races, a way for Scotland to come together.
:18:37. > :18:41.100%. There is an elderly woman who is a member of Better Together and
:18:42. > :18:47.said to me, I have never lost a friend of politics and I do not
:18:48. > :18:53.intend to. There is no danger of that. After the votes, we will all
:18:54. > :18:57.be in it together. I think the borders is a small
:18:58. > :19:02.community and we all get on and we all have to get on because we come
:19:03. > :19:07.across each other on a day-to-day basis. The businesses here are
:19:08. > :19:12.really important as local employers and of course we will get on
:19:13. > :19:16.whatever happens, however I do think the referendum has put Scotland on
:19:17. > :19:22.the map and we will get more powers from West Minster and that is a very
:19:23. > :19:27.strong opinion to have. Certainly many people here are
:19:28. > :19:32.continuing the debate and we will be back in the next half an hour to
:19:33. > :19:37.talk to two politicians from the area about that very question of
:19:38. > :19:44.more powers. Still to come: We meet the woman who
:19:45. > :19:49.is in charge of the referendum count.
:19:50. > :19:53.In sport, Scotland may have lost to Germany but the performance,
:19:54. > :19:54.including that goal against the world champions, believes there is
:19:55. > :20:01.growing belief. It's 100 days since Edinburgh's
:20:02. > :20:04.trams started operating and bosses have revealed the line has carried
:20:05. > :20:07.1.5 million passengers in that time. They say passenger numbers
:20:08. > :20:09.and revenue levels are Here's our transport correspondent,
:20:10. > :20:22.David Miller. They've proved to be costly and
:20:23. > :20:26.controversial and, whatever your view, Edinburgh's trams are here to
:20:27. > :20:29.stay. The trams have become a familiar
:20:30. > :20:33.straight on the streets of the capital but many questions about
:20:34. > :20:40.this project remain. Not least have the people of this city finally
:20:41. > :20:44.learns to love them? For seven years, this was a complete
:20:45. > :20:49.catastrophe but it is good, I like it. It is quite smooth.
:20:50. > :20:55.Now that it is here, I am using it and think it is so poor. It is a
:20:56. > :20:57.pity it is not growing across the city.
:20:58. > :21:03.Bosses say 130,000 passengers used the trams on their first week of
:21:04. > :21:09.operation. On average, 90,000 passengers use them every week.
:21:10. > :21:15.We all -- we are already seeing investment because the trams are
:21:16. > :21:20.here. We've seen property prices rise in commercial terms along the
:21:21. > :21:23.route. The council hopes the trams will be
:21:24. > :21:27.paying their own way within five years and says today's figures
:21:28. > :21:32.suggest that target can be met. There have been problems in the
:21:33. > :21:35.first 100 days but bosses insist the standard of service overall has been
:21:36. > :21:41.good. The key focus as we move forward is
:21:42. > :21:45.reliability and making sure the service runs as well as it possibly
:21:46. > :21:49.can for the rest of the year. We will continue to refine processes
:21:50. > :21:54.and give the best possible service. The darkest days for the tram
:21:55. > :21:58.project may be over but there are plenty of challenges ahead. Not
:21:59. > :22:00.least the completion of the track to meet and a looming public inquiry
:22:01. > :22:07.into what went wrong. Police are investigating
:22:08. > :22:08.the alleged rape It happened
:22:09. > :22:12.in this supermarket car park in Police say the woman was attacked
:22:13. > :22:20.after flagging down a silver saloon They're keen to trace the driver,
:22:21. > :22:24.described as Asian, in his late 20s or early 30s and wearing jeans
:22:25. > :22:36.and a dark coloured T-shirt. Any assault, particularly when it
:22:37. > :22:41.has a sexual element, is traumatic to the victim. It is of the utmost
:22:42. > :22:43.important that we carry out as many enquiries as we can to identify the
:22:44. > :22:46.individual responsible for this. A look at other stories
:22:47. > :22:48.from the across the country. Almost half the congregation
:22:49. > :22:51.of the Church of Scotland in Tarbert in Harris has voted to leave over
:22:52. > :22:53.the issue 97 members said they would split
:22:54. > :22:57.from the Kirk The breakaway group is understood to
:22:58. > :23:01.be planning to set up a new The Drambuie Liqueur Company has
:23:02. > :23:08.been bought out by the Drambuie is being added to
:23:09. > :23:12.William Grant's other brands. The company says it hopes to attract
:23:13. > :23:17.a new generation of consumers. The Harris Tweed Authority has
:23:18. > :23:20.settled a dispute with an American retailer
:23:21. > :23:21.after it sold chairs that wrongly Euromarket Designs advertised
:23:22. > :23:27.Harris Tweed and Harris Herringbone The Harris Tweed Authority said it
:23:28. > :23:31.has secured a financial settlement and
:23:32. > :23:34.assurances from the retailer that it A second wave of postal votes being
:23:35. > :23:41.sent out ahead of the referendum is expected to start
:23:42. > :23:44.dropping on doormats from tomorrow. People who were already permanent
:23:45. > :23:46.postal voters, or who applied for one between mid-August
:23:47. > :23:49.and the 3rd September deadline, Scotland's biggest council, Glasgow,
:23:50. > :23:55.says it's giving its second batch Drivers are being warned of travel
:23:56. > :24:01.disruption around the Forth Road Bridge this weekend for the finale
:24:02. > :24:05.of 50th anniversary celebrations. The bridge will be closed completely
:24:06. > :24:09.between 10pm and 10:30pm on Saturday 13th
:24:10. > :24:12.for a fireworks display, with And voting of a different kind gets
:24:13. > :24:20.underway today, in the contest to The entrants include a Scots pine
:24:21. > :24:24.at the Loch of the Lowes Nature Reserve, which has been
:24:25. > :24:27.the chosen nesting site of Lady A sweet chestnut in Cumbernauld
:24:28. > :24:34.planted by Mary Queen of Scots, and Scotland's oldest tree,
:24:35. > :24:37.the Fortingall Yew, The public vote runs
:24:38. > :24:47.for the next seven weeks. The Scotland striker Steven Naismith
:24:48. > :24:53.says the performance last night against Germany has reinforced the
:24:54. > :24:55.players' belief they can beat all A 2-1 defeat by the world champions
:24:56. > :25:02.tells only part of the story And the Scots' efforts even had
:25:03. > :25:08.the manager believing they could From Dortmund, here's our senior
:25:09. > :25:22.football reporter, Alasdair Lamont. The centre of Dortmund on Monday
:25:23. > :25:26.seemed almost eerily quiet in the absence of the thousands of Scotland
:25:27. > :25:33.supporters who had flocked here over the last few days. Their journey may
:25:34. > :25:36.have ended in defeat but at times last night Scotland showed they
:25:37. > :25:40.could mix it with the world's best. When Ikechi Anya raced through to
:25:41. > :25:48.cancel out Thomas Muller's opening goal. Momentum seemed to have swung
:25:49. > :25:55.the Scott's way. At 1-1, I felt we could win. I've
:25:56. > :25:59.seen players with no fear before and the longer it went on we posed more
:26:00. > :26:07.threat. We should be proud of what we did.
:26:08. > :26:11.Ironing out defensive mistakes like the ones that brought Germany the
:26:12. > :26:17.goals is also imperative. With a double-header against Georgia and
:26:18. > :26:25.Paul Ince to come, the players are in a positive state of mind.
:26:26. > :26:29.-- Poland. This is the toughest game you will
:26:30. > :26:33.get in the group and every other game we think we can definitely take
:26:34. > :26:38.three points from and that is our name so we will look back, take the
:26:39. > :26:44.positives and work on the games next month.
:26:45. > :26:48.As the dust settles, the consensus seems to be that Scotland remain on
:26:49. > :26:54.an upward spiral, despite last night's defeat.
:26:55. > :26:57.Having tested the metal of the world champions, Gordon Strachan's men now
:26:58. > :26:59.more accurate gauges of their ability to qualify lie just around
:27:00. > :27:03.the corner. Former Rangers defender Arthur Numan
:27:04. > :27:09.says his former club is ''one big Former Rangers defender Arthur Numan
:27:10. > :27:12.says his former club is "one big mess" and believes there should be
:27:13. > :27:14.more transparency for supporters. Numan was back in Scotland helping
:27:15. > :27:17.to launch a football initiative for school children but the Dutchman had
:27:18. > :27:20.plenty of thoughts on his old club. He says he doesn't know who to
:27:21. > :27:35.believe anymore and has concerns Supporters, to me and asked what is
:27:36. > :27:42.going on because I don't even know who is in charge. That is the
:27:43. > :27:45.problem with Rangers. It is about time that the supporters also know
:27:46. > :27:49.what is happening, who is in control, with the money is going to.
:27:50. > :27:52.Now, a look at what else is happening across Scottish sport.
:27:53. > :27:54.Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs says the international break was
:27:55. > :27:58.Stubbs says it's given the players he brought in
:27:59. > :28:05.on deadline day a chance to get to know their new team-mates.
:28:06. > :28:11.We need to hit the ground running with them which is important but
:28:12. > :28:16.sometimes it does take time. The sooner that we can get them and we
:28:17. > :28:26.are all firing on also wonders, the better. -- cylinders.
:28:27. > :28:28.Dundee have signed striker David Clarkson after a success trial
:28:29. > :28:32.The player, who started his career with Motherwell, has returned to
:28:33. > :28:35.Scottish women's Champions Glasgow City have signed
:28:36. > :28:36.American under 23 international Morgan Marlborough on loan.
:28:37. > :28:38.She joins from American Soccer League side Kansas
:28:39. > :28:43.Ireland have beaten Scotland by 7 wickets and with 80 balls remaining
:28:44. > :28:54.Scotland were 172 all out with Michael Leask top scorer on 50.
:28:55. > :28:56.But the home side reached their victory target with ease.
:28:57. > :29:01.And there are more sports stories, plus all the latest news, 24 hours a
:29:02. > :29:10.Their meeting at Craiglockhart Hospital in Edinburgh
:29:11. > :29:13.inspired some of the most famous poems of the First World War.
:29:14. > :29:16.Now, a new play about Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon is to be
:29:17. > :29:38.Our arts correspondent Pauline McLean reports.
:29:39. > :29:47.A meeting of minds. Wilfred Owen and secrete Sassoon were soldiers being
:29:48. > :29:53.treated here. But they were also poets and it was here together that
:29:54. > :29:55.they wrote some of their finest work -- Siegfried Sassoon.
:29:56. > :30:03.It was their responsibility to the men that really comes out. That
:30:04. > :30:08.passion is what led them to write the poetry as a protest, if you
:30:09. > :30:12.like, against the war. Both men were treated and returns to
:30:13. > :30:20.the front. Siegfried Sassoon was shot in the head and survived while
:30:21. > :30:27.Owen was killed just before the Armistice. But there poetry in
:30:28. > :30:29.jurors and 100 years on moderately more David trends think it is still
:30:30. > :30:32.relevant. It still speaks to people today
:30:33. > :30:39.because of you look at the world around you and how conflicts spring
:30:40. > :30:44.up everywhere, I say if we don't even remember our mistakes and
:30:45. > :30:51.poetry, how can we learn from them? Poetry is a really timeless Way of
:30:52. > :30:58.ringing emotions and experiences which are still more or less the
:30:59. > :31:08.same today to life. No prayers, nor bells, nor any voice
:31:09. > :31:14.of morning... None more so than Craiglockhart,
:31:15. > :31:22.where there French at first began almost a century ago.
:31:23. > :31:35.Let us take a look at what the weather has in store.
:31:36. > :31:39.Little going on in the way of wet weather. Here is the satellite
:31:40. > :31:44.picture from today. Thicker cloud the further north you are. Pinning
:31:45. > :31:54.down the detail and wear the cloud does break will be the biggest
:31:55. > :32:02.casque this week. -- biggest task. Although it is dry tonight, they
:32:03. > :32:10.could be places. -- it could be chilly in places. Temperatures in
:32:11. > :32:18.towns and cities roundabout 7-9 Celsius. To start the day tomorrow,
:32:19. > :32:23.a dry start with some sunshine around. As we head through to words
:32:24. > :32:32.lunch time, the cloud tends to build. Further north, it will be
:32:33. > :32:38.brighter than today. By mid-afternoon, the warmest time of
:32:39. > :32:43.the day, very little wind but a bit of a breeze round the coast. Further
:32:44. > :32:52.north, brighter than today but still a fair amount of cloud. Maybe, just
:32:53. > :32:56.maybe, a little bit of rain, but competence on that is actually quite
:32:57. > :33:05.low. It will be quite chilly overnight tomorrow night. This
:33:06. > :33:16.slight southerly drift will help to raise temperatures a little. As we
:33:17. > :33:21.head through to watch Thursday, more of the same. Generally dry but,
:33:22. > :33:32.given the sunshine, will and winds very light indeed. Dry, settled and
:33:33. > :33:35.benign, is the summary. We are staying because you are
:33:36. > :33:36.watching a specially extended Reporting Scotland bringing you the
:33:37. > :33:50.latest on the referendum campaign. Still to come - we meet the person
:33:51. > :33:53.in charge of the entire referendum process. And we look at how the
:33:54. > :34:02.referendum campaign feared in Quebec. Now let us return to our
:34:03. > :34:05.political correspondent who has been listening to the speech of Gordon
:34:06. > :34:10.Brown and the announcement that in the event of a No vote there with
:34:11. > :34:16.the extra powers for the Scottish Parliament. What is your analysis of
:34:17. > :34:23.what was said? Gordon Brown is just beginning to
:34:24. > :34:28.speak here. He does so at the start of a six-day Scottish to which is
:34:29. > :34:33.designed to shore up Labour support for the union as the referendum
:34:34. > :34:41.campaign enters its final days. He is embarking on this journey with
:34:42. > :34:45.opinion polls narrowing and the Yes campaign apparently gaining ground
:34:46. > :34:49.and in the school knowledge that many traditional Labour supporters
:34:50. > :34:57.are tempted by the independents offer. -- and in the complete
:34:58. > :35:02.knowledge. Things that I hold dear as a left-wing person and as a Scot
:35:03. > :35:11.are under threat. People who voted Labour should vote yes. To counter
:35:12. > :35:16.the potential for more Labour supporters to vote yes Gordon Brown
:35:17. > :35:19.is stressing the idea that there would be further powers devolved to
:35:20. > :35:27.the Scottish parliament in the event of a Mac. All three major UK parties
:35:28. > :35:31.are promising that. Gordon Brown is now proposing a rapid timetable for
:35:32. > :35:43.delivery. People want a Scottish Parliament with stronger powers. I
:35:44. > :35:49.am proposing that we set a timetable and publish proposals that can be
:35:50. > :35:56.legislated on but in October. A Bill would be ready to go forward in
:35:57. > :36:00.January. You have said that Unionist campaigners are signed up to this,
:36:01. > :36:05.including to the rapid timetable. I wonder if you've what extent
:36:06. > :36:10.Gordon Brown has bounced the other parties on this issue. He has told
:36:11. > :36:13.Newsnight in a separate interview that he has been pushing the
:36:14. > :36:20.Conservatives on this for some time. He has a nice as timetable tonight.
:36:21. > :36:24.Within an hour or two Downing St said that it welcomes what it cold a
:36:25. > :36:30.Labour initiative and that it was content with the timetable. The
:36:31. > :36:38.leaders of the three main UK parties in Scotland well come together and
:36:39. > :36:42.support this timetable. But they are clocking about a timetable, a
:36:43. > :36:47.process. We are still no dealer on what that would deliver. We have the
:36:48. > :36:52.competing sets of proposals from the major UK parties. They would still
:36:53. > :36:55.need to come together on this process and A.D. Exactly what powers
:36:56. > :37:02.would come to Holyrood if there was a No vote. That is why those who are
:37:03. > :37:05.arguing for independents say there are no guarantees and there is
:37:06. > :37:09.nothing new in what is being proposed.
:37:10. > :37:17.Let us look in more detail at one of the key issues. The health service
:37:18. > :37:23.is Scotland's biggest expense. Out of the budget of ?26 billion, nearly
:37:24. > :37:28.12 billion is spent on health. How will this be affected by the way we
:37:29. > :37:47.fought. Our correspondent has been finding out what independence make
:37:48. > :37:50.mean for our health service. Devolution means that only as
:37:51. > :37:55.Scottish Government and privatise anything in Scotland. Why has this
:37:56. > :38:00.issue dominated the debate? Because it affects the way people are likely
:38:01. > :38:04.to vote. With the NHS PC if Scotland went
:38:05. > :38:16.independent or stayed in the UK? I am not sure. I think they are
:38:17. > :38:26.getting more money if they go independent. Will that affect the
:38:27. > :38:35.way you bought? Probably. Will that affect the way you bought? We are
:38:36. > :38:49.not big enough. Would that affect the way you thought? I have already
:38:50. > :38:55.voted. We do not want to break it over a one stupid argument. Would
:38:56. > :39:03.that affect the read you thought that the NHS? Yes it would. I would
:39:04. > :39:22.like to keep it the weirdos. There is some collaboration with the UK.
:39:23. > :39:27.-- I would like to keep it as it is. In transplants, it suits everyone to
:39:28. > :39:30.have as big a pool of organs as possible. But all of that would not
:39:31. > :39:36.be possible without medical research.
:39:37. > :39:42.Dolly the sheep is now in a museum. She was the first animal to be
:39:43. > :39:46.successfully cloned. One of many world first for which Scottish
:39:47. > :39:50.scientists are famous. But a lot of money from medical research comes
:39:51. > :39:55.from UK bodies or European grants. This professor is part of an
:39:56. > :40:00.international trial to see if cooling the brain can help reduce
:40:01. > :40:08.brain damage from strokes. He employs several people. He is now
:40:09. > :40:12.concerned. Our major grants across the period 20 independence would
:40:13. > :40:18.occur. I am trying to find out what would happen to that floor of money.
:40:19. > :40:30.Nobody can reassure me that the money would continue, let alone
:40:31. > :40:35.could be applied for more. Does that money disappear? Nobody can tell
:40:36. > :40:39.me. 50 miles away and bulging waistlines are under scrutiny. This
:40:40. > :40:44.nutritionist has some of the best researchers in the world. He has a
:40:45. > :40:52.different view about the effect of independence. We do not have any
:40:53. > :41:00.funding from UK bodies. I am confident that the funding would be
:41:01. > :41:03.re-routed. We will continue to collaborate with English and Welsh
:41:04. > :41:12.centres as well as French, German and Swedish centres. This is an area
:41:13. > :41:18.of Glasgow that has life expectancy lower than the Gaza Strip. Some say
:41:19. > :41:22.that independence would improve the life of people here because there
:41:23. > :41:30.would be more control over people's lies.
:41:31. > :41:33.Some say that independence itself would improve the health of people
:41:34. > :41:36.living in places like this, and all of us, because we would feel
:41:37. > :41:39.Some countries have seen better health after independence -
:41:40. > :41:41.but only if it's improved standards of living.
:41:42. > :41:44.So again, it all comes down to whether you believe
:41:45. > :41:46.independence will bring prosperity or problems for Scotland.
:41:47. > :41:48.It's expected that this referendum will have Scotland's
:41:49. > :41:51.So will the polling stations be able to cope?
:41:52. > :41:53.How will those votes be counted and announced?
:41:54. > :41:55.And when will we get the final result?
:41:56. > :41:58.The person best equipped to answer all of those is the woman
:41:59. > :42:17.This person is preparing to make yesterday. She has been in the top
:42:18. > :42:23.job in Falkirk council for 16 years. At some point on September the 19th
:42:24. > :42:29.she will take centre stage and announced the future of the country.
:42:30. > :42:34.This is the same as any other electoral process. It is just a bit
:42:35. > :42:40.more intense. Even though you have vast experience there must be added
:42:41. > :42:49.pressure? At the moment I am not feeling that pressure. It is fine at
:42:50. > :42:57.the moment. The referendum day will be intense. The referendum day will
:42:58. > :43:02.be intense. Account will be intense. At Falkirk, in common with local
:43:03. > :43:10.councils around the country, postal ballots are already being verified,
:43:11. > :43:15.ready for the count. What I be looking at here? These are
:43:16. > :43:24.empty ballot boxes. These are only some of the ballot boxes. There is a
:43:25. > :43:28.palpable sense that this thing is going to happen. This is one of my
:43:29. > :43:35.favourite stages of an election, when there is a lot still to be
:43:36. > :43:41.done, but yes it is going to happen. The system seems to have ground to a
:43:42. > :43:47.halt here. In 2007 Scotland's computer voting system suffered a
:43:48. > :43:52.meltdown resulting in nearly 150,000 spoiled ballot papers. With the
:43:53. > :44:00.referendum turnout expected to surpass 80% merely and her team are
:44:01. > :44:05.confident of the process in 2014. We are focused. The best way to
:44:06. > :44:09.ensure that your vote count is to put one across in the box next to
:44:10. > :44:17.the cancer you chose. If you sign the ballot paper the vault cannot
:44:18. > :44:24.count. -- next to the option you choose. If you sign the ballot paper
:44:25. > :44:32.the fault will not count. Focus on putting one cross in the box next
:44:33. > :44:37.jury option you choose. There is expected to be a tipping point at
:44:38. > :44:41.some point in the night. It is possible that if we get the final
:44:42. > :44:46.verification numbers, the total number of papers has to, that people
:44:47. > :44:51.would be able to work out at a certain point that only one side
:44:52. > :45:01.could win. Can you estimate when you can make that announcement?
:45:02. > :45:05.Breakfast time. With extra polling stations and most that employed to
:45:06. > :45:09.handle the expected queues of photos training sessions like these are
:45:10. > :45:15.underway for tens of thousands of people. A polling station shift can
:45:16. > :45:20.be a lonely existence, but perhaps not on September the team.
:45:21. > :45:31.How are you viewing this particular referendum? It will be quite
:45:32. > :45:38.exciting. We have never been involved in a thing like this
:45:39. > :45:46.before. It is totally different for us. It is a new experience. You have
:45:47. > :45:54.the final declaration. You are on the world stage. There will be
:45:55. > :46:00.pressure. It is important that it is clear. It will be -- it may be a
:46:01. > :46:07.close result, but it is important that it is clear. It is important
:46:08. > :46:14.that the result is accepted as an accurate result. Is it true that
:46:15. > :46:21.whatever you say is legally binding, even if you get it wrong? It is
:46:22. > :46:26.true, but it will not happen. That is how the votes will be
:46:27. > :46:31.counted and the result announced next week. People are still
:46:32. > :46:38.deciding. Let us go back to our correspondent.
:46:39. > :46:57.Welcome back to the judo class in Galashiels.
:46:58. > :47:08.What is your question? My question is are birds the
:47:09. > :47:18.economic report -- about the economic report and about ons and
:47:19. > :47:23.finance. What is yours?
:47:24. > :47:29.About health care and education the kids. I too youngest ones will be
:47:30. > :47:34.coming into the education system. It is OK just now but...
:47:35. > :47:41.In the future, you are worried about how it will go?
:47:42. > :47:44.I will come first to yourself. We are talking about the pound and have
:47:45. > :47:49.seen the fluctuations in the market today. It is making some voters
:47:50. > :47:55.slightly fearful. How would it work in a currency union? You confident
:47:56. > :47:58.things be OK? First of all, there will be a
:47:59. > :48:07.currency union because it is in the interests of UK business as well as
:48:08. > :48:14.Scotland. 500 million would-be exchange rate charges, it's not
:48:15. > :48:18.going to happen. We know that there will be a currency union. It is just
:48:19. > :48:24.a scare tactic. But today the pounds has had a small
:48:25. > :48:27.fall in value and people are concerned.
:48:28. > :48:35.I think that has got more to do with what Barack Obama is saying about
:48:36. > :48:41.intervention in Syria and Ukraine. These are international matters that
:48:42. > :48:46.will have more effect on international companies than
:48:47. > :48:55.Scotland. It is more to do with decisions like Barack Obama's
:48:56. > :48:59.strategy over Syria. I think the reduction in the sure
:49:00. > :49:06.ball you made to Scottish companies today, the change in the currency,
:49:07. > :49:12.is an indication of the concern that is there. It is nothing to do with
:49:13. > :49:21.Syria, this is an extraordinary opposition by Yes Scotland. Across
:49:22. > :49:26.Scotland, major employers like RBS and the financial services sector
:49:27. > :49:33.are seeing the consequences of significant. We know the race is now
:49:34. > :49:39.very tight. Introducing an argument that it is down to Syria as
:49:40. > :49:42.preposterousness. It is not preposterousness.
:49:43. > :49:48.International companies react to international events. These are
:49:49. > :49:52.international companies, not Scottish companies. They may have a
:49:53. > :49:58.brass plate in Scotland but that is all. Markets go up and down for a
:49:59. > :50:04.variety of reasons. The idea that the thought of a 1% increase in the
:50:05. > :50:10.Yes vote for Scotland has affected that is nonsense. The markets go up
:50:11. > :50:14.and down all the time. Quickly to another subject. The
:50:15. > :50:19.final subject was about the NHS. This man works within the NHS and
:50:20. > :50:24.this has become a real battle ground. This is a devolved issue so
:50:25. > :50:31.why is it a problem for Scotland at the moment? Why would Scotland have
:50:32. > :50:35.to have a private health care system, as is being scaremonger by
:50:36. > :50:39.your campaign? It is not scaremongering. We don't
:50:40. > :50:43.have total financial control of the NHS and any cuts put through the
:50:44. > :50:48.health service and the rest of the UK will impact directly on the money
:50:49. > :50:52.that comes to Scotland. What is happening in England as American
:50:53. > :50:59.companies providing and actually seen to charge to reduce public
:51:00. > :51:00.expenditure. When you have got Virgin providing health care in
:51:01. > :51:04.England... We have got little time.
:51:05. > :51:13.They are privatising health care downside. I was brought up in an NHS
:51:14. > :51:21.family. My dad was an ambulance driver. I feel very strongly about
:51:22. > :51:31.this. None of these scare stories was raised in Scottish Parliament
:51:32. > :51:37.over the last two years. I think we need to have a more balanced
:51:38. > :51:43.argument with health. Asked Unison. I am going to leave
:51:44. > :51:52.this year. Obviously a number of issues still to be discussed.
:51:53. > :51:55.Meanwhile, as Scotland prepares to vote on independence, many people
:51:56. > :51:57.in the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec in Canada will be
:51:58. > :52:00.Quebec has held two referendums on sovereignty,
:52:01. > :52:03.both times voters chose to remain in Canada, but the last vote, nearly
:52:04. > :52:11.Nick Bryant reports from Quebec City.
:52:12. > :52:19.A pageant through the streets of old Quebec city. Retelling the proud
:52:20. > :52:23.story of the settlement that was once called new France. The British
:52:24. > :52:30.conquest in the mid-18th century meant that Quebec became part of
:52:31. > :52:33.Canada. But the province has retained its Franco Fawn character.
:52:34. > :52:43.Even though it has never achieved independence. This man sees himself
:52:44. > :52:49.as a Quebec are first and a Canadian second.
:52:50. > :52:58.Are we going to be still with the Canadian dollar? Are we going to
:52:59. > :53:07.trade with our neighbours Ontario? With the Americans consider us if we
:53:08. > :53:12.decided to separate. Those are big concerns.
:53:13. > :53:21.In the decade-long struggle, Quebeckers have... The lesson from
:53:22. > :53:29.Quebec for Scotland is an independent
:53:30. > :53:38.it is quite unbelievable. They just had the new parliament in
:53:39. > :53:41.1987 and now they are already have a referendum to be a free country. To
:53:42. > :53:46.me, if it would work this time, it might next time.
:53:47. > :53:55.From those protecting the French language to immigration, Quebec has
:53:56. > :53:59.achieved a great deal of art on me. Despite two separate referenda,
:54:00. > :54:02.despite the fact the last poll was almost 20 years ago, the question of
:54:03. > :54:08.independence hasn't really been settled and it hasn't gone away. In
:54:09. > :54:11.Canada, they even have a phrase to describe this long protracted
:54:12. > :54:21.hostage is no struggle. They call it the never-ending referendum. All the
:54:22. > :54:29.celebrations of Quebec's distinct culture, there is no current
:54:30. > :54:33.appetite for a third referendum. That struggle may be more a part of
:54:34. > :54:39.its past than its future. And for a final thought,
:54:40. > :54:53.let's go back to our political How important is the timetable for
:54:54. > :54:55.more powers for the Scottish Parliament?
:54:56. > :55:05.It depends which side you believe. The advocates for independence .2 a
:55:06. > :55:09.report by Ed Balls that says he would not have as manifesto dictated
:55:10. > :55:16.by David Cameron or anyone else. They argue that Gordon Brown's
:55:17. > :55:18.proposals, to be backed up by the Conservatives and the Liberal
:55:19. > :55:26.Democrats, strengthen the guarantee, strengthen the belief, the offer, of
:55:27. > :55:31.alternative powers and an alternative to independence. The SNP
:55:32. > :55:35.say it is overheated and the voters should be underwhelmed. As ever, the
:55:36. > :55:41.voters will decide. Can expect a surge in campaigning
:55:42. > :55:47.over the next nine days. Stand-by for a surge. Talking of
:55:48. > :55:50.surges, I think there might be a left for the campaign in another
:55:51. > :55:56.poll tomorrow. We will watch out for that.
:55:57. > :55:58.That is it. Goodbye.