:00:00. > :00:07.Alex Salmond claims the No campaign in the Scottish referendum
:00:08. > :00:22.I think today what we have seen is the disintegration of the no
:00:23. > :00:24.campaign. The back of an envelope non-plan to cobble something
:00:25. > :00:27.together at the last minute because they are losing this election.
:00:28. > :00:30.The SNP leader was responding to a new timetable from the main
:00:31. > :00:35.pro-union parties for transferring more powers to Scotland.
:00:36. > :00:41.You can have a strong Scottish parliament, a parliament which has
:00:42. > :00:42.two look Scottish taxpayers in the eye without walking away from the
:00:43. > :00:44.United Kingdom. David Cameron and Ed Miliband will
:00:45. > :00:47.campaign in Scotland tomorrow, instead of attending the weekly
:00:48. > :00:50.Prime Minister's Questions Investigators say the Malaysian
:00:51. > :00:57.airliner that blew up over Ukraine was hit
:00:58. > :01:09.by numerous "high energy objects". The governor of the bank of England
:01:10. > :01:10.praises British workers for helping to bring the UK out of recession.
:01:11. > :01:14.Another badger cull is underway in the South West of England - there
:01:15. > :01:16.are new calls for the controversial policy to be abandoned.
:01:17. > :01:19.And the remarkable story of Dame Gillian Lynne - at 88 she's
:01:20. > :01:25.recreating the wartime ballet she performed for the troops.
:01:26. > :01:28.On BBC London, a report reveals safety concerns were raised four
:01:29. > :01:31.years before the Vauxhall helicopter crash that claimed two lives.
:01:32. > :01:34.And the inquest into the death of a minicab driver who died
:01:35. > :01:55.when a building collapsed by Holborn tube station.
:01:56. > :01:58.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:59. > :02:01.Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, says the NO campaign
:02:02. > :02:07.His comments came after the three main pro-union
:02:08. > :02:11.parties backed a timetable for giving more powers to Scotland.
:02:12. > :02:14.And in the past hour, the leaders of the three main
:02:15. > :02:17.Westminster parties have said they will travel to Scotland to join the
:02:18. > :02:23.campaign trail, instead of taking part in tomorrow's regular session
:02:24. > :02:38.This hello from Edinburgh on a glorious sunny day.
:02:39. > :02:43.Both the yes and no campaigns have been staging vigorous rallies here.
:02:44. > :02:48.The yes campaign a little bit of the Royal mile. The no campaign down at
:02:49. > :02:55.Holyrood, the site of the parliament. The three pro union
:02:56. > :02:58.parties outlined what they say is a timetable for a more significant
:02:59. > :03:04.powers to Scotland should the Scottish voters vote no. Powers
:03:05. > :03:11.which they say would safeguard the NHS and could lead to tax to fund
:03:12. > :03:13.more welfare spending. But Alex Salmond dismissed this as a non-plan
:03:14. > :03:21.and nothing new. Richard Lister reports.
:03:22. > :03:25.The Tories, Labour and the Liberal Democrats putting up a united front
:03:26. > :03:29.today to endorse a timetable for enhanced Scottish devolution. The
:03:30. > :03:34.plan would allow Scotland to tax more and spend more on the NHS and
:03:35. > :03:37.welfare. I'm absolutely delighted to welcome
:03:38. > :03:41.you all here and to say how delighted we are to endorse the
:03:42. > :03:45.delivery plan that will give certainty and more powers to the
:03:46. > :03:50.Scottish Parliament. We will have certainty of change. It is possible
:03:51. > :03:54.to vote no on September 18, a patriotic choice, but also to say
:03:55. > :03:59.you are voting for change. More powers for the Scottish parliament.
:04:00. > :04:03.The day after the vote work would begin towards a Scottish parliament
:04:04. > :04:07.with more tax-raising powers. By the end of October a progress report
:04:08. > :04:11.would spell them out. On Saint Andrews Day, a white paper would be
:04:12. > :04:17.issued with draft legislation by the end of January. Alex Salmond was at
:04:18. > :04:22.an event portraying Scotland at the heart of Europe as a nation in its
:04:23. > :04:27.own right. He says the debate has moved beyond the timing of more
:04:28. > :04:31.devolution. This is a day the no campaign finally fell apart at the
:04:32. > :04:36.seams. We now know that after all of the hype of the last 48 hours, since
:04:37. > :04:41.they realised the ground was shifting under their feet, that
:04:42. > :04:45.actually there is nothing new in this package whatsoever. This is a
:04:46. > :04:51.retreading, a repackaging, a re-timetabling of what they said in
:04:52. > :04:56.the spring. If recent opinion polls are any guide, the momentum at the
:04:57. > :05:01.moment is with the yes campaign. The latest poll suggests the vote is
:05:02. > :05:08.tied. With nine days remaining, it is neck and neck.
:05:09. > :05:11.It certainly is. We want to explore some of the political and business
:05:12. > :05:13.implications of the events of today. Let's speak to our Assistant
:05:14. > :05:21.Political Editor, Norman Smith. Huge news that the three leaders of
:05:22. > :05:23.the Westminster parties are coming here tomorrow, even though in
:05:24. > :05:30.Scotland they are not particularly popular? An unprecedented moment. I
:05:31. > :05:38.cannot recall in my political life time a moment when the three party
:05:39. > :05:45.leaders have set aside PMQs macro. It is designed to save the union. It
:05:46. > :05:52.also reflects the sense of urgency set to galvanise the no campaign
:05:53. > :05:57.after the polls suggested they had moved closer to the yes campaign.
:05:58. > :06:02.The three men will not tomorrow, I understand, be sharing one platform.
:06:03. > :06:07.That has prompted the Nationalists to say it is a stunt and it will not
:06:08. > :06:11.work. In fact it will probably backfire because of their popularity
:06:12. > :06:16.north of the border. But it is a big play to try and bring together old
:06:17. > :06:20.enemies, even the most bitter of enemies, to work together. And
:06:21. > :06:24.nowhere is that underlined more clearly than in the role of Gordon
:06:25. > :06:30.Brown, who is in effect now leading the no campaign north of the border.
:06:31. > :06:37.A man who, David Cameron Frankie had little personal or political regard
:06:38. > :06:41.for. -- frankly. David Cameron's political fate may well hinge on
:06:42. > :06:46.Gordon Brown's success. The state of the union may hinge on the ability
:06:47. > :06:51.of David Cameron and Gordon Brown to work together.
:06:52. > :06:55.One member of the yes campaign dismissed the news that the three
:06:56. > :06:58.political leaders from Westminster were coming north of the border by
:06:59. > :07:06.saying, the three Amigos. I don't think he meant it as a condiment.
:07:07. > :07:12.Kamal Ahmed joins me now. What is happening on the markets today? What
:07:13. > :07:16.we have had two day, share prices can go up as well as down. Yesterday
:07:17. > :07:21.we saw downward pressure on the share prices of businesses based in
:07:22. > :07:24.Scotland, such as The Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds bank, standard
:07:25. > :07:29.life. Many of those share prices picked up today. What is happening
:07:30. > :07:35.is volatility. The markets are suddenly taking the idea of a Yes
:07:36. > :07:38.vote possibly on September 18, seriously. That is probably the
:07:39. > :07:44.first time this week that we have really seen that. What is happening
:07:45. > :07:47.is that businesses are nervous about to or three things. Firstly, the
:07:48. > :07:53.currency issue. Secondly, the cost of the negotiations of possible
:07:54. > :07:59.changes in tax legislation. Possible changes in regulation. There has
:08:00. > :08:03.been some evidence, we need to be very careful about this, some
:08:04. > :08:11.evidence, anecdotal, about some movement of cash by some businesses
:08:12. > :08:16.into English part of their business. And banks are certainly prepared for
:08:17. > :08:22.some retail deposits, possibly to be moved south of the border. Again, I
:08:23. > :08:25.reiterate, very anecdotal. No big movement of money at all. The Bank
:08:26. > :08:30.of England has made it clear that whatever the outcome of the vote on
:08:31. > :08:36.September the 18th, it will stand behind all deposits in Scotland. The
:08:37. > :08:38.Yes vote says if there is an independence vote, it will be good
:08:39. > :08:45.for the economy and good for business.
:08:46. > :08:47.Thank you very much. A very busy day here. We will have more later. Back
:08:48. > :08:49.to you. Tomorrow - on TV and online -
:08:50. > :08:52.BBC News will be looking in depth at the potential consequences
:08:53. > :08:55.of both yes and no votes. If you've got questions you want
:08:56. > :08:59.answered, you can text 61124 with your 'what ifs' - and we'll
:09:00. > :09:05.have more tomorrow at one. A report out today says
:09:06. > :09:09.the Malaysian Airlines jet, which crashed over Ukraine in July, broke
:09:10. > :09:13.up in midair after being hit by "a large number of high-energy objects
:09:14. > :09:18.that penetrated the aircraft". 298 people, including 10 Britons,
:09:19. > :09:21.died in the disaster. Preliminary findings by air accident
:09:22. > :09:26.investigators stopped short of saying explicitly that the plane was
:09:27. > :09:30.shot down, or who was behind it. Here's our transport correspondent,
:09:31. > :09:42.Richard Westcott. From the moment Flight MH17 came
:09:43. > :09:46.down in a war zone it was going to be a challenging investigation. With
:09:47. > :09:52.the wreckage still smouldering, important clues were being dragged
:09:53. > :09:55.around. Anybody could have a look. It is still so on safe that only a
:09:56. > :10:00.handful of air crash experts have actually visited the site, taking
:10:01. > :10:06.quick photographs. Nobody worth -- nonwork from the Dutch team leading
:10:07. > :10:11.the investigation. -- nonwork from the Dutch team. We have not gained
:10:12. > :10:15.access to the site was last night. That is a pity because normally the
:10:16. > :10:21.investigation starts on the site and we have had four days or weeks. That
:10:22. > :10:24.has not been possible. We have had wreckage passed to us by the
:10:25. > :10:28.Malaysian authorities. This report does not use the word missile
:10:29. > :10:33.anywhere but it does progressively rule out anything else. It says the
:10:34. > :10:39.aircraft broke up suddenly in midair but there were no emergency alarms
:10:40. > :10:42.going off. The pilots did not make any mistakes, there were no obvious
:10:43. > :10:45.mechanical problems. These images give some damning clues that the
:10:46. > :10:51.aircraft was brought down by a weapon. It says these holes near the
:10:52. > :10:54.cockpit hour from high energy objects penetrating the skin from
:10:55. > :11:02.the outside. That is consistent with this weapon, a missile launcher,
:11:03. > :11:06.apparently seen in the area. A missile does not actually hit the
:11:07. > :11:08.aircraft, it explodes nearby, peppering it with shrapnel. The
:11:09. > :11:15.critical question remains unanswered. Both sides use the same
:11:16. > :11:19.weapon. Who fired it? One expert says with more information they
:11:20. > :11:23.could work that out. Because we know the position is in the sky, we could
:11:24. > :11:31.then reverse engineer the flight of the missile down to the ground and
:11:32. > :11:34.work out pretty much within 100 or 200 square metres where the missile
:11:35. > :11:42.was fired from. There were ten Britons on board the Malaysian
:11:43. > :11:48.fight, including two Newcastle United fans. Hopefully John's body
:11:49. > :11:55.has been identified and will be coming back to Tyneside. Him and
:11:56. > :12:00.John left Tyneside and hopefully there will be back shortly. More
:12:01. > :12:03.than 100 passengers have not been formally identified, including three
:12:04. > :12:06.Britons. Some will still be resting in these fields.
:12:07. > :12:08.We can speak now to our correspondent, Richard Galpin,
:12:09. > :12:19.Richard, this report does not point the finger of blame. Is it any
:12:20. > :12:27.Shearer on the ground who is responsible? -- clearer. I don't
:12:28. > :12:31.think there is any mortality. Certainly the rebels have again
:12:32. > :12:35.today denied it, saying then had the capacity to be able to shoot down a
:12:36. > :12:39.large commercial airliner. However, we have to say that many Western
:12:40. > :12:45.governments have said all along they have evidence that convinces them it
:12:46. > :12:50.was shot down from rebel held territory, either by the separatist
:12:51. > :12:56.rebels here or by Russian troops. We know there is a large amount of
:12:57. > :12:59.video, of photographs, all on the Internet, showing a very
:13:00. > :13:09.sophisticated surface-to-air mirth -- Michael -- surface-to-air missile
:13:10. > :13:12.system in eastern Ukraine. One military analyst is convinced it was
:13:13. > :13:20.Russians who brought in the weapon and fired it.
:13:21. > :13:23.Many thanks. Doctors in the Czech Republic say five-year-old Ashya
:13:24. > :13:27.King could start his radiation treatment on Monday. He was flown
:13:28. > :13:31.there from Spain yesterday, days after his parents removed him from a
:13:32. > :13:35.hospital in Southampton. They were not happy with the treatment he was
:13:36. > :13:39.receiving. In the last hour, Brett King has been speaking to Jenny
:13:40. > :13:45.Hill. My son actually came here in the
:13:46. > :13:52.ambulance, and we got him into this establishment. It is the end of the
:13:53. > :13:55.road. This is everything, everything was leading up to this. We started
:13:56. > :14:00.this long process it seems like a million years ago.
:14:01. > :14:05.Lets join Jenny Hill live. What is the latest on the treatment that
:14:06. > :14:11.Ashya and his family hope he will get? Well, Ashya has just left the
:14:12. > :14:16.clinic here in private. There is a huge amount of media interest in his
:14:17. > :14:20.case. At its heart, a vulnerable little boy. As he was wheeled into
:14:21. > :14:25.the amulets, he was awake, clutching a teddy bear. He has been
:14:26. > :14:31.anaesthetised for much of the last seven hours. He is being prepared
:14:32. > :14:36.for his proton beam therapy, which begins here at the clinic on Monday.
:14:37. > :14:41.So he spent seven hours here, a lot of procedures to go through. He has
:14:42. > :14:45.been scanned, he has been assessed. It is important to patients stay
:14:46. > :14:49.completely still during proton beam therapy. He has been fitted with a
:14:50. > :14:52.special body mould and a mask which he will have to wear during
:14:53. > :14:56.treatment, which is expected to last six weeks.
:14:57. > :15:04.Three main Westminster party leaders will head to Scotland tomorrow to
:15:05. > :15:07.join the campaign against independence. Scotland's first
:15:08. > :15:11.minister, Alex Salmond, says the No campaign is falling apart.
:15:12. > :15:17.event Britain has never won - but that's about to change if Sir Ben
:15:18. > :15:33.Starting school this week, the boy whose parents were told to switch
:15:34. > :15:38.off his life-support machine when he was four weeks old. And French
:15:39. > :15:40.without Saunders, we speak to one of our best loved comics on the eve of
:15:41. > :15:46.her first solo tour. A new badger cull got underway this
:15:47. > :15:49.morning in Somerset It will last six weeks
:15:50. > :15:52.and is designed to reduce the spread Critics say culling
:15:53. > :15:56.is not effective. They point to the fact that last
:15:57. > :15:59.year's cull didn't succeed in reaching its target of killing 70%
:16:00. > :16:02.of the counties' badgers. But the government and farmers say
:16:03. > :16:05.doing nothing is "not an option". Our correspondent, John
:16:06. > :16:26.Maguire, is in Gloucestershire. That Cole was described as an
:16:27. > :16:32.effective by a panel of experts. Many thought that the process would
:16:33. > :16:37.be dead in the water. But the government has stuck to its guns and
:16:38. > :16:43.the cull is underway. Loved by many, hated by others but now, once again,
:16:44. > :16:46.in the sights of marksmen. And as the shooting resumed in the two
:16:47. > :16:52.pilot areas of Gloucestershire and Somerset last night, so did the
:16:53. > :16:57.protests. These badger patrols are also taking aim, trying to disrupt
:16:58. > :17:04.the killing. It is a hideous disease. A lot of us live in rural
:17:05. > :17:07.communities. Every day, we see what happens to the farmers when the
:17:08. > :17:12.cattle come down with TB. But killing badgers is not the way to
:17:13. > :17:16.stop it. Many farmers in the West Country are desperate. Bovine TB is
:17:17. > :17:21.endemic here. And they believe that the disease must be fought, even
:17:22. > :17:25.though the cast is so high. It is a cruel thing to do and I am not
:17:26. > :17:32.comfortable with it but this is what I'm interested in. I'm spent my life
:17:33. > :17:38.trying to keep them alive, but if there are sick badgers out there,
:17:39. > :17:44.you need to deal with it. During last year's cull, 1700 badgers were
:17:45. > :17:51.shot. The latest objective is a figure between just under 1000 and
:17:52. > :17:56.up to 1900. More than 26,000 cattle were slaughtered across England last
:17:57. > :18:03.year because of TB. The scheme aims to Cole 70% of the initial
:18:04. > :18:08.publishing of badgers here. Last year, the number of badgers killed
:18:09. > :18:11.fell short of the target. This time, marksmen will try to meet the
:18:12. > :18:16.government's objectives. This remains a highly contentious issue
:18:17. > :18:20.in the British countryside. Campaigners, protesters say that it
:18:21. > :18:24.is barbaric but the government maintains this is a responsible
:18:25. > :18:26.approach and is doing nothing, they say, is not an option.
:18:27. > :18:29.If there was an alternative to culling badgers infected with
:18:30. > :18:32.But we are doing lots of other things,
:18:33. > :18:36.from cattle movement controls to using vaccines in the edge area.
:18:37. > :18:40.But our veterinary advice and the advice of our chief scientists is
:18:41. > :18:43.very clear, that removing infected badgers has got to be part of a
:18:44. > :19:02.The issue continues to divide rural communities but as the arguments
:19:03. > :19:07.rage on, the guns have returned. And it is day one of that process. Last
:19:08. > :19:10.year, the word extensions to both of the culls, the one in
:19:11. > :19:19.Gloucestershire and Somerset. Of course, they were protested by
:19:20. > :19:20.campaigners who say they will try to disrupt this controversial procedure
:19:21. > :19:24.every night. Britain's workers were praised today
:19:25. > :19:27.by the Governor of the Bank of England for the part they played
:19:28. > :19:30.in pulling the UK out of recession. In a speech to the TUC conference
:19:31. > :19:33.in Liverpool, Mark Carney said pay should now start to rise
:19:34. > :19:45.as the economy strengthened. The economy may be growing but when
:19:46. > :19:49.will that be reflected in our wage packets? For many workers, pay has
:19:50. > :19:54.not kept up with the cost of living, although there are
:19:55. > :19:58.exceptions. 6%, not too bad. Everyone seemed happy with that.
:19:59. > :20:01.Things are picking up in construction. Why have not had a pay
:20:02. > :20:08.rise in a while. Everything is increasing except pay. The big
:20:09. > :20:12.question for unions is when will Britain get a pay rise? Mark Carney
:20:13. > :20:17.said that wages have fallen by around 10% in the downturn, but next
:20:18. > :20:22.year, that was likely to change. As employment approaches its new higher
:20:23. > :20:27.level, wage pressures should increase and capital investment
:20:28. > :20:31.should continue to recover. Productivity growth should pick up,
:20:32. > :20:37.bringing the higher sustainable pay rises that British workers deserve.
:20:38. > :20:41.Mark Carney's message today is that after many difficult years, that pay
:20:42. > :20:46.rise that many need is finally coming. The big question here is,
:20:47. > :20:51.will interest rates rise first? Esther Carney was asked a series of
:20:52. > :20:57.questions from the floor on living standards, employments and pay. He
:20:58. > :21:01.says the central forecast was that the forecast could rise from
:21:02. > :21:08.spring. We need to raise interest rates before a vote or an election
:21:09. > :21:15.or a referendum or anything. We will do what is necessary. Mark Carney
:21:16. > :21:18.said that the recession had been a calamity bash a calamity. He called
:21:19. > :21:20.on unions to play their role in ensuring that the economy reached
:21:21. > :21:26.its potential in years ahead. The six men who'll battle
:21:27. > :21:28.for the oldest trophy in international sport lined up in
:21:29. > :21:32.public today for the first time. And all eyes were on Sir Ben Ainslie
:21:33. > :21:35.and Jimmy Spithill, his former team mate on the vessel which won
:21:36. > :21:38.the America's Cup last year. But this time they're
:21:39. > :21:41.going head to head. Here's our sports correspondent,
:21:42. > :21:52.Joe Wilson. This hotel dates back to the 19th
:21:53. > :21:54.century and it is expensive. An appropriate place to talk about the
:21:55. > :22:04.America's Cup which shares both those elements. The America's Cup
:22:05. > :22:09.trades on the thrill of competition, the ultimate risk and rewards on the
:22:10. > :22:12.open seas. Lined up today, the defending champions from the USA and
:22:13. > :22:16.leaders of the teams talk to challenge. Among them, Ben Ainslie,
:22:17. > :22:23.who seeks competition like most of us need oxygen. The result was a
:22:24. > :22:27.little bit of aspiring, maybe inadvertently. Absolutely. We are
:22:28. > :22:32.out there and racing incredibly hard. -- there is always a little
:22:33. > :22:37.bit of aspiring. There's some niggling, from time to time, and we
:22:38. > :22:40.saw that in the last America's Cup. What Ben Ainslie offers is the
:22:41. > :22:44.certainty of past experience. In the last couple, he was a tactician who
:22:45. > :22:50.turned things around to win with an American team. The America's Cup
:22:51. > :22:56.will stay in America! What inspires him is the idea of repeating that
:22:57. > :23:00.for Britain, based in Britain. Eye since you are as hungry as ever.
:23:01. > :23:03.This is an incredible opportunity for all of us and it is about
:23:04. > :23:08.history. It is about writing a wrong. The America's Cup started on
:23:09. > :23:16.British waters. It is the last hurdle in international sport. The
:23:17. > :23:21.last one that Britain has not won. The will is there, and Ben Ainslie
:23:22. > :23:26.says that he is on track to find the ?80 million needed to get the team
:23:27. > :23:27.on the water. Like most valuable antiques, the America's Cup does not
:23:28. > :23:29.come cheap. The British dancer
:23:30. > :23:30.and choreographer, Dame Gillian Lynne, was just 17
:23:31. > :23:33.when she danced for British troops Seventy years later -
:23:34. > :23:41.and at an amazingly sprightly 88, she's recreated that wartime
:23:42. > :23:44.ballet for a new audience, as our arts correspondent,
:23:45. > :23:51.David Sillito, now reports. Up, down, again, change this,
:23:52. > :24:02.do that. The lady with relentless
:24:03. > :24:05.energy is Dame Gillian Lynn. She is recreating a ballet
:24:06. > :24:08.from her youth, a ballet about working-class life in
:24:09. > :24:11.Glasgow that was performed near the battlefields of Germany to soldiers
:24:12. > :24:26.fighting in the Second World War. This is quite a raunchy sequence. 70
:24:27. > :24:32.years on from when it first appeared.
:24:33. > :24:46.Gillian Lynne, performing Miracle in the Gorbals, back in 1944.
:24:47. > :24:49.The people you were playing to had probably never seen ballet before.
:24:50. > :24:58.I'm quite sure there was quite a bit of swearing about -
:24:59. > :25:03.But the results were wonderful and then they became fans.
:25:04. > :25:09.The question on my mind was, how, at 88, does she keep so active?
:25:10. > :25:17.I get down in a very funny way, because of the metal hips.
:25:18. > :25:25.Two metal hips, and this foot has got two huge nails through it.
:25:26. > :25:39.And you have to keep your crotch open.
:25:40. > :25:44.And if you wake up and think, I am too tired to do it,
:25:45. > :26:04.You need to start the day the Dame Gillian way.
:26:05. > :26:07.More now on our main story, the Scotland Referendum, and let's
:26:08. > :26:10.return to Gavin Esler who's in Edinburgh, with a slightly different
:26:11. > :26:15.take on what's going on north of the border from a very old friend.
:26:16. > :26:21.The Scotland referendum debate is being watched very closely all
:26:22. > :26:26.across Europe. Nowhere more so than in France. France is the home of the
:26:27. > :26:31.old alliance dating back to the 13th century, an alliance between France
:26:32. > :26:33.and Scotland usually directed against the English. This report
:26:34. > :26:43.from France on how things are seen over there.
:26:44. > :26:48.What are Scottish pipe bands doing parading in July through the middle
:26:49. > :26:51.of an obscure Central Frenchtown due Mike in this town, they have annual
:26:52. > :27:00.festivities to mark the old Alliance. In the 100 years war,
:27:01. > :27:04.stewards from the Scottish Royal Family Fortier alongside the French
:27:05. > :27:09.against the English. They were rewarded with the Lordship and the
:27:10. > :27:19.shadow of the town, which dates Scottish for nearly 400 years.
:27:20. > :27:23.Enthusiasm for all things Caledonian extends to the culinary. This is
:27:24. > :27:27.French haggis. The bond is heartfelt. It is a question of
:27:28. > :27:35.blood. Scottish people bled for us for French people. And French people
:27:36. > :27:41.for Scotland. What else? Whether it is the old Alliance and the common
:27:42. > :27:44.antipathy towards the English whether it is that both countries
:27:45. > :27:49.like to share a drink, there is clearly deep sympathy for the Scots,
:27:50. > :27:53.not just here but across France. As for Scottish independence, we
:27:54. > :28:00.carried out an impromptu poll with the audience. The result was clear
:28:01. > :28:05.enough. The affection and the affinity is real enough. French
:28:06. > :28:08.national interest is another matter. And when the policymakers of the
:28:09. > :28:16.Foreign Ministry in Paris turned their heads to the Scottish
:28:17. > :28:19.question, independence may not be their favourite course. For
:28:20. > :28:22.centuries, France has built its relationship with a strong United
:28:23. > :28:26.Kingdom. Its representative, the Crown, the Queen here visiting Paris
:28:27. > :28:34.in June, and the government based in London. And in Europe, France wants
:28:35. > :28:38.no more separation in the EU but more coming together. -- not more
:28:39. > :28:45.separation. The French want a strong, united kingdom, as strong as
:28:46. > :28:49.possible. In a way, as a balancing act with Germany. Germany is always
:28:50. > :28:55.more powerful. And so a divided United Kingdom is not in the
:28:56. > :29:00.interest of France. The old Alliance has left its traces. The French
:29:01. > :29:08.instinctively like the Scots. Scottish independence, it is not
:29:09. > :29:12.really their fight. French Angus, you learn something new everyday. We
:29:13. > :29:21.will have updates throughout the day on the BBC News. Back to you. Time
:29:22. > :29:26.for the weather. And was looking? Not bad. Settled, September weather
:29:27. > :29:30.continues. Perfect conditions for farmers gathering in the harvest.
:29:31. > :29:34.More to come for the remainder of the week. High pressure is the
:29:35. > :29:39.driving force for a good deal of dry weather on offer. The lion share of
:29:40. > :29:52.the sunshine today across England and where. -- The Lions's share. A
:29:53. > :29:56.little bit of drizzly rain across the northern and western isles. But
:29:57. > :30:01.fair amount of cloud here to Scotland and Northern Ireland.
:30:02. > :30:04.Temperatures more disappointing. Clouds tending to bubble up across
:30:05. > :30:08.England and Wales but hopefully sheltered western areas of Wales and
:30:09. > :30:18.the South West will cling on to the best of the sunshine. Temperatures
:30:19. > :30:22.reflecting the highs of 17, 221. -- to 21. Overnight, we are chasing
:30:23. > :30:27.cloud. If you get clearer skies, temperatures will fall away. In
:30:28. > :30:30.rural spots, frost and font are possible. Generally speaking,
:30:31. > :30:34.through the night in the towns and cities, temperatures holding at
:30:35. > :30:40.around ten. Starting off on a pretty quiet note. Wednesday will develop
:30:41. > :30:44.with decent sunshine coming through for some. Perhaps a little more
:30:45. > :30:47.sunshine with a south-westerly flow across Scotland and Northern
:30:48. > :30:51.Ireland. Temperatures will reflect this. We might pick up a little
:30:52. > :30:57.cloud across eastern England highs, again, generally between 16 and 21.
:30:58. > :31:04.A chilly nights to come. Wednesday and Thursday, the potential for some
:31:05. > :31:09.more widespread fog. But hopefully some decent sunny spells around as
:31:10. > :31:12.well. Just swinging around that low pressure, more of an easterly
:31:13. > :31:19.breeze. That may drag in cloud from the North Sea coast. If you want
:31:20. > :31:25.something with more oomph. Head towards the Mediterranean. An area
:31:26. > :31:28.of low pressure bringing showers across the Czech Republic, Italy and
:31:29. > :31:32.the Balkans. And an area of low pressure towards Portugal changing
:31:33. > :31:35.the scenario over the next couple of days. Generally, the Mediterranean
:31:36. > :31:48.is settled and sunny. Temperatures into the high 20s. That will do from
:31:49. > :31:49.me. What do you reckon? Think you very much indeed. -- thank you