:00:11. > :00:17.Scotland's First Minister says he is confident that people will vote
:00:18. > :00:22.next week to break away from the United Kingdom.
:00:23. > :00:32.Alex Salmond said Scotland had become a better place
:00:33. > :00:35.since devolution and he invited people to take the next step towards
:00:36. > :01:47.A yes vote next Thursday is not the end of something.
:01:48. > :01:57.It's the beginning of something really special.
:01:58. > :02:01.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:02:02. > :02:04.Alex Salmond says he's confident that people will vote next week to
:02:05. > :02:15.In a speech in Edinburgh this morning, he said Scotland had become
:02:16. > :02:21.a better place since it voted for devolution, and he invited people to
:02:22. > :02:24.take the next step on what he called a journey towards "home rule."
:02:25. > :02:30.Mr Salmond also accused the Treasury of deliberately leaking
:02:31. > :02:31.market-sensitive information about Royal Bank of Scotland's
:02:32. > :02:37.decision to relocate its registered headquarters to London if Scotland
:02:38. > :02:42.Mr Salmond says he is writing to the Cabinet Secretary to demand
:02:43. > :03:04.Our political correspondent Tim Reid reports.
:03:05. > :03:09.17 years ago, Scotland voted for a new parliament in Edinburgh. It was
:03:10. > :03:13.the start of the devolution experiment and it made headlines
:03:14. > :03:17.across the UK. Independence was the next step. It is what Alex Salmond
:03:18. > :03:24.advocates, and he says Scotland is on the cusp of making history.
:03:25. > :03:28.Scotland will vote yes next Thursday. They will do so because
:03:29. > :03:33.last-minute, cobbled up promises from the no campaign, which I'll
:03:34. > :03:38.travel at the slightest scrutiny, will not fool anyone in this
:03:39. > :03:45.country, and neither will the blatant bullying and intimidation of
:03:46. > :03:48.the Westminster government. Scores of Labour MPs travelled north this
:03:49. > :03:54.morning to try to assist the no campaign. Just a narrow gap between
:03:55. > :03:59.the 2 sides in the race for undecided voters is on. We have to
:04:00. > :04:03.level with people, there are uncertainties about jobs, pensions,
:04:04. > :04:07.mortgages, you have to look at those, but also, the certainties
:04:08. > :04:13.which are being offered, which could come with a no vote, which would
:04:14. > :04:17.mean more devolution. Over the past 24 hours, doubts from some in the
:04:18. > :04:21.business community about the impact of a yes vote. Standard life have
:04:22. > :04:26.confirmed contingency plans to transfer some funds to England. RBS
:04:27. > :04:30.and Lloyds would register their head offices in London. Today, John Lewis
:04:31. > :04:36.and suggested independence would lead to price increases. There will
:04:37. > :04:39.be risks to businesses, one of which is what happens in terms of the
:04:40. > :04:44.economic uncertainty and what effect it will have on confidence, markets
:04:45. > :04:50.etc. The second is what happens to higher costs. But concerns about the
:04:51. > :04:52.impact of a referendum have been dismissed by some influential
:04:53. > :04:59.figures in the financial world. I have said many times, I think
:05:00. > :05:03.Scotland will be a success, whatever the vote is. It is really now up to
:05:04. > :05:09.the people of Scotland to decide which way they want to go. Alex
:05:10. > :05:13.Salmond has also called for an inquiry over the leak of yesterday's
:05:14. > :05:18.story about RBS, claiming the Treasury is responsible. He has also
:05:19. > :05:23.criticised the BBC's coverage. Labour's campaign back-up arrived in
:05:24. > :05:33.Glasgow this lunch time. Whether they will make any difference, the
:05:34. > :05:38.voters will decide a week today. We can speak to Norman Smith now. Good
:05:39. > :05:42.afternoon to you. There has been a strong focus today on the economy,
:05:43. > :05:46.on the business aspect of the referendum - how do you think all of
:05:47. > :05:51.this will play with voters, particularly those who are
:05:52. > :05:56.undecided? Well, it has to be one of the key issues. The financial sector
:05:57. > :06:01.is such a big part of the Scottish economy. Mr Salmond has dismissed
:06:02. > :06:04.the notion that any move by RBS or anybody else to relocate their
:06:05. > :06:09.headquarters will have any impact on jobs of revenue. But they say attack
:06:10. > :06:14.is often the best form of defence, and that is what we have seen from
:06:15. > :06:18.Mr Salmond. He is now accusing the Treasury of deliberately leaking the
:06:19. > :06:25.news about the RBS announcement to the BBC and other media outlets last
:06:26. > :06:29.night in breach of City rules, he says, which say that the markets
:06:30. > :06:36.should be told first, and he is demanding an official inquiry, an
:06:37. > :06:42.inquiry which he insists the BBC should co-operate with. To cheers
:06:43. > :06:46.from the audience, he rounded on what he called the metropolitan
:06:47. > :06:50.media, and so-called scare stories. As we get closer to the vote, this
:06:51. > :06:56.campaign is becoming increasingly tense and charged. Alex Salmond is
:06:57. > :07:02.trying to present himself almost as the underdog, standing up to the
:07:03. > :07:05.Westminster political establishment, and also standing up
:07:06. > :07:14.to what he regards as the over mighty London media.
:07:15. > :07:21.We can now find out what the no campaign, the pro-union campaign, is
:07:22. > :07:25.doing today. We can go over to Christian Fraser in Glasgow, where
:07:26. > :07:31.scores of Labour MPs have arrived? That's right. If yesterday was the
:07:32. > :07:34.day when the leaders came to Scotland, then Labour is trying to
:07:35. > :07:39.spread a bit more of that love today. Two coachloads arrived at
:07:40. > :07:44.Euston this morning, coming up here by train, walking through the centre
:07:45. > :07:49.of Glasgow. Here is a statue of Donald Dewar, who was the First
:07:50. > :07:54.Minister of Scotland, a staunch advocate of devolution. I wonder
:07:55. > :07:57.what he might have made of it. He might have thought he would have put
:07:58. > :08:01.a nail in the coffin of independence, but far from it.
:08:02. > :08:06.Today, you could hardly hear Ed Miliband speak. He was here with all
:08:07. > :08:10.of the grandees, Gordon Brown, Jim Murphy, who has been up and down the
:08:11. > :08:14.country, trying to shore up the Labour vote. It is important for
:08:15. > :08:15.Labour that they get their voters to come out in favour of the no
:08:16. > :08:27.campaign. So, with exactly one week to go, the
:08:28. > :08:32.2 campaigns are intensifying, getting increasingly bitter, even.
:08:33. > :08:36.The latest polls are suggesting that 10% of voters here are undecided, so
:08:37. > :08:41.there are clearly plenty of hearts and minds to be won.
:08:42. > :08:44.The judge in the trial of the South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has
:08:45. > :08:47.cleared him of murder charges, but she is expected to rule shortly on
:08:48. > :08:50.whether he was guilty of culpable homicide - or manslaughter - when he
:08:51. > :08:53.shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp last year.
:08:54. > :08:56.Oscar Pistorius has claimed he mistook the model for a burglar.
:08:57. > :09:07.Our correspondent Nomsa Maseko is outside the court in Pretoria.
:09:08. > :09:13.Well, I can tell you that the court has adjourned for lunch, and we
:09:14. > :09:20.understand that the judge and the prosecution team, and the
:09:21. > :09:24.representative of Oscar Pistorius, are in chambers, talking to the
:09:25. > :09:28.judge. We do not know yet what they are talking about. But the judge has
:09:29. > :09:31.already said that Oscar Pistorius is not guilty of premeditated murder,
:09:32. > :09:36.which was the main charge of the state. They were trying to prove
:09:37. > :09:39.that there was an argument on the night of Valentine's Day, which led
:09:40. > :09:45.to the shooting which killed Reeva Steenkamp. At that charge now, says
:09:46. > :09:50.the judge, is not guilty at all. There is only one charge left now.
:09:51. > :09:54.Shortly after the adjournment for lunch, we will be going back into
:09:55. > :10:01.the court to find out exactly what the judge will be saying.
:10:02. > :10:07.Judgments day for Oscar Pistorius. He arrived for the verdict in his
:10:08. > :10:18.murder trial early this morning. Orderly chaos followed. A giant
:10:19. > :10:21.media scrum was waiting for him. In the early morning hours, the
:10:22. > :10:27.accused shot and killed Steenkamp... This time around, the
:10:28. > :10:31.judge took centre stage. She wasted no time, dismissed that of the
:10:32. > :10:34.evidence prosecution relied on to show there was an argument between
:10:35. > :10:39.Mr Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp, which led to the shooting. Then, she
:10:40. > :10:43.turned her attention on the defence's case. The judge was not
:10:44. > :10:52.short of criticism of Oscar Pistorius's performance on stand.
:10:53. > :10:59.The accused was a very poor witness. During evidence, he seemed composed
:11:00. > :11:05.and logical, with the result that his evidence flowed and made sense.
:11:06. > :11:10.While giving his version and the cross-examination, he lost his
:11:11. > :11:14.composure. But despite the inconsistencies that she raised, the
:11:15. > :11:17.judge moved quickly and methodically through the most serious of the
:11:18. > :11:22.charges laid against him, dismissing each option in turn. The parents of
:11:23. > :11:27.Reeva Steenkamp were in court to hear the verdict. Her mother talked
:11:28. > :11:32.to the BBC before it was announced. She said she was at peace and had
:11:33. > :11:36.come to terms with her grief. I have got no revengeful feelings, and I
:11:37. > :11:43.have four given Oscar for what he has done. But I mean, he has killed
:11:44. > :11:50.her, and even if you made a mistake, it is a huge mistake, it has cost
:11:51. > :11:57.her her life, and us, cost us Reeva's life. Now, the court is
:11:58. > :12:03.still not back in session, but the way in which the judge has been
:12:04. > :12:08.going very fast in summarising the evidence, the evidence of the 37
:12:09. > :12:12.witnesses who testified on behalf of the state, and on behalf of the
:12:13. > :12:13.prosecution, it is likely that the judge will finalise her judgment
:12:14. > :12:17.later today. President Obama has set out plans to
:12:18. > :12:20."destroy and degrade" Islamic State militants who have seized large
:12:21. > :12:22.areas of Syria and Iraq. In a televised address,
:12:23. > :12:25.Mr Obama revealed that he had authorised air strikes in Syria,
:12:26. > :12:28.saying that America would hunt down There was also a promise
:12:29. > :12:34.of more American troops to help The US Secretary of State,
:12:35. > :12:40.John Kerry, is visiting Arab leaders Our correspondent Paul Wood
:12:41. > :12:56.sent this report from Beirut. This is one of several battlefronts
:12:57. > :12:59.against the Islamic state. These are Kurds in northern Syria, who have
:13:00. > :13:04.just made common cause with Syrian Arab rebels. It is just one part of
:13:05. > :13:08.what President Obama hopes will be a regional coalition against the
:13:09. > :13:10.jihadi is, backed by American air power. Mr Obama promised a
:13:11. > :13:18.systematic campaign of air strikes against what he called these
:13:19. > :13:22.terrorists. We will fight down terrorists who threaten our country
:13:23. > :13:27.wherever they are. I will not hesitate to take action against ISIL
:13:28. > :13:31.in Syria as well as Iraq. This is a core principle of my presidency. If
:13:32. > :13:36.you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.
:13:37. > :13:43.We are taking you straight to the court in Pretoria, where the judge
:13:44. > :13:47.is going to be delivering her next verdict in the case of Oscar
:13:48. > :13:52.Pistorius. She cleared him earlier of all murder charges. She said he
:13:53. > :13:57.could not have foreseen that he could kill anyone on the night he
:13:58. > :14:02.shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. However, she is now considering the
:14:03. > :14:05.charge of culpable homicide or manslaughter, and by that, she is
:14:06. > :14:10.considering whether there was no intention to kill, taking into
:14:11. > :14:20.account his disability, but that his actions were negligent and not in
:14:21. > :14:25.keeping with a reasonable person. 30 troops taken hostage. This is the
:14:26. > :14:30.morning for a second soldier. Many in Lebanon fear this could cause a
:14:31. > :14:36.new sectarian civil war. Sunni Muslim against Shia Muslim.
:14:37. > :14:39.President Obama promised a mixture of bombing and politics. The
:14:40. > :14:44.politics are needed to try to win back Sunni Muslims, who have sworn
:14:45. > :14:49.allegiance to the Islamic state. The risk of bombing is that any civilian
:14:50. > :14:52.casualties could drive more Sunnis macro into the arms of the jihadis.
:14:53. > :15:07.What has been the immediate reaction to what President Obama had to say?
:15:08. > :15:10.He has warned the American people that this will be a sustained
:15:11. > :15:15.military campaign to destroy Islam estate. It will not be over in a
:15:16. > :15:20.matter of months. The US is in this for the long haul. -- the Islamic
:15:21. > :15:24.state. The president who said he did not have a strategy now says he has
:15:25. > :15:28.one, and it is one which some of his fiercest attics welcome. They say he
:15:29. > :15:33.has been too cautious and reluctant in the past on this. It is also one
:15:34. > :15:36.which the American public is likely to welcome as well. In recent weeks,
:15:37. > :15:44.since the brutal beheadings of two American journalists, there has been
:15:45. > :15:47.a dramatic shift in public opinion, with more than two thirds of the
:15:48. > :15:52.American people now backing air strikes against IAS targets in Iraq,
:15:53. > :15:57.and even Syria. There is also concern that the threat could spread
:15:58. > :16:06.to the homeland. That is something which President Obama said was
:16:07. > :16:12.possible if Islamic State was left unchecked. All of this is so bring
:16:13. > :16:16.on the anniversary of the 911 attacks, that the US is still
:16:17. > :16:18.fighting new terror threats, in a battle which could go on well after
:16:19. > :16:30.Mr Obama leaves office. Here, two week since 14-year-old
:16:31. > :16:34.Alice Gross disappeared from her home in west London, police say her
:16:35. > :16:37.missing mobile phone may hold key information that could help find
:16:38. > :16:40.her. They say her father received a text from her on the day she
:16:41. > :16:42.vanished, saying she had forgotten her keys and asking if someone would
:16:43. > :16:56.be home at six o'clock. 14-year-old Alice Gross love
:16:57. > :17:04.songwriting. This is one of her own. But it is now two weeks since she
:17:05. > :17:06.was last seen in fuzzy CCTV pictures, crossing a bridge over a
:17:07. > :17:18.quiet stretch of river in West London. What has happened to her? 32
:17:19. > :17:21.detectives and 170 police officers and staff including divers are
:17:22. > :17:25.trying to find out. They know she left home for a walk at lunch time,
:17:26. > :17:29.with some food and the promise of returning that evening. She walked
:17:30. > :17:34.along these towpaths, appeared to turn back towards home. More murky
:17:35. > :17:37.pictures capture the cyclists she walked past at around 4:30pm that
:17:38. > :17:43.afternoon. The least want to speak to them. But most of all, they want
:17:44. > :17:47.her white iPhone with a cracked case. She decorated it with pens to
:17:48. > :17:51.hide the damage. It went off-line at five and has not been switched on
:17:52. > :17:56.since. Anyone who has that will hopefully know now that they have
:17:57. > :17:59.Alice's phone. You are not in trouble if you found it and picked
:18:00. > :18:02.it up. I'm not interested in making arrests in respect to anyone who has
:18:03. > :18:09.that phone now, I just need the phone. These give it to police and
:18:10. > :18:12.identify yourself. One piece in the jigsaw worries detectives here. At
:18:13. > :18:16.dusk on three o'clock, Alice texted her father. Was he going to be home?
:18:17. > :18:20.She did not have her keys and wanted to know she could get in. He said he
:18:21. > :18:25.would be back by six. It all suggests that she did intend to
:18:26. > :18:27.return home that evening. Police found her rucksack last week in
:18:28. > :18:33.undergrowth, containing her shoes. They believe she may have shopping
:18:34. > :18:36.and was wearing a new pair. They downplayed suggestions that she was
:18:37. > :18:38.being bullied online or that she had argued with her family, who were
:18:39. > :18:43.helping her get treatment for anorexia. Her mother and father said
:18:44. > :18:46.today that they were desperately worried about her. Tom Symons, BBC
:18:47. > :18:49.News, Scotland Yard. Alex Salmond says Scotland had
:18:50. > :18:53.become a better place since devolution, and he invited
:18:54. > :18:56.people to take the next step towards as the finishing line approaches, we
:18:57. > :19:05.ask whether Scotland's athletes will Tickets go on sale tomorrow
:19:06. > :19:13.for Rugby World Cup games here in London - we'll tell you how to
:19:14. > :19:20.apply and how much it will cost. And going solo -
:19:21. > :19:23.we talk to singer Chrissie Hynde The inquest has resumed
:19:24. > :19:33.into the death of a nurse who answered a hoax call
:19:34. > :19:36.for the Duchess of Cambridge when Jacintha Saldanha was found hanged
:19:37. > :19:42.three days after she put through the call from
:19:43. > :19:45.two Australian DJs - one of whom is Our royal correspondent Nicholas
:19:46. > :20:02.Witchell is at the High Court. Yes, this tragic case of the nurse
:20:03. > :20:04.at the King Edward VII Hospital in December 2012, when the Duchess of
:20:05. > :20:08.Kent was admitted with acute sickness during her first pregnancy
:20:09. > :20:12.and who took this hoax call from two Australian disc jockeys, pretending
:20:13. > :20:17.to be the Queen and the Prince of Wales. Jacintha Saldanha's husband
:20:18. > :20:21.and children are attending the inquest, an inquest which has been
:20:22. > :20:25.postponed several times since she was found dead in the nursess'
:20:26. > :20:31.accommodation at the hospital several days after the hoax call was
:20:32. > :20:35.made. The inquest is also being attended by one of the Australian
:20:36. > :20:39.disc jockeys, Mel Greig, who said she is honouring a promise she made
:20:40. > :20:43.to the family to attend to try to help in any way she can and to
:20:44. > :20:47.answer any questions. Mel Greig will not, the coroner has ruled, be
:20:48. > :20:54.giving formal evidence from the witness box. The first witness a few
:20:55. > :20:56.moments ago, Mrs Saldanha's husband, read a prepared statement. He
:20:57. > :21:01.struggled with his words and wiped his eyes several times. He spoke
:21:02. > :21:05.about, my beloved wife, a loving mother, one of the best nurses. We
:21:06. > :21:10.miss her every moment and will do so for the rest of our lives. He was
:21:11. > :21:15.then asked by the coroner, Dr Fiona Wilcox, have his wife suffered any
:21:16. > :21:18.psychological issues? No, he said. Had there been any attempt to harm
:21:19. > :21:23.herself or take her own life previously? Not at all, he said. He
:21:24. > :21:27.said he had spoken to her last on the telephone on the night of
:21:28. > :21:31.Wednesday the 5th of December, at about ten in the evening. She seemed
:21:32. > :21:39.quite casual, entirely normal, he said. He said he had been unaware of
:21:40. > :21:43.this hoax call and was unaware of any particular stress or cause of
:21:44. > :21:47.discomfort in her life. The inquest continues this afternoon.
:21:48. > :21:49.A record 10,500 people were prosecuted in England and Wales last
:21:50. > :21:53.year for harassment and stalking after a new law was introduced that
:21:54. > :21:58.Our correspondent Daniel Boettcher has more.
:21:59. > :22:00.I've manage to change the place where I work,
:22:01. > :22:05.where I live. Everything in my life has had to change.
:22:06. > :22:08.Mandy, not her real name, left her abusive husband four years ago and
:22:09. > :22:14.He's not in prison at the moment, but if he approaches her again,
:22:15. > :22:23.I'm in more of a prison than he will ever be.
:22:24. > :22:26.I have to watch where my children go.
:22:27. > :22:30.I have to watch absolutely everything I do.
:22:31. > :22:41.In response to growing pressure for tougher measures against stalkers,
:22:42. > :22:45.the laws on harassment were widened in 2012 to include two new specific
:22:46. > :22:51.Now the first annual figures have been released since those changes.
:22:52. > :22:54.From April last year to March this year, there were 743 prosecutions
:22:55. > :23:01.In more than 200 cases, victims said they were seriously
:23:02. > :23:04.alarmed or feared that the stalkers would turn violent.
:23:05. > :23:09.The number of prosecutions under the old and new laws combined
:23:10. > :23:14.reached a record level, more than 10,500, an increase of 20%.
:23:15. > :23:16.It shows that people are more confident
:23:17. > :23:21.It also means we and the police are producing stronger
:23:22. > :23:26.cases to take before the court, and that is reflected in the number of
:23:27. > :23:31.Meanwhile, new guidance has been set out for police and prosecutors
:23:32. > :23:35.to make further improvements to the way stalking cases are dealt with.
:23:36. > :23:45.The court of law will give the victim more say and allow real
:23:46. > :23:48.Most importantly, it asks prosecutors and police to use
:23:49. > :23:51.A support group has welcomed the new guidance,
:23:52. > :23:54.but says lack of investment so far in prosecutors' training
:23:55. > :23:57.has left many victims let down and put at further risk.
:23:58. > :24:02.The supermarket chain Morrisons has reported a fall in half year
:24:03. > :24:09.Morrisons is one of the "Big Four" supermarkets squeezed
:24:10. > :24:12.between the higher end of the market and discount stores,
:24:13. > :24:17.Our business correspondent Emma Simpson reports.
:24:18. > :24:21.In the aisles, the message from Morrisons is clear.
:24:22. > :24:25.After months of falling sales, this supermarket pressed
:24:26. > :24:29.the reset button on its business earlier this year. So what is
:24:30. > :24:35.Well, today it took a big change in direction.
:24:36. > :24:38.It's going to aggressively cut prices.
:24:39. > :24:44.I'm back at the same store today - the jacket's changed.
:24:45. > :24:48.You can see that Morrisons has been closing the price gap with
:24:49. > :24:52.Over the last few months, it has been throwing everything
:24:53. > :24:57.at trying to win shoppers back, including big promotions.
:24:58. > :25:04.It's paying a high price on its profits.
:25:05. > :25:07.Today's figures were the worst in eight years.
:25:08. > :25:13.The big, long term risk is that having lowered their prices,
:25:14. > :25:19.lowered their sales, lowered their profits to win back customers,
:25:20. > :25:22.that even though customers do come back, not enough come back and there
:25:23. > :25:28.Morrisons insists that their strategy is right
:25:29. > :25:32.and progress is being made, but here is what they are up against.
:25:33. > :25:36.This is Leeds, their heartland, and across the road, a discounter is
:25:37. > :25:44.They have got good deals in Morrisons. But you tend to get
:25:45. > :25:55.Bits and bobs, Lidl wins over for me at the moment.
:25:56. > :25:59.But for a bigger shop, a monthly shop, it would be Morrisons.
:26:00. > :26:03.Today's slump in profits was expected, but it is yet another sign
:26:04. > :26:07.of just how much pressure our big supermarkets are under.
:26:08. > :26:14.More now on our main story - the referendum in Scotland.
:26:15. > :26:18.Well, sport has provided Scotland with an outlet to celebrate national
:26:19. > :26:24.But Scottish athletes, many of whom train in England and receive UK
:26:25. > :26:28.funding, could be forced to decide where their sporting future lies
:26:29. > :26:35.Our sports correspondent Chris McLaughlin reports.
:26:36. > :26:37.Scotland fans in Germany this week, proving that sometimes,
:26:38. > :26:52.The debate is everywhere, including the locker room.
:26:53. > :26:55.If it's Yes, the Scot who grabbed gold for Team GB in London 2012
:26:56. > :27:02.If Scotland became independent, I imagine I would be playing
:27:03. > :27:05.I haven't thought that much about that yet, because I don't
:27:06. > :27:12.That was last week, and the polls now suggest it could be close.
:27:13. > :27:19.It is here on the track and in other Olympic disciplines where
:27:20. > :27:25.And it's an issue being taken very seriously in Scotland.
:27:26. > :27:28.Sport is unlikely to polarise opinion the way other issues have
:27:29. > :27:32.in this debate, but historically, it's provided a platform
:27:33. > :27:39.for Scotland to celebrate national identity, a point underlined
:27:40. > :27:48.Scotland hailed new heroes, but could they keep them if the vote is
:27:49. > :27:51.For some who train in England as part of a UK programme,
:27:52. > :27:54.switching to a Scottish setup would be too much of a gamble.
:27:55. > :27:57.Scotland isn't able to provide us with the facilities and funding that
:27:58. > :28:06.think they are able to do that, why haven't they done it up until now?
:28:07. > :28:10.But one man who has plied his trade in England and Scotland
:28:11. > :28:14.doesn't think the funding facilities argument is valid.
:28:15. > :28:17.Nobody talks about the fact that Mo Farah trains in America.
:28:18. > :28:25.We already pay for these things through the National Lottery,
:28:26. > :28:28.and there is no reason why athletes would not be able to continue using
:28:29. > :28:39.Britain's greatest ever Olympian, Sir Chris Hoy,
:28:40. > :28:43.If the country votes Yes, Scotland's new heroes will have to
:28:44. > :29:02.Now the weather. Our spell of settled September weather continues.
:29:03. > :29:06.This afternoon is no exception. We are set to stay dry across the
:29:07. > :29:08.country today, with the since buzz of sunshine for many places. The
:29:09. > :29:11.best of the bright weather for the rest of today will be across
:29:12. > :29:17.northern and western parts of the UK. You can see there is sunshine
:29:18. > :29:22.for Scotland, Northern Ireland and much of northern England and Wales.
:29:23. > :29:26.There is a lot of cloud over the south-east, although it is thinning
:29:27. > :29:29.and breaking all the time. If you are heading to the Invictus Games in
:29:30. > :29:36.East London today, the sunshine will break through the cloud. A little
:29:37. > :29:40.more club tomorrow. For the rest of this afternoon, we will see the
:29:41. > :29:45.cloud in the South and East pushing further northwards and westwards,
:29:46. > :29:48.but it is thinning and breaking up. We will see sunny spells persisting
:29:49. > :29:53.in Scotland and Northern Ireland. A bit of that she cloud across
:29:54. > :30:00.northern England, but still feeling very pleasant. Across Wales and the
:30:01. > :30:05.south-west of England, a bit of Fairweather cloud, so things may
:30:06. > :30:10.turn hazy. We still have that cloud in central and southern England and
:30:11. > :30:16.towards the south-east. But the cloud will allow some sunshine to
:30:17. > :30:21.break through. This evening, the cloud works further northwards and
:30:22. > :30:26.westwards across the country. Still some clear spells, particularly for
:30:27. > :30:29.Northern Ireland and Scotland. In the cities, temperatures stay in
:30:30. > :30:34.double figures, but in the countryside, they will be quite a
:30:35. > :30:38.bit lower than this. It is a chilly start to Friday, but a similar dated
:30:39. > :30:44.today. The variable amounts of cloud, but some sunshine. The best
:30:45. > :30:50.of the brightness will be in the afternoon. Perhaps a bit cooler
:30:51. > :30:54.around the east of Scotland, with the breeze coming in from the north
:30:55. > :30:57.sea. But here is the area of high pressure in charge of our weather.
:30:58. > :31:03.It is not moving far, just shifting towards the north and east for the
:31:04. > :31:08.weekend. So not a huge amount of change for the weekend. Large
:31:09. > :31:13.amounts of cloud through Saturday and Sunday. It could be a bit breezy
:31:14. > :31:19.through the course of Saturday and Sunday. With the high pressure still
:31:20. > :31:26.in charge, mainly dry for all of us through the weekend. All in all,
:31:27. > :31:33.things are looking dry and settled for the next couple of days.
:31:34. > :31:37.The reminder of our top story: Alex Salmond says Scotland has become a
:31:38. > :31:43.better place since evolution and he invites people to take the next act
:31:44. > :31:44.towards what he calls home-rule. That