:00:23. > :00:29.Alex Salmond urges Scots not to let the opportunity for independence
:00:30. > :00:34.slip through their fingers. Better Together says a no vote would mean
:00:35. > :00:37.faster, greater and better change in Scotland. From seven o'clock
:00:38. > :00:41.tomorrow morning, 4 million people make their decision on a historic
:00:42. > :00:46.day for the future of Scotland and the rest of the UK. We are live in
:00:47. > :00:49.Edinburgh as the latest poll suggests results will be too close
:00:50. > :00:54.to call with a slender lead for the no vote.
:00:55. > :00:58.Also this lunch time: Unemployment falls below 1 million for the first
:00:59. > :01:03.time in six years but average earnings still lag behind inflation.
:01:04. > :01:06.Police in Thailand widen their investigation into the killing of
:01:07. > :01:12.David Miller and Hannah Witheridge after new evidence appears.
:01:13. > :01:16.Detectives looking for Alex Groth say they are also looking for a man
:01:17. > :01:24.who disappeared a week after her disappearance. -- Alice Gross.
:01:25. > :01:29.And the Ebola vaccine is tested for the first time on human beings.
:01:30. > :01:34.On BBC London: A ?10 charge to see the New Year's Eve celebrations.
:01:35. > :01:57.And a survey shows London has the highest levels of childhood obesity.
:01:58. > :02:03.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News At One. In less than 24
:02:04. > :02:09.hours, the people of Scotland will go to the polls with one question to
:02:10. > :02:12.answer. Should Scotland be an independent country? Yes and no
:02:13. > :02:16.campaigns are making last-ditch attempts to win the hearts and minds
:02:17. > :02:20.of the 4 million people who will make that historic decision for the
:02:21. > :02:24.future of Scotland and the rest of the UK. The latest polls suggest the
:02:25. > :02:35.results will be too close to call with a slender lead for the no vote.
:02:36. > :02:37.In a moment we will be hearing from Ian Watson, Better Together trail,
:02:38. > :02:49.but first we report from Glasgow on the yes campaign. Actors, musicians
:02:50. > :02:56.and politicians have poured onto the streets. They are in high spirits.
:02:57. > :03:06.You want real power, and you want to stay in Scotland. Vote yes.
:03:07. > :03:10.These campaigners say this is about hope versus fear. They say that
:03:11. > :03:13.opponents are trying to frighten voters, but now they guess camp also
:03:14. > :03:19.stands accused of trying to drown out the debate. In the last couple
:03:20. > :03:22.of weeks we have seen a pretty obvious attempt to exaggerate
:03:23. > :03:27.everything which is not absolutely perfect conduct. The classic thing
:03:28. > :03:30.in any campaign is to try to change the subject, when you are losing the
:03:31. > :03:34.argument. I think the no campaign are trying to do that. There is no
:03:35. > :03:39.doubt this campaign has been desirous of, but it has also
:03:40. > :03:42.breathed life into Pozzo ticks in Scotland. The area is crackling with
:03:43. > :03:49.energy, as the country enters the final hours of this campaign. The
:03:50. > :03:52.Deputy First Minister was also in Glasgow, addressing a rather younger
:03:53. > :03:55.audience. They have lowered the voting age for this referendum, but
:03:56. > :04:00.not quite this far. Nicola Sturgeon's message - a yes vote
:04:01. > :04:05.would mean better childcare and a better future. People understand
:04:06. > :04:10.independence is not a magic wand, but increasingly, they know that if
:04:11. > :04:13.we vote yes, we take control of the decisions, powers and resources we
:04:14. > :04:18.need in Scotland for the next generation. As this marathon
:04:19. > :04:23.campaign turns into a sprint for the line, one thing is clear - they say
:04:24. > :04:28.people do not care about politics, they are wrong.
:04:29. > :04:33.The former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has launched a
:04:34. > :04:37.withering attack on claims by the yes campaign in Scotland that the
:04:38. > :04:42.only way to save the NHS is to vote for independence. In a speech in
:04:43. > :04:45.Edinburgh, he accused the Scottish National Party of peddling alive by
:04:46. > :04:56.claiming the Health Service would face cuts and privatisation imposed
:04:57. > :05:00.by Westminster. Iain Watson reports. Critics say the no campaign has been
:05:01. > :05:06.too negative. Today, they put the positive face. Stunned by criticism
:05:07. > :05:13.that voting against independence was somehow unpatriotic, this rally in
:05:14. > :05:21.Scotland was called Love Scotland, Vote No. And this former Prime
:05:22. > :05:26.Minister gave one of his most animated and passionate defences of
:05:27. > :05:30.the union and Scotland's place in it, speaking more like a revivalist
:05:31. > :05:34.preacher than a politician. We built the Health Service together, we
:05:35. > :05:45.build the welfare state together, we will build the future together. And
:05:46. > :05:51.what we have built together by sacrificing and sharing let no
:05:52. > :06:01.narrow nationalism split asunder ever. On the sidelines of this very
:06:02. > :06:06.public meeting, privately, the no campaign say they are dilated by the
:06:07. > :06:11.opinion polls, which are showing they have a narrow lead at the
:06:12. > :06:15.moment, which means it is possible for them to win on Thursday, but
:06:16. > :06:20.there is no room for complacency. So, the message is very clear - if
:06:21. > :06:27.you do not want Scotland to leave the rest of the UK, you will have to
:06:28. > :06:29.go out and vote for it. At this rally, Conservatives and Liberal
:06:30. > :06:34.Democrats were joining senior Labour figures. The Prime Minister was not
:06:35. > :06:38.here, but he sent his own message to the people of Scotland - stay within
:06:39. > :06:42.the United Kingdom. We are all fiercely patriotic and proud of the
:06:43. > :06:50.country in which we live. But I say that my head and my heart say, no,
:06:51. > :06:54.thanks to the risks of separation. The message from the no campaign
:06:55. > :07:01.today is that you can be both Scottish and British. But at the end
:07:02. > :07:02.of a two-year campaign, some say the political wounds inflicted will take
:07:03. > :07:14.a long time to heal. The latest opinion polls suggest
:07:15. > :07:19.that between 8% and 14% of voters are still not sure which way they
:07:20. > :07:23.will vote tomorrow. Our correspondent Christian Fraser is in
:07:24. > :07:29.Livingston. Thank you very much. Until late
:07:30. > :07:33.tonight, I am sure, there are two armies of activists marching the
:07:34. > :07:38.pavements, banging on the doors of estates like this one in north-east
:07:39. > :07:42.Glasgow, pleading with the undecideds to come in their
:07:43. > :07:46.direction. It could feasibly come down to just a few thousand votes, a
:07:47. > :07:51.few thousand people who shape the future of Scotland and the United
:07:52. > :07:54.Kingdom. Today, with both the yes campaign and the no campaign, we
:07:55. > :08:00.have been out hunting those elusive wavering voters.
:08:01. > :08:07.The last day, the last push, and everything still to fight for. Since
:08:08. > :08:14.the weekend, millions of leaflets have been pushed through the doors
:08:15. > :08:20.of Scottish voters. Yet the polls tell us there are still tens of
:08:21. > :08:24.thousands who are undecided. The men may be more fixed in their decision,
:08:25. > :08:29.the women are more inclined to be looking out the whole scenario and
:08:30. > :08:34.trying to make a judgment which they feel is honest and true for
:08:35. > :08:38.themselves. In this area of Livingston, a Labour stronghold, the
:08:39. > :08:44.no campaign are also out in force, working hard to make sure their
:08:45. > :08:49.support stays strong. They find Mr Taylor, a pensioner, who is torn
:08:50. > :08:56.between his head and his heart. I am not 100% sure. I am going to say no,
:08:57. > :09:01.to be quite honest with you. You have just decided that while we are
:09:02. > :09:10.here? I have just decided. Because of the campaigning? But also, my
:09:11. > :09:14.main concern is my pension. It is a frenzied day of activity on both
:09:15. > :09:19.sides. There is a plan. Each is targeting those areas they perceive
:09:20. > :09:22.can still be won, making sure that every supporter goes out to vote.
:09:23. > :09:27.You think it will make a difference in this neighbourhood? I think it
:09:28. > :09:33.will, yes. I think a lot of people are still unsure. Is this going to
:09:34. > :09:41.change your mind? No. You are sticking to yes? I am, yes. In the
:09:42. > :09:45.end, for many, tomorrow it will come down to a gut instinct in the
:09:46. > :09:52.polling booth. What will they decide?
:09:53. > :09:59.In this area, north-east of Glasgow, there are two unknown factors.
:10:00. > :10:02.Firstly, those who do not normally vote, who did not vote in the
:10:03. > :10:07.Scottish elections, which makes up half of the country. The other
:10:08. > :10:11.unknown factor is the Labour vote - will it hold up, in terms of the no
:10:12. > :10:15.campaign? But I can tell you that neither side is complacent, they are
:10:16. > :10:21.taking nothing for granted, and they will go late into the night.
:10:22. > :10:27.One question which repeatedly crops up in this campaign is over what
:10:28. > :10:30.currency Scotland would use, should it vote yes for independence. Alex
:10:31. > :10:34.Salmond has again insisted that Scotland would be able to use the
:10:35. > :10:37.pound, whether there was a currency union or not. But the Westminster
:10:38. > :10:42.party leaders have repeatedly made it clear that that will not happen.
:10:43. > :10:48.We can speak to Robert Peston now. Who is right in this, is there any
:10:49. > :10:53.way of sorting it out? Well, this is a complicated and incredibly
:10:54. > :10:57.important question. Alex Salmond is confident that there will be
:10:58. > :11:03.monetary union with the rest of the UK. What does that mean? It means
:11:04. > :11:07.that Scotland would continue to use sterling, more or less as it does
:11:08. > :11:13.today, with continuing influence over interest rates and also
:11:14. > :11:17.influence over the way the Bank of England regulates and protects
:11:18. > :11:23.banks. However, the Westminster government and Labour have said,
:11:24. > :11:25.over their dead bodies. They say there will be no such agreement,
:11:26. > :11:31.because they say, look at what happened in the Eurozone, where
:11:32. > :11:34.there was a similar kind of arrangement, leading to economic and
:11:35. > :11:45.monetary disaster. So, there appears to be an impasse. On the one hand,
:11:46. > :11:53.Alex Salmond believes that the Westminster government will simply
:11:54. > :12:02.buccal. He may or may not be right. Even if they do not buccal, however,
:12:03. > :12:06.there is the option. And of simply using sterling without an agreement.
:12:07. > :12:11.But that would not be cheap or particularly easy. According to Bank
:12:12. > :12:16.of England analysis, they would have to accumulate big reserves, will be
:12:17. > :12:19.?20 billion or more, and that would not be money which would then be
:12:20. > :12:24.available for spending on schools and hospitals, for example. So, yes,
:12:25. > :12:27.it is true that Scotland could continue to use the pound, even
:12:28. > :12:28.without the agreement of the Westminster government, but that
:12:29. > :12:39.would not be an easy option. Norman Smith has been following both
:12:40. > :12:46.campaigns from Glasgow, and he joins me now. Norman, those are some of
:12:47. > :12:54.the big arguments, but we have also been listening in this last day of
:12:55. > :12:57.campaigning to the arguments from the heart, particularly from Gordon
:12:58. > :13:02.Brown? Yes, there are not really any new arguments to make. We have heard
:13:03. > :13:05.about sterling, the economy, about whether Scotland could join the
:13:06. > :13:09.European Union. Today, on both sides, is is about emotion and
:13:10. > :13:14.passion and patriotism. That is why, when Alistair Darling and Gordon
:13:15. > :13:18.Brown were led out onto the stage earlier, they were led up to the
:13:19. > :13:22.sound of bagpipes. The intended message - there is nothing
:13:23. > :13:25.unpatriotic about voting no. There is real resentment I think amongst
:13:26. > :13:32.no campaigners about the way they feel they have been trade as somehow
:13:33. > :13:38.unScottish. They say that by arguing for a more inclusive, open Scotland,
:13:39. > :13:42.where they do not sever ties on both sides of the border, they are the
:13:43. > :13:45.true patriotism. Across town, we have had a rally from the yes
:13:46. > :13:50.campaign which has been trained to make a similar, patriotic point. We
:13:51. > :13:55.had the open letter from Alex Salmond earlier, saying to Scots, do
:13:56. > :14:00.not let this once-in-a-lifetime moment treble through your fingers.
:14:01. > :14:05.The reason there is this appeal on both sides to patriotism is to
:14:06. > :14:08.galvanise their supporters. In the end, this referendum may be decided
:14:09. > :14:15.by which side can get out there vote.
:14:16. > :14:19.I will be back with more on the referendum later in the programme.
:14:20. > :14:22.Unemployment has fallen again - with the number
:14:23. > :14:24.of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance dropping below one million
:14:25. > :14:28.The jobless total was down by 146,000.
:14:29. > :14:31.But average earnings are still significantly behind inflation.
:14:32. > :14:39.Our correspondent Simon Gompertz reports.
:14:40. > :14:45.It is still a big total wanting jobs, but this is another
:14:46. > :14:52.significant fall in unemployment, peaking at 6.8 million in 2011, now
:14:53. > :14:56.down close to 2 million. But remember, it remains well above the
:14:57. > :15:04.low of 1.4 million, before the financial crisis. Youth unemployment
:15:05. > :15:08.is down by a record amount. This man in Leeds had help from a government
:15:09. > :15:17.funded scheme and now has a job in a hotel. I was starting to get a bit
:15:18. > :15:21.down and annoyed. This scheme made me realise, plenty of fish in the
:15:22. > :15:25.sea, and if you keep plugging away at something, you can get to where
:15:26. > :15:29.you want to go in life. With Kelvin and other young people moving into
:15:30. > :15:33.work, the total claiming jobseeker's allowance has dipped below 1 million
:15:34. > :15:38.for the first time in six years, with schemes like the one in Leeds
:15:39. > :15:42.playing their part. Unemployment among young people has reduced by
:15:43. > :15:45.around 40%. In this region that figure is higher than the national
:15:46. > :15:50.picture, but we know that what we are doing works. But the wages on
:15:51. > :15:53.offer are still rising painfully slowly - so, the work might be
:15:54. > :15:59.there, but you could be struggling to keep up with the cost of living.
:16:00. > :16:03.Wages are up just 0.7%, excluding bonuses. The latest inflation
:16:04. > :16:11.figures shows going up by double that. Employers can find people they
:16:12. > :16:16.need at roughly the current rate of wages which are being offered. So,
:16:17. > :16:20.employers do not need to pay more. The Bank of England committee which
:16:21. > :16:25.sets interest rates is under less pressure to raise rates to control
:16:26. > :16:28.the recovery. Their discussions, published today, show most of them
:16:29. > :16:36.still want the cost of borrowing to stay at its all-time low.
:16:37. > :16:37.Police in Thailand are widening their investigation
:16:38. > :16:40.into the brutal killing of two British tourists on the island of
:16:41. > :16:45.They say that two British men wanted for questioning about the murders
:16:46. > :16:47.of David Miller and Hannah Witheridge have been stopped
:16:48. > :16:52.The bodies of the victims were found on a beach on the island on Monday.
:16:53. > :17:00.Our correspondent Jonathan Head sent this report.
:17:01. > :17:06.Thai police were back on the crime scene again today, hoping to find
:17:07. > :17:11.any evidence that they may have overlooked. But this area was never
:17:12. > :17:16.sealed off from the public. Today's search was probably more for the
:17:17. > :17:19.cameras than solving the murders. The bodies of David Miller and
:17:20. > :17:25.Hannah Witheridge have already been moved to Bangkok. There, British
:17:26. > :17:30.embassy officials met forensic experts to learn of any progress
:17:31. > :17:36.that has been made. They seem confident of success. With the
:17:37. > :17:39.information we have, I think we can identify the murderer. However, we
:17:40. > :17:46.must wait for the test results to come out. After initially focusing
:17:47. > :17:49.their efforts on local people, the police say they are now holding two
:17:50. > :17:53.British men for questioning. They were with the victims in the days
:17:54. > :17:58.before they died and were stopped from leaving the country at Bangkok
:17:59. > :18:02.airport. Three days on, and you do get the sense now of an
:18:03. > :18:06.investigation that is kicking into a higher gear. But after some pretty
:18:07. > :18:09.mixed messages from the police, you have to wonder whether opportunities
:18:10. > :18:15.and perhaps even evidence to solve the crime might have been missed.
:18:16. > :18:21.There is great pressure on the police to get a quick result.
:18:22. > :18:27.Reputation of Thailand's tourist industry is at stake. But the sheer
:18:28. > :18:31.horror of this crime places another responsibility on the authorities,
:18:32. > :18:37.to make sure that that result is the right one. Jonathan Head, BBC News,
:18:38. > :18:44.Thailand. Our top story this lunch time: With
:18:45. > :18:48.less than 24 hours to go, campaigners on both sides of the
:18:49. > :18:53.Scottish independent campaign make their final plea for votes.
:18:54. > :18:57.Still to come: A new vaccine for the Ebola virus. We will be asking how
:18:58. > :19:02.effective it is likely to be. On BBC London: The key to the capital.
:19:03. > :19:06.Southern railway's smart card is likely to be. On BBC London: The key
:19:07. > :19:09.to the capital. Southern railway's and from stage to screen, a
:19:10. > :19:12.controversial story of privilege. We speak to the right behind The
:19:13. > :19:20.Riot Club. Detectives searching for
:19:21. > :19:22.Alice Gross, the teenager who disappeared three weeks ago,
:19:23. > :19:25.say they're also looking for a man Arnis Zalkalns, a Latvian builder,
:19:26. > :19:28.cycles to work along a similar route to where
:19:29. > :19:31.the 14 year old was last seen. Our home affairs correspondent
:19:32. > :19:40.Tom Symonds has more. Symbols of hope hanging from every
:19:41. > :19:45.lamp post in some of the streets in this area. But nearly three weeks
:19:46. > :19:49.on, there are no firm clues as to what has happened to Alice Gross.
:19:50. > :19:53.Police have these tantalising glimpses of her setting off on a
:19:54. > :19:57.walk, a dark rucksack on her back. She told her parents she would be
:19:58. > :20:01.home that evening. Last night detectives told the BBC's Crimewatch
:20:02. > :20:06.programme what they know of her movements. She left her home in
:20:07. > :20:09.Hanwell, up here, and followed the Grand Union Canal to Brentford,
:20:10. > :20:13.which is where she may have done some shopping. She then returned
:20:14. > :20:19.back along the same route. The last confirmed sighting we have is at the
:20:20. > :20:24.bridge on Trumpers Way at 4:25pm and we are keen to speak to anyone who
:20:25. > :20:29.might have seen her. During her walk that day, she arrived at this busy
:20:30. > :20:32.road. Naturally her route would have taken her down this secluded path
:20:33. > :20:37.that follows the river. She appears to have taken the decision to go
:20:38. > :20:42.along the main road instead. She was caught on CCTV cameras but her bag
:20:43. > :20:46.was found down there. Dark, with splashes of colour, it had been
:20:47. > :20:53.picked up, examined and moved by several passers-by. Her white
:20:54. > :20:57.iPhone, with the cracked case, has not been found. It might reveal what
:20:58. > :21:02.she was doing online. It may have been taken from the bag. The canal
:21:03. > :21:07.path where she disappeared are used by walkers and cyclists and this
:21:08. > :21:14.man, 41-year-old Arnis Zalkalns, who has also gone missing exactly a week
:21:15. > :21:19.after Alice Gross. Is there a link? Police say he is not a suspect but
:21:20. > :21:24.they want to speak to him. Meanwhile, her family wait. There is
:21:25. > :21:27.not a moment of the day when you don't think about Alice and where
:21:28. > :21:32.she is and what might have happened and why she might have gone missing.
:21:33. > :21:36.It is almost impossible to describe what that pain feels like. The last
:21:37. > :21:40.two weeds have been completely heartbreaking but we just want her
:21:41. > :21:45.to know, please, Alice, if you are out there, come home. This is still
:21:46. > :21:50.a missing persons inquiry. Extensive searches of the area have turned up
:21:51. > :21:56.nothing more. Alice's disappearance remains a mystery.
:21:57. > :21:59.A new experimental vaccine for Ebola has been tested on human beings
:22:00. > :22:03.The results from animal trials are said to have been promising
:22:04. > :22:06.and the drug is now being given to 60 healthy volunteers in Oxford.
:22:07. > :22:11.With me is our global health correspondent Tulip Mazumdar.
:22:12. > :22:18.Tell us about this vaccine. How does it work? 60 volunteers will be
:22:19. > :22:21.injected with this vaccine which includes a single Ebola protein, a
:22:22. > :22:26.benign protein, which cannot cause the virus because it does not
:22:27. > :22:31.material in it to do that. The hope is that it will trigger an immune
:22:32. > :22:35.response, which will encourage the body to produce antibodies to fight
:22:36. > :22:38.the virus, the idea being that if someone does become infected they
:22:39. > :22:41.will have the antibodies in them ready to fight the virus. This is
:22:42. > :22:46.how many vaccines are developed and how they work already. You give
:22:47. > :22:52.people a tiny bit of the disease and they then build immunity to it. This
:22:53. > :22:58.particular study seeks to establish two, firstly that it is safe, and
:22:59. > :23:02.secondly that it has a good immunity responds. How quickly can we see it
:23:03. > :23:06.being rolled out to where it is needed? This has been fast tracked
:23:07. > :23:11.at an unprecedented rate. This study will go on for a few months but we
:23:12. > :23:16.will have the preliminary safety results in a few weeks. It will be
:23:17. > :23:19.tested the Gambia and in Mali and if all goes well, it will be given to
:23:20. > :23:23.health workers putting their lives on the line every day in Africa so
:23:24. > :23:28.that they will be able to protect themselves, by the end of the year,
:23:29. > :23:32.we are hearing. We are also hearing from the World Health Organisation
:23:33. > :23:37.that it is still a few months off. In the coming weeks, thousands of
:23:38. > :23:41.people will die. 2500 are already dead as things stand and they say
:23:42. > :23:48.more international help is needed now on the ground. We saw that the
:23:49. > :23:52.US gave 3000 troops to build facilities yesterday and they are
:23:53. > :23:59.looking to contain this utterly out of control outbreak. Thank you.
:24:00. > :24:00.Police in Hertfordshire have arrested
:24:01. > :24:02.a 48-year-old man on suspicion of stealing artefacts and munitions
:24:03. > :24:06.Officers searched a property in St Albans this morning and
:24:07. > :24:09.discovered explosives dating back to the First and Second World Wars.
:24:10. > :24:22.In a suburban street on the outskirts of St Albans, police
:24:23. > :24:25.marked the latest phase of an investigation that spans the
:24:26. > :24:30.battlefield Britain and Europe. For the past three years English
:24:31. > :24:34.Heritage have been investigating illegal metal detecting on protected
:24:35. > :24:38.conflict sites. That investigation led to the arrest and the operation
:24:39. > :24:41.now unfolding around one semidetached property. A team from
:24:42. > :24:46.Countryfile captured these pictures of the contents of an adjoining
:24:47. > :24:51.garage. On shelves and stables, from floor to ceiling, hundreds of items
:24:52. > :24:57.ranging from uniforms to weapons and most worryingly to munitions. We
:24:58. > :25:03.have essentially found a museum for World War I and World War II relics.
:25:04. > :25:10.That includes at this stage some firearms, some ammunitions, and some
:25:11. > :25:14.munitions as well. Police say some items are at least 100 years old and
:25:15. > :25:19.due to the risk of public safety, they have called in an army
:25:20. > :25:23.explosives team. Nearby properties have been evacuated as experts
:25:24. > :25:28.examine the shelves and emissions to see if they can be moved without
:25:29. > :25:33.risk. Illegal metal detecting, night hawking, has long been a cause of
:25:34. > :25:37.concern for those striving to protect our past. This is the first
:25:38. > :25:40.time that English Heritage in partnership with the police have
:25:41. > :25:47.targeted those that they believe are regularly taking and trading in
:25:48. > :25:51.battlefield artefacts. We are talking about potentially live
:25:52. > :25:55.munitions here but we also have the archaeological element, which is
:25:56. > :25:58.that this material is being removed in uncontrolled conditions so we are
:25:59. > :26:03.losing the archaeological knowledge as well. In view of the age and
:26:04. > :26:08.possible instability of the munitions, police say the army may
:26:09. > :26:12.need to carry out controlled explosions, either on the site or on
:26:13. > :26:20.open ground nearby. Work here is due to last at least 48 hours.
:26:21. > :26:26.More now on the Scottish referendum. Let's go back to Gavin at Holyrood.
:26:27. > :26:30.Thank you. Let's give you an idea of what happens over the next 48
:26:31. > :26:35.hours. 4.2 million people have registered to vote, which is 97% of
:26:36. > :26:39.the Scottish electorate. The polls will open at seven o'clock tomorrow
:26:40. > :26:41.morning and will close at ten o'clock tomorrow night. The polls
:26:42. > :26:45.will open at seven o'clock tomorrow morning and will close at ten
:26:46. > :26:51.o'clock tomorrow night. Areas around Scotland. When will we know the
:26:52. > :26:54.result? Our best guess is about seven o'clock on Friday morning and
:26:55. > :27:01.there will be a special overnight programme. Brian Taylor is in
:27:02. > :27:06.Glasgow. First, give us a sense of this historical moment. I suspect
:27:07. > :27:11.for any Scots born after World War II, this is the biggest moment of
:27:12. > :27:15.our political life. It is remarkable. There have been parallel
:27:16. > :27:20.campaigns, connected but not entirely. The public campaign
:27:21. > :27:24.involving the media, involving the leaders, but alongside that a quiet
:27:25. > :27:29.and private discourse in their homes, offices, pubs and village
:27:30. > :27:32.halls of Scotland. It is that quiet, private discourse, influenced
:27:33. > :27:36.hugely by the public campaign of course, that will come to a
:27:37. > :27:41.conclusion tomorrow as the people of Scotland, nearly 4.3 million of them
:27:42. > :27:45.able to vote, cast their decisions. There were two rallies in Glasgow
:27:46. > :27:51.this morning, both talking about confidence. The yes campaigners
:27:52. > :27:54.saying that it would be Scotland and the no campaigners pleading with
:27:55. > :27:59.people to have the confidence to vote no, arguing that was the
:28:00. > :28:04.patriotically action. Can we talk about the flavour of the campaign, I
:28:05. > :28:08.suppose? I have witnessed many good-natured discussions, sometimes
:28:09. > :28:13.very passionate, but good-natured discussions up and down the country.
:28:14. > :28:18.The country is split broadly 50-50. Is there bad temper? Are people
:28:19. > :28:26.worried about waking up on finding those decisions still exist on
:28:27. > :28:32.Friday morning? -- and finding. There are appeals for calm and I
:28:33. > :28:36.believe that will be respected. The General Assembly of the Church of
:28:37. > :28:41.Scotland, Scotland's Parliament in a censure, and perhaps we should
:28:42. > :28:44.listen to them moderator on this one, he is urging unity whatever the
:28:45. > :28:50.outcome of the campaign and of the vote. Thank you very much. The BBC
:28:51. > :28:55.will be bringing you all the twists and turns of the independence vote
:28:56. > :29:02.tomorrow night with our special programme Scotland Decides. Huw
:29:03. > :29:07.Edwards presents live coverage from Glasgow with reaction from across
:29:08. > :29:10.Scotland. That is from 10:35pm tomorrow evening. As for the
:29:11. > :29:20.weather, well, in Edinburgh we would summarise it as dreak but Nina might
:29:21. > :29:24.have other words. Thank you. It is cloudy at the moment but we have
:29:25. > :29:28.reached the middle of the month and it has been the driest start to
:29:29. > :29:33.September that we have had for over 50 years. Just 7% of the total
:29:34. > :29:38.monthly rainfall average so far. Not just that, but across the UK daytime
:29:39. > :29:43.temperatures are currently sitting at 2 degrees above average. That has
:29:44. > :29:47.not been the case for all of us. If you have been stuck under this
:29:48. > :29:51.stubborn cloud to the East, it is currently very cool. The sunshine
:29:52. > :29:57.has made the difference to the temperatures on the Isle of Wight
:29:58. > :30:01.with 22. There is sunshine across western Scotland. In central and
:30:02. > :30:07.eastern areas it is cloudy. Some of the rain in eastern areas could be
:30:08. > :30:10.heavy at times. High temperatures of 70 it Edinburgh. Dry and bright in
:30:11. > :30:17.Northern Ireland with sunny spells and sunshine in North West England.
:30:18. > :30:24.-- high temperatures of 17 in Edinburgh. Along the South coast,
:30:25. > :30:28.sunshine with the mid 20s possible. It will be breezy and gusty in South
:30:29. > :30:33.West England through the afternoon. Into the evening, a greater risk of
:30:34. > :30:37.heavy showers developing here with some thunderstorms. Elsewhere, the
:30:38. > :30:41.low cloud will be drawn back in affecting central and eastern areas
:30:42. > :30:46.with light rain and drizzle possible. Temperatures similar to
:30:47. > :30:52.the last couple of mornings, 14 or 16, but warm in the South West
:30:53. > :30:57.corner. It is in the South West that we could pick up heavy showers
:30:58. > :31:03.tomorrow. Thunderstorms in places, quite a lot of rainfall in a short
:31:04. > :31:07.space of time, but not everywhere. Cool and cloudy in the North East
:31:08. > :31:09.but a slice of sunshine in between could potentially live to
:31:10. > :31:16.temperatures across South East England to around 25. -- lift
:31:17. > :31:20.temperatures. On Thursday evening, the showers become more of a
:31:21. > :31:24.feature, starting off across the Channel Islands and pushing their
:31:25. > :31:28.way North. We could see some nasty thunderstorms as we head into the
:31:29. > :31:32.early hours and as we start Friday morning. Thank you.