:00:00. > :00:07.New warnings over the potential price
:00:08. > :00:09.of independence - but Alex Salmond accuses the Westminster government
:00:10. > :00:15.He says Scotland is on the cusp of history in voting
:00:16. > :00:24.for independence - and launches a fresh attack on his rivals.
:00:25. > :00:29.Cobbled up promises from the no campaign which unravel at the
:00:30. > :00:32.slightest scrutiny will not fall anyone in this country. -- fool
:00:33. > :00:34.anyone. There are more questions
:00:35. > :00:36.about the future of Scottish financial institutions in the event
:00:37. > :00:48.of a Yes vote - and sharp criticism Every Scottish bank has announced
:00:49. > :00:51.that in the event of a yes vote, they will move business south of the
:00:52. > :00:57.border. It is not about brass plates, it is about brass tacks.
:00:58. > :01:02.year-olds - voting for the first time - take part in the biggest
:01:03. > :01:09.Also in the programme, a sobbing Oscar Pistorius is told by the judge
:01:10. > :01:12.he is not guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
:01:13. > :01:15.But he'll return to court for the final verdicts tomorrow -
:01:16. > :01:20.And as he remembers 9/11, President Obama sets out his plans
:01:21. > :01:27.to tackle Islamic State extremists, including air strikes in Syria.
:01:28. > :01:38.Police say her missing iPhone could hold clues to the whereabouts of
:01:39. > :01:41.teenager Alice Gross. And the head suspended from an outstanding
:01:42. > :01:56.primary, following concerns over the safeguarding of children.
:01:57. > :02:01.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six from Edinburgh.
:02:02. > :02:05.The First Minister Alex Salmond has launched a scathing attack on the
:02:06. > :02:08.Westminster government, accusing it of bullying and intimidation over
:02:09. > :02:13.It follows the decision by several financial institutions -
:02:14. > :02:16.including Royal Bank of Scotland - to move their company registration
:02:17. > :02:22.Mr Salmond insisted that Scotland was on the "cusp of history"
:02:23. > :02:26.and would vote for independence in the referendum next Thursday.
:02:27. > :02:29.Our political editor Nick Robinson has the latest on the campaign -
:02:30. > :02:43.Any decision... He is a week away from a place in history but will it
:02:44. > :02:48.be as Scotland's nearly man or is the father of a newly independent
:02:49. > :02:52.nation? Scotland is on the cusp of making history. The eyes of the
:02:53. > :02:59.world are upon Scotland. What the world is seeing is an articulate,
:03:00. > :03:05.peaceful, energise debate. Scotland will vote yes next Thursday. All
:03:06. > :03:09.that confidence despite a steady and organised drumbeat of warnings of
:03:10. > :03:12.the economic risks of independence, led by a series of banks announcing
:03:13. > :03:19.they will move their legal homes down south. Today, a series of high
:03:20. > :03:22.street retailers warned of a possible impact on prices in their
:03:23. > :03:30.stores of operating across a new border. The boss of Asda said they
:03:31. > :03:32.would have to reflect the costs of operating in two different
:03:33. > :03:37.countries. The chairman of John Lewis spoke of the likelihood of
:03:38. > :03:42.higher prices. But Tesco have denied claims they would charge more. This
:03:43. > :03:47.week, reporters have flown to Edinburgh from all over the world.
:03:48. > :03:51.But Alex Salmond knows that for victory, he needs to reassure voters
:03:52. > :03:57.at home. Why should a Scottish voter believe you, a politician, against
:03:58. > :04:01.the men who are responsible for billions of pounds of profits? He
:04:02. > :04:05.did not answer but he did attack the reporting of those in what he called
:04:06. > :04:09.the metropolitan media. To make his point, he read out a letter from the
:04:10. > :04:13.Chief Executive of Royal Bank of Scotland about its decision to move
:04:14. > :04:19.its registered HQ to London. Let me read the key paragraph. "Based on
:04:20. > :04:26.our current strategy and business plan, it is not our intention to
:04:27. > :04:30.move operations or jobs". No jobs lost and, he insisted, no loss of
:04:31. > :04:34.tax revenues. This was simply a matter of shifting around blast --
:04:35. > :04:38.brass plates. He went on to say the BBC story had come from the
:04:39. > :04:44.Treasury, handing over market sensitive information. He said there
:04:45. > :04:48.needed to be an official enquiry. They have been caught red-handed, as
:04:49. > :04:52.being part of a campaign of scaremongering. It provides a
:04:53. > :04:56.spectacular example of the kind of campaign tactics of intimidation and
:04:57. > :05:01.bullying. Therefore, I know the BBC, in its impartial role as a
:05:02. > :05:05.public sector broadcaster, will give full corporation to that
:05:06. > :05:11.investigation. APPLAUSE The closer this referendum gets, the
:05:12. > :05:18.more heated it becomes. Today on the streets of Glasgow, Ed Miliband
:05:19. > :05:22.struggled to be heard. That is a lie! Earlier, dozens of Labour MPs
:05:23. > :05:27.travelled up together on the train from London to join a Scottish
:05:28. > :05:31.colleagues. There is a sign of real belief that we are better together.
:05:32. > :05:36.Their cases that Alex Salmond is playing down very real risks. Every
:05:37. > :05:40.Scottish bank has now said that if there is a yes vote, they are going
:05:41. > :05:44.to move business south of the border. It is not about brass
:05:45. > :05:48.plates. It is about brass tacks. This will cost jobs and will cost of
:05:49. > :05:53.the funds we need to pay for the help service and schools. Asda have
:05:54. > :05:57.just announced that prices will go up if there is independence. All
:05:58. > :06:01.Alex Salmond can do is shrug his shoulders and say it does not
:06:02. > :06:05.matter. It does matter. Alex Salmond knows the eyes of the world are on
:06:06. > :06:09.him. He says this is the beginning of something, and not the end. As
:06:10. > :06:13.for all of those questions, all those doubts, he dismisses those as
:06:14. > :06:17.scaremongering. So Alex Salmond has played
:06:18. > :06:20.down questions over the future of some Scottish financial institutions
:06:21. > :06:23.in the event of a Yes vote. But what impact - if any - would
:06:24. > :06:27.the changes have on the companies, Our business editor Kamal
:06:28. > :06:42.Ahmed has this assessment. It is a bank, nearly as old as the
:06:43. > :06:45.union itself. The Royal Bank of Scotland today joined Lloyds and TSB
:06:46. > :06:49.in saying it was considering moving some of its business interests to
:06:50. > :06:53.London, if there is a yes vote in the independence referendum. But is
:06:54. > :06:58.this just a technical matter of little consequence? I asked one man
:06:59. > :07:02.who speaks in the industry north of the border. It is important to any
:07:03. > :07:04.international jurisdiction to have large companies registered in that
:07:05. > :07:09.jurisdiction because it sends a signal that it is a good and stable
:07:10. > :07:12.place to do business. Scotland has a long and proud history as a
:07:13. > :07:18.financial capital. Today, that future has been questioned. This is
:07:19. > :07:23.what has been announced. RBS will consider moving its headquarters to
:07:24. > :07:26.London. Lloyds has said it is looking at setting up new businesses
:07:27. > :07:32.south of the border. TSB is considering a similar move. All
:07:33. > :07:37.three have made it clear that the moves will have no impact on jobs,
:07:38. > :07:41.and where they pay their main business taxes will not be affected.
:07:42. > :07:45.Whether a bank's headquarters is in Edinburgh or 400 miles away in
:07:46. > :07:47.London may seem of little importance but high street banks are saying
:07:48. > :07:52.privately that a vote for independence could affect essential
:07:53. > :07:57.services like mortgage applications and people's personal savings. The
:07:58. > :08:01.reason? Uncertainty over the currency and independent Scotland
:08:02. > :08:03.would use, and whether the Bank of England would back the banks north
:08:04. > :08:07.of the border if there is another financial crisis. The Bank of
:08:08. > :08:11.England governor, Mark Carney today wrote to the Treasury Select
:08:12. > :08:14.Committee, suggesting that without a currency union, an independent
:08:15. > :08:20.Scotland would have to raise billions of pounds in reserves to
:08:21. > :08:23.maintain economic stability. Many leading business figures are
:08:24. > :08:26.positive about the prospect of a yes vote. Scotland's largest fund
:08:27. > :08:31.manager said an independent Scotland would be a big success. I don't
:08:32. > :08:38.think anyone suggests that Scotland would not be assessed cess in the
:08:39. > :08:42.event of a yes vote. -- a success. I probably subscribe to that view as
:08:43. > :08:46.well. Whether you agree with independence or not, it is now
:08:47. > :08:49.becoming clear that the yes vote on September 18 will have major
:08:50. > :08:51.imprecations for Scotland's history as a home of banking.
:08:52. > :08:58.Our political editor Nick Robinson is with me here.
:08:59. > :09:04.Despite economic uncertainties, Alex Salmond certainly came out fighting
:09:05. > :09:08.today. At times, it resembled a press conference not by Alex Salmond
:09:09. > :09:12.but Alex Ferguson. Why is he fighting? It is because he is
:09:13. > :09:17.convinced that there is an organised campaign coming from London, to
:09:18. > :09:20.scare Scotland into voting no. There's a bit of evidence for that
:09:21. > :09:25.claim tonight because the BBC has just revealed that my colleague
:09:26. > :09:28.Robert Peston, that a meeting was held at number ten this afternoon
:09:29. > :09:32.with supermarket bosses. In other words, some of the very people who
:09:33. > :09:37.have warned that prices could go up. He says the Scots should have faith
:09:38. > :09:41.but of course, the no campaign is saying something quite different.
:09:42. > :09:45.They say that this matters, it does not matter if it is recycled, if it
:09:46. > :09:48.has been heard for two years, it is the meat and drink of what
:09:49. > :09:51.independence could mean, and people should focus it.
:09:52. > :09:53.We'll have more from Edinburgh a little
:09:54. > :09:58.editor, Brian Taylor. talking to our Scotland political
:09:59. > :10:01.But for now - it's back to Reeta in the studio.
:10:02. > :10:04.After a six-month trial, the South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has
:10:05. > :10:07.been cleared of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
:10:08. > :10:10.But the judge said he used excessive force, and that
:10:11. > :10:13.his conduct was negligent when he shot her through a toilet door.
:10:14. > :10:16.It's raised the possibility that the Paralympian could still be facing
:10:17. > :10:24.years in jail if the judge finds him of guilty of manslaughter tomorrow.
:10:25. > :10:30.He could also be found guilty of Cobble Bull homicide. -- culpable
:10:31. > :10:31.homicide. Our Africa correspondent
:10:32. > :10:38.Andrew Harding has been in court. A lot of people arrived at court
:10:39. > :10:42.this morning, commits the stories could not escape the murder verdict.
:10:43. > :10:46.But the judge, and remember, there are no jury trials in South Africa,
:10:47. > :10:53.the judge had other ideas in what has been a day of extraordinary
:10:54. > :10:56.drama and suspense. He has admitted to killing Reeva
:10:57. > :11:06.Steenkamp, but does that make Oscar Pistorius a murderer? Today, it was
:11:07. > :11:13.the day for answers. In the early morning hours of 14th debris, 2013.
:11:14. > :11:17.In court, Judge Thokozile Masipa began to outline how she had reached
:11:18. > :11:21.a verdict. Here the accused was charged with the murder of Reeva
:11:22. > :11:24.Steenkamp. This is where it happened, Pistorius rushed from his
:11:25. > :11:27.bedroom down the narrow corridor towards his bathroom. Reeva
:11:28. > :11:31.Steenkamp was in the corner toilet with the door locked. We know that
:11:32. > :11:35.Oscar Pistorius was standing about here with his gun pointed towards
:11:36. > :11:39.the toilet door. What the trial has had to decide is if he deliberately
:11:40. > :11:45.killed Reeva Steenkamp, or was he startled by noise and fired almost
:11:46. > :11:52.without thinking? The prosecution says it was premeditated murder but
:11:53. > :11:58.today, the judge brushed that aside. There are just not enough facts to
:11:59. > :12:02.support such a finding. She dismissed the evidence of neighbours
:12:03. > :12:05.who said they had heard a woman scream, and said there was no proof
:12:06. > :12:11.Oscar and Reeva Steenkamp's Lycian chip was on the rock. Normal
:12:12. > :12:16.relationships are dynamic and unpredictable. -- relationship was
:12:17. > :12:21.on the rocks. Human beings are fickle. The objective facts, she
:12:22. > :12:27.said, supported Pistorius' own timeline of events. I sat over her
:12:28. > :12:34.and I cried. But remember the athlete's tearful evidence? She was
:12:35. > :12:38.not breathing! Today, Judge Masipa accused him of dishonesty and giving
:12:39. > :12:44.contradictory explanations for why he pulled the trigger. The accused
:12:45. > :12:47.was a very poor witness. As the athlete sat quietly sobbing, the
:12:48. > :12:52.judge declared the state had failed to prove the story is meant to kill
:12:53. > :12:59.anyone. She cleared him of murder. -- failed to prove Pistorius. Reeva
:13:00. > :13:02.Steenkamp's family watched from the gallery. Here I have no vengeful
:13:03. > :13:09.feelings and I have forgiven Oscar for what he has done. He has killed
:13:10. > :13:16.her. Even if he made a mistake, it is a huge mistake. It has cost her
:13:17. > :13:20.her life. And the athlete is not out of the woods yet. The judge strongly
:13:21. > :13:26.implied she would declare him guilty tomorrow of the lesser charge of
:13:27. > :13:29.culpable homicide. It has been an extraordinary day in court. The
:13:30. > :13:34.judge rejected almost the entire prosecution case. And yet, she still
:13:35. > :13:37.found Pistorius guilty of negligence. That could yet see him
:13:38. > :13:44.spend years in jail. Alex Salmond accuses
:13:45. > :13:50.the No campaign of scaremongering - after fresh warnings over
:13:51. > :13:53.the possible costs of independence. Richard Kiel,
:13:54. > :14:00.known for his unforgettable role as Jaws in the Bond movies,
:14:01. > :14:12.has died at the age of 74. Later on BBC London, good recycling
:14:13. > :14:17.graves in the B the answer to London's growing shortage of burial
:14:18. > :14:19.plots? And uncertainty for fans, as Spurs prepared to move away from
:14:20. > :14:29.White Hart Lane while their new stadium is being built.
:14:30. > :14:32.President Obama has set out plans to combat the Islamic State extremists
:14:33. > :14:34.who have seized large parts of Syria and Iraq.
:14:35. > :14:37.It follows recent criticism that he didn't have a strategy.
:14:38. > :14:40.In a televised speech he said he was authorising air strikes in Syria,
:14:41. > :14:45.insisting that America would hunt down terrorists wherever they were.
:14:46. > :14:49.He said the United States would give $500 million to moderate Syrian
:14:50. > :14:54.And he's promised more military aid for Iraqi and Kurdish forces.
:14:55. > :15:03.Our North America editor Jon Sopel reports from Washington.
:15:04. > :15:15.On the Whitwell -- White House lawn this morning, everybody came
:15:16. > :15:19.together to remember those who died on September the 11th 13 years ago
:15:20. > :15:26.when this country was under attack. But it is today's threat from
:15:27. > :15:29.Islamic State that was on the President's mine tonight when he
:15:30. > :15:33.addressed the nation from the White House. I have made it clear we will
:15:34. > :15:38.hunt down terrorists wherever they are. I will not hesitate to take
:15:39. > :15:43.action against IS in Syria as well as Iraq. This is a core principle of
:15:44. > :15:49.my presidency. If you threaten America, you will find no safe
:15:50. > :15:54.haven. These planes have been in action in Iraq, but launching air
:15:55. > :15:59.strikes against Syrian targets will be immensely complex. For a start,
:16:00. > :16:03.President Assad has sophisticated air defence systems and the Foreign
:16:04. > :16:07.Ministry in Damascus has made clear that any military action would be
:16:08. > :16:10.seen as an act of aggression. Also it has been described as an
:16:11. > :16:14.intelligence black hole. How easy will it be to pinpoint Islamic State
:16:15. > :16:19.fighters from the air? The Free Syrian Army says their role on the
:16:20. > :16:24.ground will be crucial. Air strikes will never be enough to tackle
:16:25. > :16:29.crisis in Syria. There has to be coordination with the Free Syrian
:16:30. > :16:34.Army on the ground. Syrian fighters who know when and how and where to
:16:35. > :16:43.hit crisis. John Kerry has now arrived in Saudi Arabia to look at
:16:44. > :16:48.the operation. Slowly a broad coalition is starting to take shape.
:16:49. > :16:52.Back in Washington, where some 9/11 commemorations are quieter than
:16:53. > :17:00.others, there is broad support for military reaction. -- action. And
:17:01. > :17:03.polling of American people finds people think themselves directly
:17:04. > :17:08.threatened by the Islamic State, just as they were 13 years ago by
:17:09. > :17:13.Al-Qaeda. President Obama is a reluctant war leader. He hoped his
:17:14. > :17:15.legacy would be bringing troops home from overseas conflicts. Instead
:17:16. > :17:19.America is embarking on another campaign that could last until well
:17:20. > :17:25.after this President leaves the White House.
:17:26. > :17:29.Here, the Foreign Secretary has said the UK would not take part in air
:17:30. > :17:34.strikes in Syria, but Downing Street insisted no military options had
:17:35. > :17:38.been ruled out. James Landale joins me now. There seems to be some
:17:39. > :17:43.confusion about what Britain's role might be. Yes, there is. We know the
:17:44. > :17:49.Foreign Secretary is not keen on British forces taking part in air
:17:50. > :17:54.strikes against militants in Syria. He said it would be a high risk
:17:55. > :17:59.strategy, technically, legally and militarily more, located at air
:18:00. > :18:02.strikes in Iraq. Today he went further by saying, and I quote,
:18:03. > :18:06.Britain will not be taking part in any air strikes in Syria. The only
:18:07. > :18:12.problem, that is not the Government's policy. The Foreign
:18:13. > :18:15.Secretary messed up. The Prime Minister has made it very clear that
:18:16. > :18:19.nothing is ruled out when it comes to air strikes. It is possible back
:18:20. > :18:22.down the line the Government will decide not to launch air strikes in
:18:23. > :18:27.Syria but we are not there yet. They are being much more cautious than
:18:28. > :18:29.that. The first rule of British diplomacy is never disagree with the
:18:30. > :18:33.President of United States just after he has announced a new
:18:34. > :18:39.policy, which is what the Foreign Secretary did today. , thank you.
:18:40. > :18:42.An inquest has heard how a nurse was found hanged after
:18:43. > :18:45.presenters from an Australian radio station made a prank call to a
:18:46. > :18:48.hospital in London where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated.
:18:49. > :18:50.Jacintha Saldanha told a colleague she thought it was her
:18:51. > :18:53.fault that details of the Duchess's treatment for morning sickness two
:18:54. > :18:58.Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports.
:18:59. > :19:01.She was the meticulous night nurse who made one mistake
:19:02. > :19:04.when she thought she was talking on the telephone to the Queen.
:19:05. > :19:07.Today nearly two years after the death of Nurse Jacintha Saldanha,
:19:08. > :19:09.her husband Benedict, third from the left, and two children
:19:10. > :19:13.on the right, came to the Royal Courts of Justice in London to hear
:19:14. > :19:20.Also there, Mel Greig, one of the two Australian radio DJs
:19:21. > :19:27.She had come, she said, to honour a promise she had made to the family
:19:28. > :19:31.to attend the inquest in case there were any questions she could answer.
:19:32. > :19:36.On the night of the 3rd of December 2012, the Duchess of Cambridge was
:19:37. > :19:39.being treated at the King Edward VII Hospital for acute sickness
:19:40. > :19:46.In Sydney, Australia, the two radio DJs thought it would be funny to
:19:47. > :19:49.ring the hospital pretending to be the Queen and the Prince of Wales.
:19:50. > :19:53.Nurse Saldanha was taken in by the hoax.
:19:54. > :19:56.Three days later, her body was found in the nurse's home.
:19:57. > :20:02.The inquest heard from the nurse's husband Benedict who read
:20:03. > :20:05.a short statement about the woman he described as my beloved wife.
:20:06. > :20:09.Then he was asked by the coroner if she ever suffered psychological
:20:10. > :20:11.problems or had ever tried to harm herself before.
:20:12. > :20:18.Inside the hospital, there were protocols for dealing with VIP calls
:20:19. > :20:21.but Nurse Saldanha, who was in charge of the hospital that
:20:22. > :20:25.night, put the call straight through to the nurse treating the Duchess.
:20:26. > :20:27.That nurse told the inquest about an email Jacintha Saldanha
:20:28. > :20:35.I feel very bad about getting you involved.
:20:36. > :20:37.I'm very upset and don't know what to do.
:20:38. > :20:39.Things are going in the wrong direction.
:20:40. > :20:57.Nicholas Witchell, BBC News, at the Royal Courts of Justice.
:20:58. > :21:00.The American actor Richard Kiel, best known for playing the Bond
:21:01. > :21:06.The American star appeared in two Bond films,
:21:07. > :21:08.thrilling audiences with his steel-toothed character.
:21:09. > :21:15.Here's our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba.
:21:16. > :21:18.At 7 ft 2, he was probably the most physically imposing villain ever
:21:19. > :21:21.featured in a Bond film but that wasn't what made him memorable.
:21:22. > :21:27.The steel-toothed killer proved so popular when he appeared in The
:21:28. > :21:30.Spy Who Loved Me, that unusually Bond's producers brought him back
:21:31. > :21:33.for the next film, Moonraker, to once again face Roger Moore's 007.
:21:34. > :21:44.When I spoke to Richard Kiel in 2012, the 50th anniversary year
:21:45. > :21:48.of the Bond franchise, he told me what he thought set Jaws apart.
:21:49. > :21:51.What was it about your character that made him so popular that he was
:21:52. > :22:00.He was a fun character and he had a lot of personal qualities.
:22:01. > :22:05.Perseverance, frustration, determination.
:22:06. > :22:09.Today Sir Roger Moore said, I am totally distraught to learn of my
:22:10. > :22:14.We were on a radio programme together just a week ago.
:22:15. > :22:19.Kiel, who was married with four children, did make appearances
:22:20. > :22:24.in other movies thanks to his Bond success, but it was Jaws he remained
:22:25. > :22:28.best known for, often appearing at Bond events and conventions,
:22:29. > :22:32.celebrating a villain who almost uniquely turned from being Bond's
:22:33. > :22:44.enemy to being his ally and who even had his own love story.
:22:45. > :22:46.And despite speaking just four words in the films...
:22:47. > :22:52.Richard Kiel will be remembered as the man behind one of
:22:53. > :23:03.the most popular characters in one of cinema's most popular series.
:23:04. > :23:09.More now on our main story, the referendum in Scotland, with Sophie
:23:10. > :23:13.in Edinburgh. Thank you and welcome back.
:23:14. > :23:17.Today thousands of 16 and 17 year olds who will be voting for the
:23:18. > :23:20.first time have been taking part in the biggest political debate that
:23:21. > :23:23.Whatever the outcome of the referendum, these teenagers will
:23:24. > :23:27.It'll be the first time that anyone their age
:23:28. > :23:31.has been given a vote in a national election in any part of the UK.
:23:32. > :23:34.And because of that there's been a lot of focus on their views.
:23:35. > :23:40.Our Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon reports.
:23:41. > :23:46.This is not your usual day trip away from school. Thousands of first-time
:23:47. > :23:54.voters from across Scotland coming together to discuss their future.
:23:55. > :24:02.Their argument about who is voting yes and no. Some posters, and some
:24:03. > :24:06.come down. 100,016 and 17-year-olds have registered to vote. This will
:24:07. > :24:12.be their first time at the ballot box and they are going to make it
:24:13. > :24:16.count. I am pretty decided that I will vote no. I doubt anything will
:24:17. > :24:20.sway me because both campaigns seem to be saying the same things over
:24:21. > :24:24.and over again. I am voting yes because it is a better thing for
:24:25. > :24:27.Scotland's future and the yes campaign have a stronger argument.
:24:28. > :24:31.What is the point of going down the route Westminster are taking us when
:24:32. > :24:35.it is not the right one for Scotland? There has been a lot of
:24:36. > :24:47.information coming out but not enough to push people towards either
:24:48. > :24:50.side because usually the same arguments come out in each debate.
:24:51. > :24:52.This is what today is all about. This venue is normally packed with
:24:53. > :24:55.people here for pop concerts and sporting events. These 16 and
:24:56. > :24:57.17-year-olds are here to watch, listen and engage with prounion and
:24:58. > :25:01.pro-independence politicians who are debating with each other and with
:25:02. > :25:07.them. How would independents affect job opportunities? If we have
:25:08. > :25:11.control over our economic levers we can create more opportunities.
:25:12. > :25:16.People in Scotland of any age know there are jobs that exist because we
:25:17. > :25:23.work with other parts of the UK. Questions on jobs, tuition fees, the
:25:24. > :25:26.NHS, and then this. Is there a statement that the Better Together
:25:27. > :25:31.and yes campaigns would like to make that will help me make my decision?
:25:32. > :25:36.There will be challenges and ups and downs but we will have control over
:25:37. > :25:39.our resources. We have huge control over our health, education and
:25:40. > :25:42.policing but we stand together with other people, too. Big issues for
:25:43. > :25:48.the next generation to consider. In seven days time, these 16 and
:25:49. > :25:54.17-year-olds will be voting for the first time in a referendum that is
:25:55. > :25:58.all about their future. Lorna Gordon, BBC News, Glasgow. And there
:25:59. > :26:05.are a number of ways to watch The Big Big Debate on BBC One. In
:26:06. > :26:10.Scotland it is on at nine o'clock, in England and Wales it is 10:40pm,
:26:11. > :26:14.and 11:15pm in Northern Ireland. Wherever you are in the UK, it is on
:26:15. > :26:19.the BBC News Channel at nine o'clock. Brian Taylor is in Glasgow
:26:20. > :26:24.tonight. Exactly a week to go before Scotland decides and it could go
:26:25. > :26:28.either way. It is an astonishing campaign, this. Those young voters
:26:29. > :26:32.that we just heard there are part of 4.3 million people registered to
:26:33. > :26:36.vote in Scotland for the referendum. It is a record
:26:37. > :26:41.registration and likely to be a record turnout. What will they say
:26:42. > :26:45.and decide? These business arguments, will they be a wall of
:26:46. > :26:49.noise as supporters of independence suggest? Will they hear that wall of
:26:50. > :26:54.noise and gather a sense of anxiety and perhaps vote no? Alex Salmond is
:26:55. > :27:18.saying tonight that the campaign and concerns being raised by business
:27:19. > :27:20.are being orchestrated by Downing Street. He has seized upon reports
:27:21. > :27:22.that the Prime Minister met market leaders this afternoon before
:27:23. > :27:25.statements were issued about costs possibly rising in Scotland. Downing
:27:26. > :27:27.Street is saying it was a scheduled meeting about feeding the future and
:27:28. > :27:30.Scotland was not mentioned. This is going to go to the wire. This is big
:27:31. > :27:32.stuff. A lovely, warm evening in Edinburgh. John has the weather.
:27:33. > :27:35.Yes, fine and settled, isn't it? And that is the forecast for several
:27:36. > :27:38.days to come. I will run the satellite sequence because you can
:27:39. > :27:43.see this Catherine wheel of cloud to the South West going nowhere fast.
:27:44. > :27:48.Eventually it will edge towards us and break down the fine spell but
:27:49. > :27:51.not for another week or so. It is another large area of low pressure
:27:52. > :27:56.but at the moment we have high pressure across the UK, hence the
:27:57. > :28:04.fine weather. Yes, it has been sunny in Scotland but more cloud further
:28:05. > :28:11.South. The cloud will come and go and we could see some breaks but
:28:12. > :28:14.clearer skies will be further North. Towns and cities in double figures
:28:15. > :28:19.but just like last night, in the Glens of Northern Ireland and
:28:20. > :28:24.Scotland, we could get down to two. Milder further South where we keep
:28:25. > :28:27.the cloud. There could be fog in Northern Ireland and Scotland which
:28:28. > :28:33.could lift tomorrow. Then the cloud will fill in to some extent. Further
:28:34. > :28:37.South, where it starts cloudy, there will be breaks developing, so things
:28:38. > :28:42.could even out by the afternoon. That is a snapshot for 4 o'clock.
:28:43. > :28:47.Some cloudy spells and sunny spells and I will not attempt to much
:28:48. > :28:50.detail. The main thing is that it will be dry and pleasant with light
:28:51. > :29:00.winds and sunshine and temperatures into the low 20s and high teens,
:29:01. > :29:04.which is pretty good. More fine weather for this weekend and some
:29:05. > :29:10.cloud around. There will be some sunshine but the risk of a shower
:29:11. > :29:11.later this weekend. Thank you. That is all