:00:00. > :00:09.On the eve of one of the biggest political events
:00:10. > :00:15.in modern times, the last push for votes in Scotland's referendum.
:00:16. > :00:17.Yes campaign leader Alex Salmond urges Scots to take their future
:00:18. > :00:21.While the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown urges
:00:22. > :00:29.Let us tell the nationalists, this is not their flag, their country,
:00:30. > :00:34.This is everyone?s flag, everyone's country, everyone's
:00:35. > :00:54.There is no place I would feel more secure than in Scotland because they
:00:55. > :00:58.know and they sense an enormous opportunity.
:00:59. > :01:00.Reaching every corner of Scotland the ballot boxes
:01:01. > :01:02.and polling stations are readied with a huge turnout expected.
:01:03. > :01:04.And the other main stories this evening:
:01:05. > :01:08.A sharp drop in unemployment - the latest figures show the jobless rate
:01:09. > :01:19.It is all worthwhile when you see what is needed actually gets to wear
:01:20. > :01:22.it is supposed to go. Why Alan Henning was
:01:23. > :01:25.motivated to go to Syria. Tonight there are appeals
:01:26. > :01:27.for Islamic State extremists to Pay for the display - The Mayor's
:01:28. > :01:32.going to charge for the New Year's And a man's arrested
:01:33. > :01:36.after wartime bombs and firearms are Good evening and welcome to the
:01:37. > :01:54.BBC News at Six from Edinburgh as Scotland prepares to go to
:01:55. > :01:59.the polls tomorrow. The Yes and No campaigns have spent
:02:00. > :02:02.the day making their final push Scotland's First Minister Alex
:02:03. > :02:08.Salmond has urged people to take their country's future
:02:09. > :02:11.in their hands and vote Yes, while the former Prime Minister
:02:12. > :02:13.Gordon Brown told No voters to As the campaign enters
:02:14. > :02:22.its final hours the latest polls continue to suggest that the outcome
:02:23. > :02:25.is just too close to call. Our Scotland Correspondent James
:02:26. > :02:36.Cook has our first report tonight. Scotland tonight is a nation
:02:37. > :02:43.divided, a country staring into its soul. Day after day, thousands of
:02:44. > :02:48.activists have poured onto the streets, many have taken time off
:02:49. > :02:52.work to fight for their vision of the future. They control education,
:02:53. > :02:59.they control most of the taxes, what else do you want? We get pocket
:03:00. > :03:08.money from Westminster, we want control of our own income and
:03:09. > :03:12.expenditure. The yes campaign said tomorrow is about hope versus fear.
:03:13. > :03:16.The message to the voters is that the choice is simple. Don't be
:03:17. > :03:19.confused, if you want real power and want to stay in Scotland and
:03:20. > :03:25.organise your own government, taxes and future, bowed yet. There is no
:03:26. > :03:30.doubt that the campaign has been divisive but it has breathed life
:03:31. > :03:33.into politics in Scotland. The air is crackling with energy as the
:03:34. > :03:41.country enters the final hours of the campaign. And cometh the hour,
:03:42. > :03:45.cometh the man. Those battling to keep Scotland in the UK have not
:03:46. > :03:47.always match the passion of their components, but they have the
:03:48. > :03:52.passion of their components, but they have today. What we have killed
:03:53. > :03:57.together by sacrificing and sharing, let's no nationalism split
:03:58. > :04:03.is under. Tell them that this is our Scotland. This is not their flag,
:04:04. > :04:11.their country, their culture, their streets, this is everyone's flag,
:04:12. > :04:17.everyone's culture, everyone's streets. The man more than anyone
:04:18. > :04:24.who has brought Scotland's to this points does not agree. Is he
:04:25. > :04:31.standing on the eve of history? There are fundamental changes and we
:04:32. > :04:35.have seen a grassroots campaign with the participation of all. This is a
:04:36. > :04:39.festival of democracy we are seeing in this campaign and it is in the
:04:40. > :04:43.hands of the Scottish people. There is no place I would feel more secure
:04:44. > :04:48.than in the hands of the people of Scotland because they know and they
:04:49. > :04:54.sent an enormous opportunity to take Scotland's future into Scotland's
:04:55. > :04:58.hands. Both Alex Salmond and his opponents have tried to use today's
:04:59. > :05:06.unemployment figures as a reason to vote their way. Everyone who cares
:05:07. > :05:09.about our United Kingdom is nervous but I am confident we have set out
:05:10. > :05:17.how Scotland can have the best of both worlds. A successful economy
:05:18. > :05:22.with a growing number of jobs and a Scottish unemployment rate at 6% is
:05:23. > :05:26.lower than it is in London. The people of Scotland have one more
:05:27. > :05:32.nights to ponder, one more nights to weigh up what to do, and whatever
:05:33. > :05:34.happens, a myth has been dispelled. They say people do not care about
:05:35. > :05:39.politics, but they are wrong. Well, it's taken
:05:40. > :05:42.two years to prepare for this referendum and with a huge turnout
:05:43. > :05:45.expected - there's a massive operation in place now to gather all
:05:46. > :05:49.the votes - by air, sea and road. All over Scotland thousands
:05:50. > :05:51.of people including volunteers and police are readying
:05:52. > :05:53.the ballot boxes, polling stations and counts for tomorrow as our
:05:54. > :06:08.correspondent Lorna Gordon reports. In every corner of Scotland, the
:06:09. > :06:12.ballot boxes are being delivered. Calmly, methodically, work has been
:06:13. > :06:18.continuing to ensure tomorrow goes without a hitch. From the cities to
:06:19. > :06:24.the islands, the challenges have been worked through. We have been
:06:25. > :06:30.using ferries like this, a normal very. We have also chartered a
:06:31. > :06:34.special ferry, and the plane. There are only 121 voters on this island
:06:35. > :06:39.but it is important everybody has an equal chance to place a vote. The
:06:40. > :06:46.significance of this referendum is not lost on those heading to the
:06:47. > :06:50.islands. The best of luck tomorrow. People down the pub are talking
:06:51. > :07:00.about it, everybody is talking about it, there is a lot of excitement. It
:07:01. > :07:06.is very important. We will have to wait and see. There are some who may
:07:07. > :07:14.have other things on their mind. But not many. No classes for these
:07:15. > :07:19.children tomorrow as it will become a polling booth. This will be one of
:07:20. > :07:27.the busiest in the country and work to transform it is getting underway.
:07:28. > :07:32.Thousands could turn out to vote in this one Glasgow school alone. They
:07:33. > :07:39.aim to make sure it runs smoothly. I am proud to be playing a little
:07:40. > :07:43.parts in history. It is a once-in-a-lifetime thing for me.
:07:44. > :07:50.This is where the final result will be made known. Announcing what that
:07:51. > :07:56.is will fall to one person. Do you have a flutter in your stomach? I
:07:57. > :08:00.would not be human if I was not nervous and I want everybody to have
:08:01. > :08:06.a really good experience on polling day with no impediments to voting
:08:07. > :08:11.and everything going smoothly. Then we will get an accurate result that
:08:12. > :08:16.everybody can trust. The safety and security of voting stations and
:08:17. > :08:23.voters will be paramount tomorrow. The police say their arrangements
:08:24. > :08:26.will be appropriate. This could be the largest turnout Scotland has
:08:27. > :08:31.ever seen as voters lay their part in making history.
:08:32. > :08:42.Emotions running so high now. Last-minute campaigns for both sides
:08:43. > :08:48.tonight, have you seen anything like this? I have never seen like this.
:08:49. > :08:54.People tell me that politics is boring, but not here and not now. If
:08:55. > :08:58.you live in Aberystwyth or Accrington or Antrim, wherever you
:08:59. > :09:04.are in England or Wales, I can see why it may be baffling or boring,
:09:05. > :09:09.but it is not like that here. For those who are going to vote yes
:09:10. > :09:14.tomorrow, this is the end of a huge journey. A journey of decades for
:09:15. > :09:19.people like Alex Salmond. And being a mere country to a self-governing
:09:20. > :09:23.nation, and nation that takes its own decisions and has to live with
:09:24. > :09:31.them. If you are part of the no campaign, it is the end of something
:09:32. > :09:39.so valued. Gordon Brown discover the passion today. -- discovered. Ponder
:09:40. > :09:46.this, though, if you are watching outside Scotland. It will take about
:09:47. > :09:51.2 million votes from the Scottish people to win this referendum. That
:09:52. > :09:56.is 4% of the British electorate. Whichever way it goes, it will
:09:57. > :10:01.change the lives of the 96% of viewers watching elsewhere.
:10:02. > :10:04.And for more on the referendum, the issues, the polls and the
:10:05. > :10:09.And I'll have more later in the programme but for now,
:10:10. > :10:15.In the day's other news, unemployment has fallen again with
:10:16. > :10:18.official figures showing it fell by 146,000 to just over two million in
:10:19. > :10:24.The number of people claiming Jobseeker's
:10:25. > :10:27.Allowance has also dropped below one million for the first time
:10:28. > :10:36.in six years as our correspondent Simon Gompertz reports.
:10:37. > :10:45.More jobs, more vacancies, and another sharp fall in unemployment.
:10:46. > :10:49.It peaked at over 2.6 million three years ago after the ravages of the
:10:50. > :10:54.recession but now with the recovery, it has dropped close to the 2
:10:55. > :11:01.million mark, but there is a long way to fall to what it was before
:11:02. > :11:06.the financial crisis. Youth unemployment is down by a record
:11:07. > :11:12.amount is. Calvin had help from a government funded work experience
:11:13. > :11:16.scheme and now has a job in a Hotel. I was starting to get down and
:11:17. > :11:22.annoyed that then the scheme made me realise that there are plenty of
:11:23. > :11:28.fish in the sea and you can get to where you want to go in life. With
:11:29. > :11:31.young people moving into work, claimants for jobseeker's allowance
:11:32. > :11:37.has dropped to below 1 million for the first time in six years.
:11:38. > :11:42.Unemployment is in young people has reduced by 40%, and that figure in
:11:43. > :11:48.this region is higher than the national picture so we know that
:11:49. > :11:52.what we are doing works. Scotland is doing best with an unemployment rate
:11:53. > :11:57.of 6% exactly. Next comes England with the highest rates in Northern
:11:58. > :12:01.Ireland and Wales. People are moving into jobs much more rapidly and that
:12:02. > :12:07.is something that ministers are celebrating. Labour complains that
:12:08. > :12:12.the same figures show wages moving at a snail's pace. There may be work
:12:13. > :12:18.on offer but you could still find yourself struggling to keep up with
:12:19. > :12:24.the cost of living. Wages are up just 0.7%, excluding bonuses. The
:12:25. > :12:32.latest inflation figures show prices going up by double that. Employers
:12:33. > :12:36.can find people they need, and we are not creating any extra value per
:12:37. > :12:42.person so we need to obviously pay them more. Stagnant pay is having an
:12:43. > :12:46.influence on the Bank of England committee which sets interest rates.
:12:47. > :12:51.Discussions published today say most lenders won the cost of borrowing to
:12:52. > :12:56.stay low for the moment. -- lenders want.
:12:57. > :12:57.British Muslim leaders have called
:12:58. > :12:59.today for the immediate release of Alan Henning,
:13:00. > :13:02.the hostage threatened with death by Islamic State extremists in Syria.
:13:03. > :13:04.The BBC has obtained previously unseen footage of Mr Henning
:13:05. > :13:07.describing why he wanted to deliver aid to Syria.
:13:08. > :13:10.There's also been an appeal for his freedom from those who travelled
:13:11. > :13:16.with him to Syria as our Special Correspondent Lucy Manning reports.
:13:17. > :13:24.Alan Henning, nicknamed gadget, was all smiles as he travelled on the
:13:25. > :13:29.aid convoy to Syria last December but he would go from charity worker
:13:30. > :13:33.to hostage. In this unseen video, he is filmed heading into Turkey and
:13:34. > :13:37.was clear about why he was making the dangerous journey. It is
:13:38. > :13:41.worthwhile when you see what is needed actually getting to where it
:13:42. > :13:47.is supposed to go. That makes it worthwhile. The sacrifice we do is
:13:48. > :13:58.nothing compared to what they go through every day. Moving words
:13:59. > :14:03.given his current plight. With aid for Syria tattooed on his arm, Alan
:14:04. > :14:09.Henning had been in Syria for less than an hour when he was abducted.
:14:10. > :14:15.The man on the convoy with Alan Henning told BBC News about the
:14:16. > :14:21.moment his friend was captured. All of sudden, these masked gunman came
:14:22. > :14:28.onto the compound and we did not know what was happening. One by one,
:14:29. > :14:33.they called all of us out and asked us our date of birth. They were
:14:34. > :14:37.trying to find out if we were spies. They came to the conclusion that he
:14:38. > :14:44.was a spy because he had a chip in his passport. He handed over his
:14:45. > :14:51.passport to show that is just how passport are. He has this message
:14:52. > :14:58.for Islamic State. Please, please, please, show him some mercy.
:14:59. > :15:02.Understand he is a humanitarian aid worker and not a fighter. He is not
:15:03. > :15:09.here for a political reason. He is helping people. Now the charity who
:15:10. > :15:15.Alan Henning travelled with, and who are being investigated about the
:15:16. > :15:19.actions of one of their fundraisers in Syria, have appealed to the
:15:20. > :15:33.Islamic State. You have the ability to spare the life of this man. We
:15:34. > :15:37.beg you to tread the path of justice and ensure compassion that is in
:15:38. > :15:49.your heart. Ministers have been clear the
:15:50. > :15:53.options are limited because they do not know exactly where he is being
:15:54. > :15:59.held. The time is a quarter past six. Our top story this
:16:00. > :16:03.the Yes and No campaigns have spent the day making their final push for
:16:04. > :16:05.every last vote. And still to come, police investigating the deaths
:16:06. > :16:08.of two British tourists in Thailand are questioning two brothers from
:16:09. > :16:14.evening, later on BBC London, we will debate what impact the Scottish
:16:15. > :16:19.referendum could have on the capital. And getting access to
:16:20. > :16:22.London's transport network, as Southern trains launches a smart
:16:23. > :16:28.card that can be used on trains and buses.
:16:29. > :16:30.Trials of a potential new vaccine against the Ebola virus
:16:31. > :16:35.If they are successful, it could be used to immunise health
:16:36. > :16:42.With the latest figures showing nearly 5,000 people infected
:16:43. > :16:44.by the virus, President Obama is now calling it "a potential threat
:16:45. > :16:50.Nearly 2,500 people have died during the current outbreak, with half of
:16:51. > :17:02.Our Medical correspondent Fergus Walsh has more.
:17:03. > :17:12.Could this be what finally stops Ebola? This vaccine has never been
:17:13. > :17:17.tested on humans until today. Ruth Atkins heard the call for volunteers
:17:18. > :17:22.on the radio while driving home from work, and became the first of 60
:17:23. > :17:29.people in Oxford to have the jab. Fantastic. It is that one step and I
:17:30. > :17:32.am part of that first step and it gets that vaccine, they know they
:17:33. > :17:35.have the right vaccine and they can start giving it and that will make a
:17:36. > :17:43.difference to people's lives, big time. To be effective, the vaccine
:17:44. > :17:50.must trigger antibodies against in bowler in the victim's -- against
:17:51. > :17:54.Ebola in the victim's blood. Normally it would take years of
:17:55. > :17:57.human trials before a completely new vaccine was approved for use, but
:17:58. > :18:01.the research here in Oxford is being fast tracked at an astonishing rate,
:18:02. > :18:07.and all being well, by the end of the year, around 10,000 doses of the
:18:08. > :18:13.jab will be available to immunise health workers in west Africa. This
:18:14. > :18:19.is why the vaccine is so desperately needed. In Liberia, the health
:18:20. > :18:27.service has been overwhelmed. Men, women, children, the virus has
:18:28. > :18:31.claimed the lives of all ages. Eight key question for the scientists
:18:32. > :18:37.heading the Oxford trial, is the vaccine said? There is absolutely no
:18:38. > :18:41.risk of this vaccine giving anyone Ebola because nothing came out of
:18:42. > :18:45.the Ebola virus and went into this vaccine. We have used modern
:18:46. > :18:49.technology where you use a carrier, another virus, that is safe, and
:18:50. > :18:54.being used for lots of vaccine types, and just put one DNA
:18:55. > :18:59.sequence, a tiny fraction of the Ebola genomics to it. The vaccine
:19:00. > :19:02.can't come a moment too soon for West Africa, where communities and
:19:03. > :19:05.whole economies are threatened with collapse.
:19:06. > :19:07.Police investigating the deaths of two British tourists in Thailand
:19:08. > :19:09.are questioning two brothers from the UK.
:19:10. > :19:11.The pair were stopped from leaving the country
:19:12. > :19:20.The bodies of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were found on the
:19:21. > :19:32.From there, our correspondent Jonathan Head has sent this report.
:19:33. > :19:41.The police are still here in force on Koh Tao, searching for evidence
:19:42. > :19:45.on the spot where Hannah Witheridge and David Millar died, but this
:19:46. > :19:50.crime scene was never sealed. It is unlikely they will find much now.
:19:51. > :19:52.Instead, they believe forensic examination of the bodies will give
:19:53. > :19:56.them what they need to track down the killer. British embassy
:19:57. > :20:01.officials were invited to the pleas hospital in Bangkok to hear what
:20:02. > :20:07.progress they are making. They are also now holding two British men for
:20:08. > :20:11.questioning. Christopher Ware, and his brother James, spent time with
:20:12. > :20:16.the two victims in the days before they were killed. Christopher Ware
:20:17. > :20:20.was written by police on Monday, but then allowed to leave the island.
:20:21. > :20:24.The Thai authorities are still looking into the possibility of the
:20:25. > :20:30.killer could be a local man. They are continuing to question Bernie 's
:20:31. > :20:33.workers on Koh Tao. All options appear to be open. TRANSLATION: With
:20:34. > :20:37.the information we have, I think we can identify the murderer. However,
:20:38. > :20:45.we must wait for the test results to come out. Three days on, and you get
:20:46. > :20:48.the sense now of an investigation that is kicking into a higher gear.
:20:49. > :20:52.After some pretty mixed messages from the police, you have to wonder
:20:53. > :20:57.whether opportunities and perhaps even evidence to help solve the
:20:58. > :21:04.crime might have been missed. Thailand's tourist industry has
:21:05. > :21:08.already been hit hard this year by political turmoil. These horrific
:21:09. > :21:11.murders are another blow. The pressure is on the Thai police to
:21:12. > :21:16.solve this crime quickly and credibly.
:21:17. > :21:20.More now on the referendum in Scotland, with Sophie in Edinburgh.
:21:21. > :21:24.Two years after this independence referendum was announced, there are
:21:25. > :21:28.just hours to go before the people of Scotland decide on their future.
:21:29. > :21:30.The Yes and No campaigns have been mounting
:21:31. > :21:37.First Minister Alex Salmond has been urging on the Yes campaign.
:21:38. > :21:42."Wake up on Friday morning to the first day of a better country".
:21:43. > :21:44.The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown is right
:21:45. > :21:49.He's telling supporters to "stand up and be counted tomorrow,"
:21:50. > :21:52.and, a new poll by Ipsos-MORI has been released, which suggests that
:21:53. > :21:59.the Yes campaign is on 49% and the No campaign is on 51%.
:22:00. > :22:04.That's broadly in line with other polls.
:22:05. > :22:07.Well, there have been a number of key issues during the campaign.
:22:08. > :22:10.One is whether promised new powers can be delivered in the event
:22:11. > :22:15.But first, the arguments over the currency that an independent
:22:16. > :22:20.To talk about that, I'm joined by our Business Editor, Kamal Ahmed,
:22:21. > :22:35.Well, Sophie, as you say, the currency goes to the heart of the
:22:36. > :22:39.future of Scotland if there is a Yes vote tomorrow. There are four main
:22:40. > :22:43.options, the first is actually a currency union. That's where
:22:44. > :22:49.countries or states agreed to share a currency and negotiate and agree
:22:50. > :22:55.on a port of matters like interest rates. We have examples like that,
:22:56. > :22:58.the Euro or the dollar. In this scenario, the Bank of England would
:22:59. > :23:02.stand behind Scottish banks and would support the Scottish economy,
:23:03. > :23:06.but the three big Westminster parties have said they don't support
:23:07. > :23:09.that. Now, Alex Salmond, the First Minister, has said it is not a
:23:10. > :23:13.matter for the Westminster parties, it is a matter that will be
:23:14. > :23:16.negotiated. He also says that a currency union would not only be
:23:17. > :23:20.good for Scotland but would also be good for the rest of the UK, because
:23:21. > :23:31.there would be no transaction costs, and trading would be easier. The
:23:32. > :23:34.second option, ugly word, sterlingisation, where Scotland news
:23:35. > :23:39.as the pound but not in arrangement with the rest of the United Kingdom.
:23:40. > :23:43.Third option, the Euro, Alexandre and has ruled that out, because he
:23:44. > :23:49.does not want to join the European Union. The third would be a new
:23:50. > :23:53.radical currency with the Scottish bank. That probably won't get off
:23:54. > :23:54.the drawing board, because Alex and has said he will use sterling if
:23:55. > :23:58.Scots vote yes tomorrow. Another big issue is whether
:23:59. > :24:01.Westminster can deliver promised new powers to the Scottish government
:24:02. > :24:04.in the event of a No vote. Our Deputy Political Editor,
:24:05. > :24:06.James Landale, is in Westminster. James, are we now clear what
:24:07. > :24:17.the government would offer the Sophie, I think the direction is
:24:18. > :24:19.clear, the detail is not. The leaders of the three largest parties
:24:20. > :24:23.in the UK have promised that Scotland will get more powers over
:24:24. > :24:26.its tax, spending and welfare. They have promised to publish draft
:24:27. > :24:30.legislation in January to make this happen. But the Conservatives, the
:24:31. > :24:34.Lib Dems and Labour all have different ideas about what this
:24:35. > :24:38.might mean in practice. So first of all, David Cameron, Ed Miliband and
:24:39. > :24:41.Nick Clegg will have to agree amongst themselves. They will also
:24:42. > :24:44.have to get the agreement of their own parties, and that cannot be
:24:45. > :24:48.guaranteed. Many MPs are worried about what they see as rushed
:24:49. > :24:52.constitutional reform. Many Tories believe that now English MPs alone
:24:53. > :24:57.should decide legislation that affects England. In Wales, there are
:24:58. > :25:02.fears that fixing Scotland's funding formula will mean no extra money for
:25:03. > :25:06.the Welsh, and in Northern Ireland there will almost certainly be calls
:25:07. > :25:11.for corporation tax to be given to the Stormont assembly. So none of
:25:12. > :25:15.this will be easy. The dilemma facing voters who are undecided
:25:16. > :25:19.tonight, thinking about voting no, is this: Can they guarantee a new
:25:20. > :25:21.Scotland with new powers within the union?
:25:22. > :25:23.Well, the people of Scotland are within
:25:24. > :25:27.hours of one of the most important political events of modern times.
:25:28. > :25:29.Whatever happens here tomorrow could set Scotland,
:25:30. > :25:32.and the United Kingdom, on a different course for centuries.
:25:33. > :25:42."Should Scotland be an independent country?".
:25:43. > :25:48.Edinburgh has never seen anything like it, and neither has anywhere
:25:49. > :25:52.else in Scotland. Yes or no? It's the question that has sparked so
:25:53. > :25:56.much passionate debate. More than 4.2 million people have registered
:25:57. > :26:01.to vote, that's 97% of those eligible, making it the largest ever
:26:02. > :26:06.electorate in Scotland. And among them will be 16 and 17-year-olds
:26:07. > :26:10.scum who will be voting for the first time in any national election
:26:11. > :26:14.in the UK. In the next few hours, they will be putting up the signs
:26:15. > :26:17.here. This is one of the many polling stations, in fact there are
:26:18. > :26:25.more than 5500 polling stations across Scotland, but many people
:26:26. > :26:29.have already voted. Almost 790,000 people had registered for postal
:26:30. > :26:33.votes. The polls will open at 7am and close at 10pm tomorrow night.
:26:34. > :26:39.There will be no exit poll. Instead, you will have to wait until all the
:26:40. > :26:47.votes are counted. 32 Scottish councils will report the local
:26:48. > :26:50.totals to the central count in Edinburgh. The bulk of the result
:26:51. > :26:55.are expected between two and five in the morning but nobody knows when we
:26:56. > :26:59.will get the answer to shore. One thing is for sure, the world will be
:27:00. > :27:00.watching when Scotland heads to the polls in the morning.
:27:01. > :27:02.Our Scotland Political Editor, Brian Taylor, is in Glasgow.
:27:03. > :27:05.Brian, you've been tracking this referendum from the start.
:27:06. > :27:07.On the eve of the vote, what has it taught us
:27:08. > :27:15.We have had weeks, we have had months, we have had years of
:27:16. > :27:18.campaigning on this. It was intriguing today, I attended a
:27:19. > :27:25.couple of rallies in Glasgow on either side, and pitch on either
:27:26. > :27:28.side, those who support independence say that independence would energise
:27:29. > :27:32.the people and empower them to produce a prosperous and just
:27:33. > :27:35.Scotland. On the other side, those who support the union said the
:27:36. > :27:40.genuine patriotic perspective for the people of Scotland is to have a
:27:41. > :27:43.more powerful parliament within the union, formally within the union.
:27:44. > :27:47.Those two options go before the people, a momentous, monumental
:27:48. > :27:53.decision, but the people will choose, not the politicians. Time
:27:54. > :27:58.now for a look at all of the weather.
:27:59. > :28:04.High pressure has been dominating so far this month. It has actually been
:28:05. > :28:08.the driest start to September for over 50 years. Just 7% of the
:28:09. > :28:11.expected rainfall was that it has been one as well buy a couple of
:28:12. > :28:16.degrees, a little bit cool at times on the east coast, had it like
:28:17. > :28:20.today, where we have had this persistent low cloud, and that is
:28:21. > :28:24.coming inland overnight, bringing more mist and fog, especially to
:28:25. > :28:28.hills and coasts in the east where there will be a bit of light rain or
:28:29. > :28:31.drizzle. Another warm night thanks to the increasing cloud, one or two
:28:32. > :28:36.sharp showers and the far south-west. Tomorrow starts Gray for
:28:37. > :28:39.many of us, misty too. We should see the sunshine breaking through for
:28:40. > :28:46.most places, still rather do dowel and damp -- go and damp. For
:28:47. > :28:49.Scotland, sunshine likely in the West, Easton area still dull and
:28:50. > :28:52.damp, rather cool as well. Across Northern Ireland, it may take a
:28:53. > :28:55.little longer to get the sunshine. It won't be quite as funny as this
:28:56. > :29:00.afternoon but we should see an improvement to the north-west of
:29:01. > :29:05.England. The other side of the Pennines, still rather cool.
:29:06. > :29:12.Very few thunderstorms, most places will be drivers that we are more
:29:13. > :29:16.likely to get some showers on Friday. These could be heavy and
:29:17. > :29:19.thundery, but again, a bit hit and miss, and maybe pushing up not just
:29:20. > :29:22.across southern inland but into Wales and the Midlands. Altogether,
:29:23. > :29:27.a cloudier looking day altogether, we could get a few showers in
:29:28. > :29:30.western Scotland and Northern Ireland too, those temp just not
:29:31. > :29:34.quite so high. As we head into the weekend, we should eventually push
:29:35. > :29:41.those showers away. I pressure is building in yet another one pushing
:29:42. > :29:42.in across the UK, drying things off and hopefully we will see eventually
:29:43. > :29:46.an apartment in the north-east.