That has unfolded for the past 24 hours. The british media has projected that this hardfought campaign has been won by the no campaign. The Better Together, keep the United Kingdom together. It seems that that was what is going to be the final result. We have cnn reporting teams fanned out across scotland and of course, the uk to bring us perspective on this breaking news. First, lets get you right up to speed on exactly where we stand now. It is, of course, an historic day. Cnn is forecasting a victory for the no campaign. The 370yearold union will stay intact. We been watching the results come in district by district with the majority going to the no. Turnout has been extremely high, the evnvy of any democracy. Approaching 90 in some districts. Although in some of the suburban districts where they were expecting a yes, the turnout was lower than expected. Errol . Yeah, we can show you actually where some of those disappointing numbers were. Some areas that were expected to be a massive landslide. Mean what time, these jurisdictions that did not want to break away, you see the overall number, 55 of the scottish voters deciding no the to break away from the uk. I think the expectation that the nos would win. You have 380,000 registered voters, and they chose no over yes by 61 . The separation there by roughly 70,000 votes. And this was a story weve seen repeated throughout the night. Lets just show you some of the other key jurisdictions. East ayrishire, for example, the yeses behind by only 5,000 votes. Want to quickly run through this for you and show you perth and kinross. The no is ahead by roughly 20,000. South ayirshire, it was just becoming more parent as all these results came in. That those scottish people who have been pushing now for years to break away from the uk would have to wait longer. This does change thing, though, christiane. The manner in which the english leaders came up to scotland to offer this vow of already seeing tom previews of the front pages in scotland for tomorrow. And the question being what do you make of that vow now. This was a close vote. The nos apparently ahead. And they will likely take the night. But those who support separating scotland from the uk have sent a message loud and clear which surely change the Political Landscape in the uk for the months and years to come. So theres the latest we have for you. 28 of 32 districts reporting, and those saying no, going to stay a part of the uk, 55 to 45 right now. A few more jurisdictions coming in, but this picture, unlikely to change over the next few hours. Thank you. And if that picture doesnt change and if that spread remains, its quite a Comfortable Lead for the no campaign, which will give Prime Minister cameron a bounce in his step, because it was on a knife edge for at least the last two weeks. Remember, september 7, the ugov poll, the big polling outfit here put the yes campaign two Percentage Points ahead. Two points ahead. And from that moment on, the no campaign, Better Together, keep United Kingdom together went into campaigning overdrive. We had Prime Minister cameron, all the Party Leaders coming up here to scotland. Prime minister cameron said i will be heart broken if this union breaks up. He he then, as errol said, signed a vow with the other three Party Leaders. This is unprecedented in modern british history. Stay with us and you will get much more control and much more autonomy over your own affairs. We are expecting a statement this morning from the british Prime Minister from 10 downing street. And Becky Anderson is there right now, waiting for that door to open. Correct. The devil is in the detail really now in the hours to come. Well find out just how much power and funding facilities scotland will get. They must be relieved at number 10 as you rightly point out. David cameron saying he would be absolutely heart broechb if the union had broken up. But do remember, even if you get, what, 4852 or 47 to stay with the union, you have nearly half of those eligible registered voters in scotland voting to actually breakaway from the union. So they will need to be satisfied. And theyve been promised that more is to come. The english lawmakers here, and many of whom will be putting a lot of pressure from David Camerons own party, the conservatives on him, to look for more power for english law makers here in the parliament here in westminster. Its going to be absolutely fascinating to find out how the uk is going to be run Going Forward. We are awaiting David Cameron, the Prime Minister to come out of number 10 at some point in the next couple of hours, one assumes, when its a little lighter here. The sun will rise in about half an hour or so. So stay with us, well get you more as the hours come, but yes. Interesting times, fascinating. Its been a very engaged campaign, an extraordinary effort in democracy and the scots now waiting to find out just what happens Going Forward. Christiane . Becky, thank you. And as you say, this thing was on a knife edge right to the end. Now were seeing these figures that show a fairly comfortable spread for the no campaign theres three councils still to come in including gordon brown. He was the last stemwinding speech for the no campaign. And many have credited him for bringing people onboard. Now were getting our first comment from the leaders in the uk, the leader of the Better Together campaign. Allister darling. Lets just see what he said. Well, actually, he said it in a tweet. Lets just read that. Its an extraordinary night. Humbled by the level of support and the efforts of our volunteers. We will give a speech in glasgow shartly. Now, thats interesting because allister darling is from the Better Together campaign, of course. Hes going to give a speech in glasgow, which actually was one of the few big urban areas that did go yes. So were going to go right now to max foster who is at the central Vote Counting Center right here in edinburgh. Max . Its interesting hearing you talk about also stair darling. He was the figure head for this no campaign the last two years, but it was gordon brown you interviewed the other day that really pulled this one off. Thats what the general consensus is. He created this alternative vision. Allister said theres a new future for you. Not getting enough from london. New fresh hope, new powers from cot is land. Control your own destiny. And they started owning scottishness to a certain extent. And then gordon brown comes in and says actually, thats not the alternative. The alternative is this, have the powers but keep within the union, keep those shared military assets, the embassies, the pound, all of these sorts of things. And still have power in edinburgh. Talk about scottishness and say if youre proud to be scottish, you should vote no. And that started turning the tide a bit. It got very, very tight. The london politicians started freaking out a bit. They started getting very stressed. Rushed up to scotland behind Gordon Browns initiative. Extraordinary that you think David Cameron was the one that ousted gordon brown from downing street. And it worked. Ultimately, people went into the polls booths and thought whats actually best for me . Is whats the safest . Although many people did go for alex salmons and hes got a mandate of sorts coming out of this. If many people said if they had been been offered this divo max or autonomy, more control of their own affairs from the beginning, this might have been a quite different campaign. And were waiting to hear from alex, of course. Were waiting to hear from the Prime Minister. And right now, were going to go to Nick Robertson, whos our Senior International correspondent. In glasgow, they did vote yes, one of the few urban centers to do so. It really seems for the yes campaign, the party is coming to an end, and the party im talking about is the party right behind me at center of glasgow, a big open area by queen street station. A lot of young people have been gathered here through the night. Theres been a sense of anticipation, a sense that something could be achieved. It reflects very much the whole aspirations of the yes campaign. But what were seeing now is people beginning to drift away. Really, the realization that this hasnt gone their way. Theres disappointment, there seems to be a sense of anger among some people. As you can hear that, people are expressing their views very strongly. This is an evening here, its been a party atmosphere. Its been fuelled by alcohol, but people mostly now beginning to drift away. Weve seen people actually now coming into the center of glasgow on their way to work. I think a lot of people across glasgow and perhaps across the rest of scotland, when alex darling comes to speak, its really an effort to build the bridges between the yes and no camps. What was interesting standing outside the polling station during the day, you have yes and the no campaign is outside the polling station was the dialogue between them. And there was a real sense from both sides that when the voting was done, whichever way it went, both sides need to make up and get on and carry on. So i think the significance of perhaps allister darling speaking from glasgow will be a sense of trying to move everyone forward together. But clearly for the people in this square tonight, something of a disappointment and the party really winding down and over at the moment. Youre right. Everybody wondered given the heat of this campaign and the strength and the feelings on both sides, what would people do, how would they knit themselves back together. You reported and i reported on divisions within families. Lord steele who was the liberal party leader, who was the first speaker of the Scottish Parliament, he told me the other day within his own family, the vote was split. And you saw that, too. What do you think people are going to be able to do to get on and face tomorrow together again. I could probably tell you that the vote was split in my family, too. I have family here in scott lapped and the individual families, they have a dialogue. And they recognize its been a dialogue. And theyre still a family and theyll still get on. For those who voted yes, there will be that concern Going Forward. That of all the promises that have come from london, and when youre here in scotland as we are, you do sense that distance that people feel, you do sense that distance, political gap. If there was a no vote, there will be increased powers. The real hope is that it wont just be the family of scotland coming together, but that london will come closer to scotland, understand it better and give it what they hope, particularly from the yes campaign, what they havened had a greater understanding and a greater voice, christiane. Thank you very much. And of course, this process of devolution has been in effect since 97, 99 when scotland got their own parliament. And one of the huge planks was the National Health service for which they already have funding and policy jurisdictions. Lets listen to more from the Vote Counting Center. 184,045 ballot papers counted. 87. 2 , the yes votes were 71,337. The no votes were 108,606 and there were 102 rejected papers. In alon butte, the turnout was 88. 2 . There were 26,324 votes for yes. 37, [ applause ] now going to speak, as we just heard, yet another big city went no. [ cheers and applause ] alex salmon, leader of the Scottish National party. Thank you to scotland for 1. 6 million votes for Scottish Independence. [ applause ] the friends in the islands of scotland are still to speak. So the final results arent in. But we know that there is going to be a majority for the no campaign. I support them to say our referendum was an agreed and consented process, and scotland has, by majority, decided not at this stage to become an independent country. I accept that verdict of the people and i call on all of scotland to follow suit in accepting the democratic verdict of the people of scotland. That 55 , 1. 6 Million People is a substantial vote for Scottish Independence and the future of this country. Let me Say Something that i hope unites all campaigns and all scots. I think the process by which we have made a decision as a nation reflects enormous credit for scotland. A turnout of 86 is one of the highest in the democratic world of any election in any r referendum in history. This has been a triumph of for the democratic process and the participation in politics. 16 and 17yearolds able to vote has proved to be a resounding success. I suspect that no one will ever again dispute their right and ability to participate fully and responsibly in democratic elections. So we know first the consequences of scotlands decision. Firstly, it was 30 of the edinburgh agreement is in operation. On behalf of the scottish government, i accept the result, and i pledge to work constructively in the interest of scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom. Secondly, the Unionist Party made vows late in the campaign to deinvolve more powers to scotland. Scotland will expect these to be honored in rapid course. [ applause ] just a reminder, weave been promised second reading of a scotland bill by the 27th of march next year. And not just 1. 6 million scots who voted for independence will demand that timetable is followed, but all scots who participated in this referendum will demand that that timetable is followed. [ applause ] ill be speaking to the Prime Minister shortly after this statement, and i have a press conference later today to reflect on that and the full results. Now to so many scots entering the political process for the very first time. Its something thats so valuable, it has tor cherished, preserved and built upon. I said it a number of times in this campaign, the most move thing i saw was a line in dundee a few weeks ago patiently waiting to register to vote, most of them for the first time ever, deciding to participate in the democratic process. And today, i met a 61yearold lady coming out of the polling station who had never voted in her life. I met a soldier, a former soldier who hadnt voted since he left the army some 24 years ago. And these people were inspired to enter Democratic Politics because they were inspired to think they could offer Something Better for the country. Theyve met and been inspired by all of that experience that we have encountered. We have touched sections of community that have never been touched by politics. These sections of the community have touched us and the political process. I dont think that will ever be allowed to go back to business as usual in politics again. [ applause ] so friends, sometimes its best to reflect where we are on a journey. 45 , 1. 6 million of our fellow citizens voting for independence. I dont think any of us when we ever entered politics would have thought such a thing to be either credible or possible. I think over the last few weeks we have seen a scare and a fear of enormous proportions, not the scare mongering directed at the scottish people. But the scare and fear at the heart of the westminster establishment as they realized the Mass Movement of people that were Going Forward in scotland. [ applause ] today of all days as we bring scotland together, let us not dwell on the distance we have fallen short. Let us dwell on the distance we have traveled and have confidence that the movement abroad and in scotland that will take this nation forward, and we shall go forward as one nation. Thank you very much. Alex salmon, leader of the Scottish National party has just delivered his concession speech. This obviously was the campaign of his lifetime. He has worked most of his political life for the moment that he hoped would bring scotland to independence. It has not, and he has, though, talked about the 1. 6 million scottish people who voted yes for independence. 45 as the figures right now show it. He has said, though, that this is an amazing moment of democracy, of engagement, and that he respects the fact of this count and will continue to work, he said, in the best interest of the scotland and the United Kingdom. Many people, of course, in all of these kinds of contests wonder about the personal, political future of a leader who wins or loses. Some people thought that perhaps he might have to step down or resign if he lost his vote. He has said here that he intends to keep working. He paid great tribute to the massive turnout. He put that at 80 plus. He paid great tribute to the 16yearolds who were for the first time given their right to vote. He said nobody anywhere in the world can doubt Going Forward that people at that age, teenager, 16yearolds, are not responsible for handling this kind of civic duty with such incredible dignity and participation. He basically told the world, and hes absolutely right, that so rarely has this kind of engagement been seen anywhere in our dmok six the registration, the turnout, and the tone of this campaign. He said that hes going to be speaking to Prime MinisterDavid Cameron shortly after having made that statement. Perhaps hes going to do that now, and he will hold a press conference later. Prime minister cameron himself is going to be speaking. He ha