Scotland rejects independence in historic referendum

The South of Scotland may have voted overwhelming to stay in the Union, but local activists who backed a "Yes" vote say they're not going away.

In the Borders, Yes campaigners will meet next week to discuss how best to continue, as Joe Pike reports:

A friendship cairn in Gretna has continued to grow after Thursday's vote.

It became a symbol for the union in the run up to the referendum but people are still leaving stones with messages on them. One of the cairn's founders says she hopes MPs will now come together in the best interests of everyone:

Senior Conservatives will meet later to discuss plans for reform at Westminster in response to the Scottish referendum result. The "no vote" has raised fresh questions on both sides of the border about new powers for Scotland, and whether Scottish MPs should still be allowed to vote on English-only matters.

Three days after Scotland voted against independence people are still adding stones to the "friendship" cairn at Gretna.

Sue Clark helped to organise the project: "It's wonderful to see stones being put on after the result.

"It just shows the joy that we're still all one country."

Just yards over the border from England, it's in places like Gretna where the impact of independence would perhaps have been amplified.

Some people feel that the campaign has changed politics in the Borders forever.

Tim Backshall reports on "a new dawn" for Southern Scotland, a day on from the Scottish independence referendum.

The Queen said Scotland's vote to stay part of the UK was "a result that all of us throughout the United Kingdom will respect".

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Yes voter Daniel Clouston remains confident Scotland will one day be an independent country, he said: "Voting for independence is the highest it's ever been, it's now no longer a single party cause it's now a movement and movements just don't stop, it's going to continue. It's not a matter if, but when, we'll get there eventually.

Alistair Darling has said that Scotland has "made a decision for progress and change within the United Kingdom".

"Come on Scotland, let's get on with it together," he said.

After two years of campaigning, passion and uncertainty, Scotland decided to stay in the United Kingdom.

Despite the neck-and-neck polls in the last few weeks, the result was No - by a ten per cent margin.

45 percent of voters said Yes - but 55 per cent said No to independence.

In the South of Scotland, there was a clear rejection.

Kathryn Sampson looks back at the last 24 hours.