No independence for Scotland: In pictures
Sep 19, 2014
Scotland has rejected independence in a referendum that leaves the UK intact. Take a look at what has been going on there.
Scotland has rejected independence in a referendum that leaves the United Kingdom intact but opens the door to wider autonomy following a huge turnout, preliminary results showed Friday. The "No" camp was ahead by 55.42 percent to 44.58 percent for the "Yes" camp with 31 out of 32 local areas counted.
Take a look at what's been happening there . . .
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A man leaves a polling station after casting his vote in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Thursday, during a referendum on Scotland's independence. Scotland began voting Thursday on whether to become independent, in a referendum that could break up the centuries-old United Kingdom and create Europe's newest country since the collapse of Yugoslavia.
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Pro-Union supporters mark out slogans in George Square, Glasgow. The referendum electrified the nation, dominating debate in homes and pubs from Edinburgh to the Highlands.
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A Catalan supporter of the 'Yes' campaign holds up a banner outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Thursday, during Scotland's independence referendum. Hundreds of thousands of Catalans fired up by Scotland's referendum rallied last week in Barcelona's streets in red and yellow shirts, forming a giant "V" to demand a vote. Scotland is voting on Thursday in an independence referendum that could break up the centuries-old United Kingdom and create Europe's newest state since the collapse of Yugoslavia.
A Catalan supporter of the 'Yes' campaign holds up a banner outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Thursday, during Scotland's independence referendum. Hundreds of thousands of Catalans fired up by Scotland's referendum rallied last week in Barcelona's streets in red and yellow shirts, forming a giant "V" to demand a vote. Scotland is voting on Thursday in an independence referendum that could break up the centuries-old United Kingdom and create Europe's newest state since the collapse of Yugoslavia.
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Piper Ryan Randall leads a pro-Scottish independence rally in the suburbs of Edinburgh.
Piper Ryan Randall leads a pro-Scottish independence rally in the suburbs of Edinburgh.
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A dog wearing a pro-independence "Yes" bandana is walked on a street in Glasgow on polling day for a referendum on Scotland's independence.
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The losers and winners of the referendum.
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Pro-independence slogans are written on clothes hung on a washing line in Edinburgh.
Pro-independence slogans are written on clothes hung on a washing line in Edinburgh.
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Pro-independence campaigners gather outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Hundreds of thousands of Catalans fired up by Scotland's referendum rallied last week in Barcelona's streets in red and yellow shirts, forming a giant "V" to demand a vote.
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A worker carries postal vote ballot boxes in the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre in Aberdeen, on Thursday immediately after the polls close in the referendum on Scotland's independence. The question for voters at Scotland's more than 5,000 polling stations was 'Should Scotland be an independent country?' and they are asked to mark either 'Yes' or 'No'.
A worker carries postal vote ballot boxes in the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre in Aberdeen, on Thursday immediately after the polls close in the referendum on Scotland's independence. The question for voters at Scotland's more than 5,000 polling stations was 'Should Scotland be an independent country?' and they are asked to mark either 'Yes' or 'No'.
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Ballot papers are counted in the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre in Aberdeen immediately after the polls close in the referendum on Scotland's independence.
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A count observer with Union flag finger nails looks on as ballot papers are counted in the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre in Aberdeen.
A count observer with Union flag finger nails looks on as ballot papers are counted in the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre in Aberdeen.
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Pro-Independence supporters wave flags outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
Pro-Independence supporters wave flags outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
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Front pages of the English editions of Britain's national newspapers are pictured in London on Thursday, as Scotland voted in a referendum on their independence. Britain's newspapers declared Thursday a "day of destiny" in dramatic front pages streaked with blue, white and red as Scotland votes on whether to split from the United Kingdom.