The Scottish people have voted to stay part of the United Kingdom as the No campaign declared victory in the independence referendum.
An overwhelming turnout has been recorded as voters north of the border rejected independence in yesterday’s ballot.
Early estimates see the No campaign on roughly 54 per cent, with Alex Salmond’s Yes campaign achieving 46 per cent, with several Scottish councils yet to declare.
Despite winning a majority of votes in some areas – including the nation’s largest city Glasgow – the Yes campaign failed to secure enough support to win the historic referendum.
Mr Salmond’s deputy Nicola Sturgeon conceded defeat with a handful of results still to be declared.
The Deputy First Minister told the BBC there was a “real sense of disappointment that we have fallen narrowly short of securing a Yes vote”.