The 'No' campaign is comfortably ahead in Scotland's independence referendum

The 'No' campaign is comfortably ahead in Scotland's independence referendum
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Update: The "No" side has won the referendum, according to the BBC's official projection.

The vote count is still going on in the Scotland referendum — but with a clear lead for the "No" side, against independence from the United Kingdom.

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The areas that have reported have spanned a number of rural areas, all the way up to the biggest city of Glasgow, and a great variety of towns and smaller cities in between.

As an important point: The Scottish Nationalists have already won a victory in Glasgow, at 53.5 percent — but with a margin of only about +25,000 votes there, it barely made a dent in the No lead nationwide. The bottom line: The Yes side is clearly running out of areas to make up their disadvantage.

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