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Britain's Leaders Rush to Scotland

Opinion polls ahead of Scotland's independence vote appear to show an increase in support for independence.

Opinion polls ahead of Scotland's independence vote appear to show an increase in support for independence. British Prime Minister David Cameron and other national political leaders have headed north to try and convince Scots to stay in the United Kingdom. British economist Michael Hughes and Brian Lucey, former economist at the Irish central bank, debate the economic merits of Scotland going it alone. Also Emilio Botin, chairman of Santander Bank, has died - we take a look at the man credited with transforming the company from a domestic Spanish lender into one of the world's biggest banks. Also as the Nomad Games in Kyrgyztan begin, our reporter is on location witnessing events like wrestling on horseback. Finally chief executive of video hosting site Vimeo, Kerry Trainor, talks about net neutrality and the threat of inequality in cyberspace.

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Wed 10 Sep 2014 19:32GMT

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  • Wed 10 Sep 2014 19:32GMT