scott bingham, bbc news.nister nicola sturgeon has said the general election is a "crossroads moment" for scotland. addressing a rally in glasgow, ms sturgeon said independence was "within touching distance". the snp leader repeated her plan to hold a referendum next year, and urged scots to use the election to put "scotland's future in scotland's hands". well, a little earlier i spoke to our correspondent alexander to our correspondent mackenzie in glasgow, she was alexander mackenzie in glasgow, she was there as the rally was breaking up. the square has started to empty, but that's only happened within the last 10—15 minutes. before that, we understand that there were thousands of people here in the square. organisers have said 20,000, we understand the police are saying 10,000. and it was a pro—independence rally. their message was that they wanted an independence referendum. they want scotland to have a choice about its future. and the main speaker this afternoon, as you said, was the first minister of sc

scott bingham, bbc news.south africa have won the rugby world cup final after convincingly beating england 32—12 at yokohama injapan. the government halts fracking for gas in england until there is evidence the controversial process is safe. high winds and rain sweep southern england and wales, with one woman killed after her car was struck by a falling tree in dorset. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. eddiejones says he can't explain why england lost the rugby world cup final to south africa. the springboks put in a dominant performance in yokohama. remember, england went into the game as favourites, but they just couldn't get their game going on the day. south africa really stepped things up in the second half and scored a couple of brilliant tries to secure a record—equalling third world cup title. we just want to thank you for all your support, south africa. we have seen all your videos and all the messages, thank you so much. this is what we can do as a team when we

scott bingham, bbc news.nister, nicola sturgeon, has said the general election is a "crossroads moment" for scotland. addressing a rally in glasgow, ms sturgeon said independence was "within touching distance". the snp leader repeated her plan to hold a referendum next year, and urged scots to use the election to put "scotland's future in scotland's hands". let's get more of the weekend politics. joining me as knitterrdly, 01’ politics. joining me as knitterrdly, ora politics. joining me as knitterrdly, or a political correspondent. ok, let's start our first with what ms. sturgeon had to say it, talk us through that. you will make the s&p are going to put the heart of the campaign it may not sound surprising, but it is. because in 2017 they did the exact opposite, they tried to played on the independence. but nicola sturgeon has been perfectly clear that she is going to use this election to try and force the uk government to allow another independent referendum. under the arrangement that happened the last ti