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UPDATE — Early returns show Scotland remaining with Great Britain

Published 6:44 pm Thursday, September 18, 2014

Ballot boxes are opened as counting begins in the Scottish Independence Referendum at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh
Ballot boxes are opened as counting begins in the Scottish Independence Referendum at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh

GLASGOW, Scotland — Early returns reported in Scotland indicate that a referendum weighing independence is losing.

The Scotsman newspaper reported that Yes votes are running in the low 40th percentile. However, only 2 of 36 polling stations have reported.

A Yes vote favors breaking Scotland off from Britain — England, Northern Ireland and Wales — after more than 300 years.

In London, British Prime Minister David Cameron will Friday set out plans for a landmark reform of the UK constitution based on the Scottish independence vote, even though it’s failing, The Scotsman reported.

Scots appear to be backing a No vote after the early election declarations around the country, from the remote windswept islands in the north to the tenements of Glasgow.

Please check back for further results.

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