Derek, Scotland: Lorna, 14:07: Perhaps the old voted NO because they are experienced with detecting when a story doesn't add up. Let's not pretend this wasn't a massive endorsement of the union. YES failed to win the argument on every level.

Tom, Glasgow: I'm angry today: angry at the dyed in the wool Labour voters who only vote Labour because they always Labour; notwithstanding the fact that their 'new Labour' party is now so far to the right and in bed with the Tories; and I'm angry at the older voters who only had their self interests at heart over the needs of young people and the future of this country.

Norman Smith
BBC Assistant Political Editor

It's only anecdotal - but vox popping folk in Glasgow city centre - there seems a remarkable lack of rancour over #indyref vote #lifegoeson

Hywel Griffith
BBC Wales Health correspondent

If David Cameron thought that offer to put Wales at the centre of the debate over a new UK would find him some friends in the Welsh Assembly this morning, he was wrong.

Labour's Carwyn Jones, the First Minister for Wales, rounded on him pretty quickly, accusing David Cameron of almost sleepwalking into disaster over Scotland and now potentially doing the same over the rest of the UK.

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For two years, Jones has been calling on a UK constitutional convention. That, it seems, isn't going to happen in three months. The real problem for Welsh Labour here is two-fold: they don't have much leverage. This discussion, increasingly, is going over the relationship between Scotland and England.

Secondly, one for the Welsh MPs. Not the West Lothian question, but the Clwyd West problem, because Labour has 26 MPs here in Wales. If you take them out of Westminster, clearly that causes a headache next May.

So, the response to that offer from David Cameron - cool, I have to say. People do want more powers, but they want a proper seat at the table too.

Laura Kuenssberg
BBC Newsnight

Alex Salmond press conference has been delayed for hours...

While more than 1.6 million Scots voted Yes, the campaign only topped four of Scotland's 32 local authority areas.

See the breakdown of the vote.

Andy Martin
BBC Ireland Correspondent

I think the big question for Northern Ireland is can it handle any more devolution? Can it handle any more power?

Government here in Stormont is not like anywhere else in the United Kingdom. We have a mandatory collation of five different parties. The two main parties - the DUP is a centre right unionist party, and the other party Sinn Fein is a hard left nationalist party. They don't agree on very much.

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First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness are at loggerheads at the moment over the implementation of welfare reform which hasn't happened in Northern Ireland and as a consequence it will cost the budget here £84m this year, £114m next year.

The question arises: if they got further tax-raising powers or if they got the ability to have more power over their financial affairs, would they be able to manage that? The one thing they do agree is corporation tax should be devolved.

Two quotes to leave you with. Peter Robinson: "There is no point in giving the executive more powers. It is not capable of controlling the powers they have."

And Arlene Foster, of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, says there needs to be a "huge dose of reality".

Andy Maciver, who voted No and is a panellist on The Big Debate, says it is easier to run a campaign for change than a campaign for the status quo.

"No ran the wrong campaign for 90% of it because they ran a campaign on telling Scotland they couldn't do something which actually they could do."

Daniel Johnson, speaking on The Big Debate, says Scotland is now a "different place". He adds: "There is a sense of opportunity and a change in the air and that is actually really very exciting."

Louise Batchelor, Yes campaigner, says she is finding it hard to be positive about the result.

"I feel as if I'm at a funeral for an idea that could have been realised last night and wasn't and you have to do that thing that you do at a funeral for a friend of brightly smiling."

She fears the nation is moving towards a period of "nasty politics", adding the referendum was a "wasted opportunity".

Andrew Black
Political reporter, BBC Scotland

Scotland's local government minister, Derek Mackay, encapsulates one of the key Scottish government messages of today, that more powers must now be delivered by the UK government.

He stops short of suggesting there'd be another independence referendum if there's any dithering, but adds: "Westminster is not off the hook".

Carolyn Leckie, former Scottish socialist MSP and member of Women for Independence, tells the Big Debate she is disappointed by the result but is "really proud" of the Yes campaign.

"The Yes campaign in general was extremely positive, creative, visionary, inclusive, democratic, wanted to have people discussing things."

Entrepreneur Richard Branson tweets, external: This referendum was a vote for change, and change begins today. #indyref

Gary Robertson is joined at BBC Pacific Quay by an audience of young voters and the following panel members:

• Carolyn Leckie, a former Scottish socialist MSP who backed a Yes vote

• Andy Maciver, former head of communications for the Conservative Party, who backed a No vote

• Louise Batchelor, journalist who campaigned for a Yes vote

• Daniel Johnson, from Business Together, a group who campaigned for a No vote

Daily Telegraph Scottish political reporter Ben Riley-Smith tweets, external: 72% of 16/17yr-olds voted Yes - more than any other age group. Polls got that completely wrong. Ballot extension didn't 'backfire' on SNP.

Al Jazeera English correspondent Alan Fisher tweets, external: I never thought I'd see a Scottish #indyref in my lifetime. I don't think I'll see another. That's how democracy works.

Bethan Scotford: This shows democracy at work and at its best! A historic and totally exemplary example of how Democracy is meant to work, and how democracy can work. Congratulations to all Scottish people for being so articulate and informed about the issues involved, and for turning up to vote, so that the result is truly representative of the 'will of the people'. An impressive people! They have paved the way for newer steps to be taken across Britain, in terms of political re-formation.

Andy in Newcastle upon Tyne: I'm reminded of an analogy as we look forward to the UK continuing but with the inevitable calls for change. Whether or not to be a member of a club is an individual's choice. But what the club rules are is for all of its members to decide.

Jase Ayathorai: To accept defeat with dignity is to be honourable. But to try to couch defeat within the context of scaremongering is an insult to the ability of Scots to think and make rational decisions!

Remember, you can keep up to date with all the latest reaction and analysis from the Scottish referendum on television, on radio and online.

On BBC One Scotland, there are regular updates through the afternoon before a special Reporting Scotland between 18:30 and 19:30.

Then, Sarah Smith hosts a referendum special of Scotland 2014 from 22:30.

London Mayor Boris Johnson says: "I'm absolutely thrilled the country I grew up in is whole and entire and intact. It's really wonderful... what we need to do now is for everybody cool off, simmer down a bit and try to sort out some of these constitutional promises made to Scotland in a way that's totally fair to England, London and the rest of the country."

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Mr Johnson, who recently announced he would stand as an MP in the general election sparking speculation he is chasing David Cameron's job, adds: "We need to work out how to make sense of the promises to the Scots - the financial promises - the perpetuation of the Barnett formula for instance - in such a way that doesn't disadvantage the rest of the country and in such a way that doesn't make a nonsense of democracy at Westminster. We need to do it in a very careful way."

The Big Debate with Gary Robertson is getting under way on BBC Radio Scotland. We'll bring you a flavour of what voters have to say on the result.

Andrew Black
Political reporter, BBC Scotland

I've just arrived in a very empty Scottish Parliament building - then again it's always pretty deserted on a Friday. But things will crank up again next Tuesday when MSPs reconvene to hear First Minister Alex Salmond's next move, when he makes a statement to Holyrood.

The number of tweets about the Referendum has dropped to under 50,000 between 1pm and 2pm. The figure is down 13% on the previous hour.

Top tweet , externalin the last hour has come from Wired: "Designers everywhere thank Scotland. Long live the Union Jack, a true design masterpiece" along with a picture of the union flag. It was retweeted 311 times.

Currently, one of the most influential accounts is New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, external. He tweeted: "Scotland's 'No' Vote: A Loss for Pollsters and a Win for Betting Markets."

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