Ed Miliband accused the pro-independence campaign of "ugly" tactics after campaigners hurled abuse at him in chaotic scenes during a visit to Edinburgh.

Mr Miliband told the BBC: "I think we have seen in parts of this campaign an ugly side to it from the Yes campaign.

"I think debates should be conducted in a civilised way, I think that's very, very important, but I understand that passions run high.

"What I've enjoyed about this campaign, including today when I get the chance, is meeting people who are genuinely undecided."

Brian Taylor
Political editor, Scotland

It is an intriguing element to this last couple of days. On the issue of plausibility, those who support independence say this cannot be guaranteed to go through. They say in the event of a No vote, the atmosphere would change, that there are grumbling Conservatives on the backbenches of Westminster who distrust new powers for Scotland.

Supporters of this plan say that all of that is trumped by the fact that it is the three big parties at Westminster - Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour - jointly agreeing to put this forward.

Ben Mundy
Newsbeat reporter

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Referendum Tonight on BBC Radio Scotland is your late night round-up of the day's events from the campaign.

Andrew Black will be looking back on today's stories, speeches and debates and looking ahead to what we can expect from the final day of campaigning.

We'll also have perspectives on the debate from Iceland and from Ayrshire.

Referendum Tonight is on 810 medium wave and on digital radio between 23:00 and midnight.

Over 60% of adults in England and Wales think Scotland should remain part of the union, a new poll has revealed.

The TNS poll, external asked 1124 people over the age of 18: "Do you personally think that Scotland should become an independent country?"

18% said Yes, 63% said No and 19% said Don't Know.

55% of those who took part in the poll say they care about the outcome of the referendum, while 47% say Scottish independence would have no impact on their lives.

David Porter
Westminster correspondent

There have been a number of Conservative MPs at Westminster who are a little bit perturbed - let's put it no more strongly than that.

They are a little bit perturbed that they see these extra powers being offered to Scotland when it has not been discussed in the Westminster parliament and they think that not enough consideration has gone into this.

That said there are some MPs, such as the Labour MP Graham Allen, who has done a great deal of work on looking at constitutional change - in fact he heads a select committee at Westminster which looks at constitutional change.

When I was speaking to him this afternoon he said he believes that the extra powers which are being offered to Scotland are a very good thing because he thinks it will lead to extra devolution throughout the rest of the United Kingdom.

Scottish Health Secretary Alex Neil told the BBC that the reported £400m to £450m in cuts to the Scottish health service was "not being contemplated".

He said: "What is being contemplated are 3.5% efficiency savings so that we prioritise where we spend the money. So any money saved will be reinvested in the frontline services of the NHS in Scotland.

"We have been doing that for years. They have been doing it down south but they don't reinvest the money in frontline services. We do."

The Scottish Government's Health Secretary Alex Neil told BBC News: "We have not been lying to people at all.

"We are not going to be cutting the NHS budget. We have passed a budget for this year and we have published a budget for next year and both of those show a substantial increase in spending for the NHS.

"We are under pressure because of the cuts in London, which is why the budget for the NHS should be set in Scotland and not determined as a percentage of the health budget in England."

David Porter
Westminster correspondent

There are very few specifics in this pledge but I think it is more important that it is the three leaders signing a pledge which is on the front page of the Daily Record newspaper this morning.

That gives them very little wriggle room if there is a No vote to try and in any way resile from that in the future.

Scottish Labour MSP Jackie Baillie told BBC News: "Just imagine if you woke up on Friday having voted Yes to then be confronted by a substantial package of health service cuts delivered by the SNP."

She added: "What we are promising, if people vote No on Thursday, is a package of powers that is far safer than risking independence. Within those powers is the power to raise income tax. I am genuinely of the view that guarantees the funding of the NHS."

Labour's Jackie Baillie told BBC News: "What we have seen today is the SNP's biggest lie of the entire referendum campaign completely exposed.

"They make claims that you have to vote Yes on Thursday to protect the NHS yet quietly in secret back-deal rooms across Scotland what we have is the SNP secretly planning £450m-worth of cuts.

"That's cuts to frontline services. That's emergency services in my local hospital and in hospitals across Scotland."

Yes campaigners Business for Scotland say they have reached "a membership milestone".

The organisation said 500 more people had signed a declaration backing its stance in the past month, bringing the total to more than 3,000.

Recent signatories, it said, included Airlink founder John McGlynn, EnerMech chief executive Doug Duguid, Aberdeen businessmen Mike Wilson of Epic Group and Allan Porter of the Searoute Group.

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Brian Taylor
Political editor, Scotland

Perhaps it might help if we took a little look at the pledge of more powers set out by the pro Union parties today.

The one that was trailed last night by Gordon Brown and covered on the telly and the wireless.

Firstly, it would appear to confirm the prime minister's acknowledgement that any notion of deferring the issue of more powers - conceptually if not yet in agreed detail - has been abandoned.

No more talk of settling the question of independence then turning to more powers. The pro-Union parties have seemingly concluded that they must be more upfront, now, about their plans.

Read Brian's full blog here.

On BBC Scotland's Newsdrive from 1700 - Reaction to promise by main UK party leaders to devolve more powers to Scotland, if there is a "No" vote

Scotsman senior reporter Martyn McLaughlin tweets, external: ICM #indyref poll for The Scotsman will be published at 9pm tonight

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Ed Miliband had to abandon planned media interviews in Edinburgh's St James Shopping Centre when he was surrounded by a "melee of pro and anti independence supporters", according to the BBC's Norman Smith.

It looks like voters in the referendum could enjoy a warm walk to the polling stations.

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