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A date with destiny

HISTORY has been made after Alex Salmond and David Cameron signed the deal that will pave the way for a legally watertight independence referendum in 2014.

shake-up: David Cameron and Alex Salmond outside St Andrew's House before the signing of the historic Edinburgh Agreement. Picture: Getty Images
shake-up: David Cameron and Alex Salmond outside St Andrew's House before the signing of the historic Edinburgh Agreement. Picture: Getty Images

Scotland's voters are in control of their country's destiny after the two leaders signed the Edinburgh Agreement at the Scottish Government's headquarters, St Andrew's House, in the capital.

An Order under Section 30 of the 1998 Scotland Act will transfer powers to Holyrood, allowing a single- question referendum to take place by the end of 2014.

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