Yes or no, which are you? That's the only question in Scotland at the moment. I get asked it a lot myself when I interview referendum campaigners from both sides. I was even asked it by our own Richard Bacon.

 

When it happens, I make like Zippy  -  the kids' tv character who has a zip instead of a mouth. Honestly I'm glad my job demands strict neutrality. This story of high passion combined with huge historic significance couldn't be done any other way.

 

My moment of the week was standing between Yes and No campaigners on Buchanan Street in Glasgow. I turned my microphone one way and it picked up the chant "Scotland says no". I turned it the other and it was "Scotland says yes". There could be no clearer indication that right now this is a divided country.

 

Later that day I was with Yes campaigners in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow. There was much excitement in their office as they got ready to unveil a new secret weapon - an ice-cream van done up with Yes logos.  It'll tour the streets of this working-class area of the city, blasting out all the familiar jingles, combined with loudspeaker messages encouraging people to get out and vote yes.  Sadly no double 99s will be on offer, but no doubt some people will be as delighted to see it as a real ice-cream van.  Others not so much.

 

Of course the big question is, who will win? But there is a second one, almost as important: what happens to all those people, it might be close to half the population, who wake up to a future they didn't vote for? Because this is not like a normal election. There won't be another go at it in five years.  I put that to the veteran independence campaigner, Jim Sillars. He told me if it was a yes, by next summer it'd be hard to find anyone who'd admit to having voted no.  If it goes the other way, those who've always favoured independence will still be here.  Whether their organisation will remain a mass movement, that's another question.

 

But as I look forward to the big night and the morning after - possibly the biggest reporting challenge of my career - I suspect that the Scotland I've got to know since I moved here in 1990 will never be quite the same again.  And that'll be true whether it's a no or a yes.

 

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On November 10th and 11th Victoria Derbyshire will broadcast from Rocinha, one of the largest favelas (slums) in Rio de Janeiro. It’s not far from where the England squad’s main base is due to be when they arrive for the World Cup next June. Ahead of the tournament Victoria will be finding out what supporters making the journey to South America can expect.

Brazil has a population of 196.6 million (UN 2011), in 2011 around 16 million people (8.5% of the population) were living in extreme poverty, defined as having 70 reais (£27) or less a month. The country though is one of the rising economic powers - otherwise known as BRIC nations - together with Russia, India, China and South Africa. It’s estimated there are one million crack cocaine users in Brazil and the latest crime figures show that 406 people were murdered in Rio and the surrounding state in just one month (August 2013). Rio itself is home to more than 600 favelas.

At the moment Brazil is getting the kind of attention it could do without before a World Cup. Protests across the country have become increasingly violent. Beginning in June, as a response to rising public transport costs, the protests have developed into a movement against poor public services, the cost of staging next year's World Cup and better working conditions for teachers. We’ll be speaking to some of those involved who have vowed to continue demonstrating right up to the World Cup finals.

Since 2008 armed police units (Pacifying Police Units or UPP), backed by soldiers and marines, have been going into Rio's favelas to drive out criminal gangs, and establish the first permanent police presences. It’s part of a strategy to take control of Rio's poor districts from drug-traffickers before next year's World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. The figure for how many favelas have been pacified so far is only just over 30. Leaving hundreds still in the control of criminal gangs.

Rocinha was pacified in November 2011. Hundreds of special forces police and navy commandos backed by armoured military vehicles and helicopters moved into the slum before dawn.

We’ll also report from a favela under the control of drugs lords - a no-go zone for police - where shootings are common and drugs are sold openly in markets on the street. Traffickers are known as the ‘parallel power’, running favelas as their own kingdoms. They build the roads and schools, and mete out their own kind of justice: beatings for thieves, heads shaved for fighting.

Around 400 local people are killed by police in Rio every year. We'll meet the sister of a man alleged to have been tortured and murdered by police in his hometown. Ten officers have been arrested, and she is campaigning to find his body.

We’ll hear from prostitutes learning English to try and attract World Cup fans next summer. They reckon they will be sleeping with 40 men a day during the competition.

Two years ago Brazil announced it was spending £1.4 billion to tackle what has been described as a "crack cocaine epidemic". It is estimated the country has one million crack-cocaine users, we’ll be visiting a clinic where crack addicts are treated to hear from patients and staff.

We’ll also report from inside football's Mecca - the Maracana stadium – where the World Cup final is due to be held on 13 July, 2014. We'll sit with fans of the Brazil’s biggest team Flamengo and see for ourselves the passion Brazilians have for the game.

Victoria Derbyshire will be broadcasting from Brazil on Sunday 10 November at 8.30pm and Monday 11 November at 10am.

See more photos from Rocinha here.

How many people have travelled to space? Any ideas? Since Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space in 1961 less than 600 others have joined his exclusive club. That number could increase rapidly in 2014 if private firms manage to carry out the first successful commercial flights to the edge of space. 

As 5 live’s main technology show, Saturday Edition regularly looks at developments and plans for space travel – and on Saturday 22nd, we’re taking a deeper look.

Many more people will soon be able to experience a spaceflight, a prolonged period of weightlessness, and to see Earth in a way few people have before. Virgin Galactic are, of course, leading the new commercial space race, but it’s by no means certain that they’ll win. Hot on their heels is a Dutch company called Space Expedition Corporation (SXC), and there are many, many others.

You’ll hear from Michiel Mol from SXC and we’ve also been speaking to Virgin Galactic’s CEO and former NASA chief of staff George Whitesides. You’ll also hear from a much smaller British operation, Starchaser, who are working on their own rocket capable of carrying a crew.

But could anyone now become an astronaut (the so-called 'right stuff' of the Tom Wolfe book) with the right physical and mental characteristics to do the job?

We’ll ask ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli  just that. He’s a fascinating man with some eye-opening insight into just what it takes. Obviously, space is not without its dangers too, and Dr Kevin Fong, co-director of the Centre for Altitude, Space and Extreme environment medicine at University College London, will explain just what weightlessness (and solar radiation) can do to the human body.

Co-incidentally, there are two big space anniversaries to celebrate this week. Fifty years ago, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space, and 30 years ago this week, Sally Ride became the first female astronaut.

Britain’s first astronaut was Helen Sharman – and yet, if you tot up the number of astronauts, cosmonauts and taikonauts who are female, it’s only a very small proportion of the total number.

But things are changing, and 2013 is shaping up to be a good year for female space crew. Two of whom are in orbit, above our heads right now.

One of those women is Wang Yaping of China, who’s currently working on the Tiangong 1 space station. We’ll find out more about China’s space ambitions from the author of China in Space, Brian Harvey.

One of China’s aspirations is to land on Mars by 2050, but the red planet is also in the sights of other companies, and other governments. President Obama spoke about the USA’s aim to have a base on Mars even earlier by 2030.

You’ll hear from the team behind Mars One, who say they’ll have a Mars colony up and running by 2023. Thousands of people have already volunteered for it – but I warn you, it’s a one-way trip.

And lastly what of the future? You’ll hear from the Astronomer Royal, Professor Martin Rees, who will give his view of human exploration and colonisation of the solar system and beyond…

So join us on Saturday– we’ve got quite a trip planned for you. 

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