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0:00:07 > 0:00:09The host for the 2014 Commonwealth Games will be Glasgow.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11CHEERING
0:00:11 > 0:00:15Seven years ago, Glasgow won the bid to host the 20th Commonwealth Games.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18This summer, athletes from 70 countries
0:00:18 > 0:00:21and millions of visitors will pour into the city.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25And Glasgow's rundown East End
0:00:25 > 0:00:28will have had a multimillion pound make-over.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35But where sporting dreams are made, communities can get destroyed.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Look, that's where Gran's house used to be.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41For the last four years we've followed
0:00:41 > 0:00:44the people of Dalmarnock in Glasgow's East End...
0:00:45 > 0:00:49..to see what happens when the Games come to town.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54As work on the Games heads into its final lap it's creating big opportunities.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I'd like to be there, at the front of the Games.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58I want to be saying I 've taken part in Glasgow 2014.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00New housing.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03When will I get one of those new houses?
0:01:03 > 0:01:05And a chance to make big bucks.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Look at this. Got to admire the view where the pounds are coming.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12With Scotland's largest ever sporting event
0:01:12 > 0:01:16just around the corner, what will be the legacy for this community?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Other people who are going to stage Games will come and say
0:01:20 > 0:01:24what's in it for the community? And they can point to Glasgow, they can
0:01:24 > 0:01:28point to Dalmarnock and say, there you go, they created their own.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30CHEERING
0:01:30 > 0:01:33That velodrome will be turned into a bingo hall after the Games.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37It'll be called the Chris Hoy Bingodrome.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04January 2013, just a year and a half to the Games.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Four miles from Glasgow city centre in the East End, is Dalmarnock,
0:02:10 > 0:02:14where the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and Emirates Arena have just opened.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19It's all coming together now, you know.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21This is where you see it all happening.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24It's really, really taken off, so it is.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Come on, do your job!
0:02:28 > 0:02:33Behind the hoardings a new village for 6,500 athletes is taking shape.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Despite over £1 billion being spent in the area so far,
0:02:41 > 0:02:46this half square mile still remains one of the UK's most deprived areas.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48And with an ever shrinking population,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50a quarter of what it once was in its heyday,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53the community are counting down the days until the Games.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Let the Games begin.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Let the two weeks go as best as they can, but after that, let people
0:03:00 > 0:03:03just get back to a bit of normality and get on with their lives.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Like a number of people in the area I'm Commonwealth Games-ed out.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14In the centre of Dalmarnock live the Faulds family -
0:03:14 > 0:03:17mum, Amanda, and seven kids.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21BABY SCREAMS
0:03:21 > 0:03:23INTERVIEWER: How old is he now?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Um... He just turned one. No, wait...
0:03:26 > 0:03:30With so many siblings it can be hard for eldest Cameron to keep track.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34I think he's one. Aye, he just turned one.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Oh, she's actually letting you do it!
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Across the road works dad, Darren, Dalmanock's local entrepreneur.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49- That's fine. Right. Nae bother. - See you later.- See you later.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Dalmarnock's my homeland, my father's father's father's
0:03:52 > 0:03:56father's always been from here and I've always taken pride in that.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Two years earlier, Darren was forced to shut his two shops
0:04:02 > 0:04:04and cafe to make way for the Athletes' Village.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10The end of a great era, in the history of Dalmarnock.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12But there was an upside.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14The compensation helped pay for Cameron to enrol
0:04:14 > 0:04:17at one of Glasgow's top private schools.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21I'm sure it's every mum and dad's dream,
0:04:21 > 0:04:23getting their weans sent to a private school.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Finally, after two years lying empty,
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Darren's shops and Dalmarnock's last tenement were demolished.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Heartbreaking. Eye watering...
0:04:34 > 0:04:36..seeing it all.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Ohhh!
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Right, ladies, come on, we'll do this together.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Now he's running a temporary shop.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51He's just heard the council's plans for the new Dalmarnock.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53It's the stupidest thing to do.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56For three year practically, not a fucking shop, nothing.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Pulled that building down, destroyed the shops,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01left it for two or three year, and they announce
0:05:01 > 0:05:05that they're going to rebuild the shops here, after the Games go.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07There's nothing you can do.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Once they've made the decision it's made and that's it.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12They're not interested in the likes of us. Couldn't care less.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I know, they just pulled the plug, full steam ahead, who gives a fuck?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I've been born here. I mean, for God's sake.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19All your life, haven't you?
0:05:19 > 0:05:2272. I was born and bred here.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- The Games, I wish we'd never got them.- So do I.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- That's it.- We're left with nothing. - That's it.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Commonwealth Games - they're not for us.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32HE CHUCKLES
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Next door, works community centre manager
0:05:39 > 0:05:41and fellow East Ender, Yvonne Kucuk.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49I love the fact that the place I was born in, where the
0:05:49 > 0:05:53majority of my family live in, is going to benefit out of the Games.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Last year Yvonne became councillor for Glasgow's Calton Ward,
0:05:56 > 0:06:01which includes Dalmarnock and the area she grew up in, the Barras.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08As a 16-year-old, I had a stall in the Barras market.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Most people here
0:06:10 > 0:06:13came from families who earned their living from the Barras,
0:06:13 > 0:06:17but over the last few years, the Barras in particular
0:06:17 > 0:06:20fell into decline, so I was delighted to become the elected member.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Yvonne's old stomping ground is on the main road
0:06:24 > 0:06:27to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and Emirates Arena.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32At the heart of the Barras, the world famous Barrowland.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35My mammy, her sisters, they all danced there.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39My daddy danced there, it's where they met I think.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44In 2010, Yvonne found out the council were going to demolish
0:06:44 > 0:06:48her community centre, but had no plans to build a new one.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Wee Dalmarnock, who's ignored, trampled on, jumped on top of,
0:06:52 > 0:06:54has to fix it itself.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56She tried to drum up support.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00What we're saying here is, we need you to deliver the dream.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03This is so important, yous can change lives,
0:07:03 > 0:07:08not just a legacy talking shop, yous can actually really change lives.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11But after two years of getting nowhere, Yvonne decided
0:07:11 > 0:07:14if you can't beat them, join them, and became a councillor.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Who'd have thought I'd have ended up here?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I feel a fake. Do you understand?
0:07:22 > 0:07:23I don't know...
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Now in 2013, with barely a year and a half to the Games,
0:07:28 > 0:07:32there's still no plans for a new community centre.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36This is a small community organisation, with big hopes
0:07:36 > 0:07:39and aspirations, obviously, because it's hosting the Games,
0:07:39 > 0:07:43and you think, just because things are the right thing to do, they
0:07:43 > 0:07:47should be easy, but not everybody's got that perception.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Yvonne is now wrestling with the re-mapping of Dalmarnock.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55The main road through Springfield Road,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57previously the heart of the area,
0:07:57 > 0:08:01was Dalmarnock's Community Centre with shops beside it.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Now the shops have been demolished,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06the new Athletes' Village dominates one side of the road.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11And at the top of the road is the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and Emirates Arena.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15But there's an available plot of land in front of the Emirates Arena,
0:08:15 > 0:08:17which Yvonne thinks provides the perfect solution.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Tonight she wants to sell her idea to the locals
0:08:26 > 0:08:28so she's called a meeting at the community centre.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Now, look at all that lying empty.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Looking at the big velodrome, big new road, the big car park
0:08:39 > 0:08:42in front of the velodrome, the new Athletes' Village.
0:08:42 > 0:08:49It's fucking bollocks. Look, nae a fucking stone turned in it.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Yvonne's idea involves Glasgow-based developer Kevin Fawcett,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55who's hoping to build a £44 million hotel
0:08:55 > 0:08:58and retail development on this plot.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02He's offering Yvonne a slice of the pie.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Kevin approached us, says, "Look, I hear you're having a bit
0:09:06 > 0:09:11"of an issue in finding a location, I have an option to buy this land."
0:09:15 > 0:09:19It's the ideal location for her dream community centre,
0:09:19 > 0:09:22complete with a doctor's surgery and a nursery.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28For this community, who has been at the mercy of the Games
0:09:28 > 0:09:30and the preparation for the Games for the past five years,
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I think they're due it.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I think they're due the legacy, I think they're well overdue it.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43We've negotiated 375 new jobs,
0:09:43 > 0:09:47guaranteed interviews, for any person in this room who wants to work.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50We're going to put in training for anybody that wants trained,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53that's looking to work in the hotel or the retail development
0:09:53 > 0:09:55that's going to come off the back of that.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58We would like to be sited right in the heart of the action.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00INDISTINCT OBJECTION
0:10:00 > 0:10:05But the community isn't as taken with the new location as Yvonne is.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Aye, see if you want to show all us where you want the centre,
0:10:08 > 0:10:12- ask the people that stay in Dalmarnock.- Yes!
0:10:12 > 0:10:17- I'm 80 and I'm not going to go away up to there.- Exactly!
0:10:17 > 0:10:19CHEERING
0:10:19 > 0:10:21For many, the community centre represents
0:10:21 > 0:10:23the heart of the old Dalmarnock.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26A feeling which local boy David shares.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31The problem is, right, a few years ago there was a lot of land deals
0:10:31 > 0:10:34made in Dalmarnock. All the land has been sold away, this is what's
0:10:34 > 0:10:37happened. It's not in Glasgow City Council's hands, so we've no land.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41All the land's in private developers' land. The only land
0:10:41 > 0:10:44we can get our hands on is the land up that road. There's no other land.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46If we don't take that land, we're blown out the water.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48No community centre.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Yvonne and David now have an uphill battle to persuade
0:10:51 > 0:10:54the community to agree to the move beside the Emirates Arena.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Back in 2010, David Stewart was 19 and heading in the wrong direction.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- You ready?- I'm ready.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Right, I think the Commonwealth Games is
0:11:05 > 0:11:07one of the best things to happen to this community.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Fucking...
0:11:09 > 0:11:13They're building it up from a decrepit..shithole to a nice area.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14LAUGHTER
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Growing up in Dalmarnock, male teenagers have just
0:11:19 > 0:11:22a 50-50 chance of making it to their 65th birthday,
0:11:22 > 0:11:26due to factors like drugs, alcohol and violence.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Got a tag on me and all that, like a stopwatch.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- Show them.- Want to see the tag?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32She's like, "Aye," as well!
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Possession and attempting to supply a class A drug,
0:11:36 > 0:11:40attempted murder and a serious racial assault.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42It was a close shave for David.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Unlike some of his peers, he managed to stay out of prison
0:11:45 > 0:11:48and began volunteering at the community centre.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Yvonne became kind of a mentor, probably say she still is a mentor,
0:11:52 > 0:11:57just now in terms of, you know, showing a positive route to take.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Now in 2013,
0:11:59 > 0:12:03David is fighting for some Games legacy for his community.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08People have lived here for generations.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Most people in this room have grew up here
0:12:10 > 0:12:12and deserve a piece of what's coming, you know?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14This is the benefits that we always...
0:12:14 > 0:12:19In 2007 we said, "That's what we want." So we're taking that forward.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Across the road it's the construction site for
0:12:29 > 0:12:30the Athletes' Village.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34It's being built right on the banks of the River Clyde.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41I swam in these waters.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I'm just glad my mum's not alive to kind of batter me
0:12:44 > 0:12:46but I remember when I was a young boy, about 14 years old,
0:12:46 > 0:12:4915 years old, swimming from one bank to the other.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55One of the many behind the new Dalmarnock is Councillor George Redmond.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Somewhere between three-quarters of a billion to a billion-pound
0:13:00 > 0:13:02investment in this area, you know.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05I'm not saying that I'm delivering all of it,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08but I'd like to think I've had a big influence in most of it.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Will we put it up on the wall somewhere?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18George is now in his fourth term in office.
0:13:20 > 0:13:26I've met Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan, Prince Edward, Princess Anne,
0:13:26 > 0:13:27I've met the Queen.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30For a wee boy like me, in terms of the family
0:13:30 > 0:13:33I grew up in, the person I would probably want to have met
0:13:33 > 0:13:35in my life growing up would be the Queen, absolutely no
0:13:35 > 0:13:38doubt about it, and I think to get to meet her was absolutely fantastic.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43His ward includes Dalmarnock, where he was born and bred.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46I think the best place for us to start would be the...
0:13:46 > 0:13:50up at the Emirates Arena.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58Just a few years ago, none of this really existed
0:13:58 > 0:14:01but now starting to see a huge difference, you know.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05We've got the Emirates Arena, £133 million.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10Clyde Gateway Avenue, we're attracting new businesses in there.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19This is the new train station, here, Steven.
0:14:19 > 0:14:25It's things like that, on its own, £10 million,
0:14:25 > 0:14:26it's investment in the area.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28By and large it's went unnoticed.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30People don't even appreciate it
0:14:30 > 0:14:33because of the scale of change that's taken place.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Someone who has noticed is Dalmarnock's top entrepreneur,
0:14:37 > 0:14:38Darren.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40All right, Joe?
0:14:41 > 0:14:45He's picked up the lease of the area's last remaining pub,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49sited across the road from the new train station.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Despite over 25 pubs going out of business
0:14:52 > 0:14:55every week in the UK, Darren reckons Dalmarnock's future is bright.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Come and admire the view, where the pounds are coming.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Look at this, look.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10150 car park spaces before your very eyes,
0:15:10 > 0:15:14and there's the big office block, it's just ready to kick off.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18The council has just announced that land beside Darren's pub,
0:15:18 > 0:15:21which has laid derelict for years, is about to be transformed
0:15:21 > 0:15:24into a prime business and commercial development.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30The businesses of Dalmarnock are going to gain more out of this bit
0:15:30 > 0:15:33than the Athletes' Village.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Money in the making.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39For pub regular Stuart, it comes at a cost.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41I love this area.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45The more it brings into this area the better it's going to be.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49It's just, I just don't like the thought of them
0:15:49 > 0:15:52breaking up schemes, cos it was the best scheme in the world
0:15:52 > 0:15:55and it's just gone downhill since they've started building,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58but obviously it's going to pick up again.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01And happy days.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05It's definitely going to take off eventually.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08And it'll be for the better, or they wouldn't be doing it all,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10simple as that.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Changes every day, you pass by something that's there,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14pass it the next day, it's away.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Blink your eyes and you'd fucking miss it.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Grandmother-of-four Margaret Jaconelli has felt
0:16:30 > 0:16:32the effects of the transformation first-hand.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35We're going to see where Granny's house was. Come on.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41She's brought grandson Lucca to show him where she used to live,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44before the land was cleared for the Athletes' Village.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49Look, that's where Gran's house used to be.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53See it? Where the car park is.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56When you were a wee baby, you used to come to me and stay.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Yes. Good memories.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05And it's quite sad to see that they've not built anything here
0:17:05 > 0:17:08where we used to stay. You know what I mean?
0:17:08 > 0:17:11They've taken it down for a car park.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17When three-year-old Lucca was only a few months old,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Margaret was in the midst of a forced eviction.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26I'm only a wee woman from the East End of Glasgow, and I've got
0:17:26 > 0:17:31rights like everybody else, but the council is stealing my house off me,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34and I'm going to fight for it cos I'm not letting them away with it.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37The city council had served a compulsory purchase order,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39originally for £30,000.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41But the family refused to leave.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Stand back from the door, please.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47YELLING
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Finally, 20 months after eviction,
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Margaret and the council agreed compensation of £85,000.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58It's now March 2013.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Since her eviction two years ago, Margaret has been fighting
0:18:02 > 0:18:05for the right to legal aid in compulsory purchase.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09She's taking her case to the European Court of Human Rights.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Mike Dailly, my solicitor, he's trying to get us a date
0:18:13 > 0:18:17so that we can go forward and that we know what's happening.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Just trying to get a fair trial.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23The thing that worries me is a lot of people seem to think
0:18:23 > 0:18:26that you're just some old greedy granny
0:18:26 > 0:18:28trying to get a few quid out of the council
0:18:28 > 0:18:32but you've got quite a lot of support and I don't think a lot of people know that.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Yeah, I think it's because you are all close and I get
0:18:34 > 0:18:38the strength that you're helping me, because if I didn't have you and my
0:18:38 > 0:18:42family, I would have nobody, and I probably would have just go away
0:18:42 > 0:18:46into a wee shell, like everybody else and not go on fighting.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50People think regeneration is great. They don't realise it's clearances,
0:18:50 > 0:18:55and what they do is they come in and they clear the areas out, and then
0:18:55 > 0:18:59the speculators and the developers come in and buy all the land.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09At the University of Glasgow, Dr Libby Porter,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12an expert in regeneration, has taken a keen interest in Margaret's situation.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Cos that's a pretty appalling result
0:19:14 > 0:19:20and her story is a particularly hair-raising one, in my view,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23but it's a fairly kind of widespread phenomenon, to be honest.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28So CPO is the power that allows government authorities
0:19:28 > 0:19:30like Glasgow City Council
0:19:30 > 0:19:34to acquire people's properties in order to add them together,
0:19:34 > 0:19:39make a bigger title, and make that a developable piece of land.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43With more land needed, the council also had to deal with private
0:19:43 > 0:19:46developers, including one based in America.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50He purchased it for £45,000 in 1988
0:19:50 > 0:19:54and he sells it to council for £5.4 million.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59This a 2.5 hectare piece of land, it's relatively small.
0:19:59 > 0:20:05And we're talking about an increase in land value...
0:20:05 > 0:20:09price for land that is... mind-boggling.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14It's a 12,000% increase in 20 years.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18And I just don't see how it can be considered fair that those kinds
0:20:18 > 0:20:21of land deals are going on to develop something that's
0:20:21 > 0:20:26supposed to be, is lauded to be, about social and economic
0:20:26 > 0:20:29regeneration for this particular community.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33What it seems to me to be about is big developers
0:20:33 > 0:20:37and large land investment companies making enormous amounts
0:20:37 > 0:20:41of money on the back of this so-called regeneration scheme.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48When Dalmarnock was first proposed as the site for the Athletes' Village and Velodrome,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51many rushed in to buy land hoping to make a quick profit.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Caught in the middle of this game of land Monopoly
0:21:01 > 0:21:03is Dalmarnock community centre.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05The £44 million development which Yvonne
0:21:05 > 0:21:09wanted the new community centre to be part of, has collapsed.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13So we're still scraping about, looking for a piece of land
0:21:13 > 0:21:16and hopefully trying to get it built before next year.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18In time for the Games.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20She's feeding me. I'm getting fed.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- Two sugars and milk. - Yes, thank you, my darling.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28After years of setbacks, time is now running out.
0:21:30 > 0:21:36I actually believed that people would be tripping over themselves to assist us.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40No, actually over-compensating for what's happened here,
0:21:40 > 0:21:42and I find that that's not there.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44And I think that's sad.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49OK, the regeneration is vitally important, nobody could doubt that.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54We all welcome that, but I think a bit more thought about
0:21:54 > 0:21:58the consequences of displacement should have been looked at.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03With just 15 months to go till the Games,
0:22:03 > 0:22:06useable land is scarce, even if it doesn't look like it.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14Up until the 1970s, the area thrived with factories,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17heavy engineering and gas works employing many locals.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19CHEERING
0:22:23 > 0:22:27When the industries left, much of the land was contaminated,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30leaving Dalmarnock with Scotland's largest concentration
0:22:30 > 0:22:32of derelict industrial land.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37The plot Yvonne wanted to build on is now subject to
0:22:37 > 0:22:40a legal dispute about whether or not the land is contaminated.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51With the doctors' surgery being demolished today and the centre
0:22:51 > 0:22:53and play park scheduled for the next couple of weeks,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Yvonne has to find an alternative site
0:22:56 > 0:22:57for the community centre urgently.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00We are in the way.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03There's a massive development coming. There's a machine coming here
0:23:03 > 0:23:06called the Commonwealth Games. Of course we're in the way.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11It does get you down, but every day you just say, that's it, gloves on,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14back in there, ding-ding. I'm into about round 222 now,
0:23:14 > 0:23:19do you know what I'm saying, but I've not gave up yet.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30It's summer 2013
0:23:30 > 0:23:34and today officials from Team Nigeria are visiting Glasgow.
0:23:36 > 0:23:37We call it the Armadillo.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41You'll when you see it, it's very... a very particular shape.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45- This is the Hydro. Brand-new facility.- Brand-new?- yes.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Nigeria is just one of the 70 countries competing next year.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53But for the Games organisers, it's especially significant.
0:23:53 > 0:23:59This will be the venue for both artistic and rhythmic gymnastics.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Back in 2007, Abuja,
0:24:01 > 0:24:06capital of Nigeria, was Glasgow's rival to host the Games.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Well done!
0:24:11 > 0:24:14It'll be opened in August of this year and the first concert
0:24:14 > 0:24:17to take place is the famous Scottish musician Rod Stewart.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20He's old now, Rod Stewart.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24He's still going, he's still going strong.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27We used to call this the Medal Factory. Medal Factory.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34From what we have seen the standard is very high,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37the quality of the project is quite high too,
0:24:37 > 0:24:41and the progress is at 75%, which is very encouraging.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43POWER DRILL WHIRRS NEARBY Hang on a minute.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Hang on a minute, man.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48Hallelujah.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Hang on a minute, man. OK. DRILLING STOPS
0:24:51 > 0:24:55I can assure you, we're going back home happy and positive,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57positively,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00and we'll continue to improve in our preparedness. Thank you.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08This is a great legacy of the Games and it's named after Sir Chris Hoy,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11very famous Olympian, medal-winning athlete
0:25:11 > 0:25:13for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games
0:25:13 > 0:25:15and also the Olympic Games for Great Britain.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17A multi-use venue.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20It is something that's available to use by the general public
0:25:20 > 0:25:22which is really excellent,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24especially as this is the first indoor velodrome
0:25:24 > 0:25:26like this in Scotland.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Och, ya bastard!
0:25:34 > 0:25:37It's been months since the velodrome opened,
0:25:37 > 0:25:39but one of Dalmarnock's keenest cyclists, Bonesy,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41is yet to try it out.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- Not so good.- Fuck the can, right, fuck the can, right.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Plenty of time without the can.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50See if you got me a bit earlier!
0:25:51 > 0:25:53That's us settled now, know what I mean?
0:25:56 > 0:25:58I'm gonna do a wee burly, right?
0:25:58 > 0:26:00How long have you been here?
0:26:00 > 0:26:02All my life. Brilliant. Best place in Glasgow.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07He's at the next Olympics.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Aye, I'll be the next, er, Chris Hoy.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Where's Bonesy?
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Recently Bonesy and his brother Chas found some old home movies
0:26:19 > 0:26:21of Dalmarnock in the 1960s.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Hey, Stevie boy!
0:26:31 > 0:26:32This is rare.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39There's my boxer shorts out the back!
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Aye!
0:26:47 > 0:26:52ALL SPEAK AT ONCE
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Are we going to watch this or shout at the telly?
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- Malky.- There's wee Malky there, with the hair. Remember?
0:27:01 > 0:27:06- Big Dan.- Danny.- Drew.- Johnny boy. - Johnny boy there, aye.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Back then the place was thriving, with over 10,000 residents,
0:27:12 > 0:27:14and shops and jobs on every corner.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Look how busy it is then!
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- That's them all going to bingo.- This the woman my ma knows.- Mrs Hunter.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25That's her with the red coat on. Look.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33That's all gone now, Stevie.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36All that's all gone now. What you're seeing there.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Your ma's house got knocked down, my ma's house got knocked down.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43See if we could turn the clock back the now and, like...
0:27:43 > 0:27:45I'd rather be in those days than where we are here, the now.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50Then you could leave your door open, know what I mean? Now you can't.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Go back 20 year, 30 year, whatever -
0:27:52 > 0:27:55even fucking 50 year, 100 years -
0:27:55 > 0:27:58to me, Dalmarnock was always a luxury place to stay in.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Dalmarnock has changed now and it's all these new houses getting built.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05See everybody that stayed down here,
0:28:05 > 0:28:07they'll never get a flat back in there.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11See the only way you'll get a house in there if we private-let it.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Or buy one. None of us have got the money to buy one.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17The people of Dalmarnock's not benefiting out of this.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Bonesy's not as taken with the past as the others.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Fuck that carry on, they're all shouting they preferred it.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27No, fuck that. You know what I mean?
0:28:27 > 0:28:31Every cunt running about fucking starving.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32All that carry on.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38- Not for you, then? - Never seen one can of beer, did you?
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Never seen one can of beer. Not one Budweiser.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Across the road is Dalmarnock's future.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53After the Games the Athletes' Village will be
0:28:53 > 0:28:55converted into 700 new homes,
0:28:55 > 0:28:57400 of which are for social housing.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03Councillor George, who grew up here in the 1960s,
0:29:03 > 0:29:05is hoping this will bring back the community he once knew.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10It is the most modern,
0:29:10 > 0:29:12environmentally friendly housing development
0:29:12 > 0:29:14ever assembled in the United Kingdom.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17You know, and we're very, very proud of that,
0:29:17 > 0:29:19and we're very proud that people who live and have been brought up
0:29:19 > 0:29:22in Dalmarnock will get the opportunity to live here
0:29:22 > 0:29:23and actually experience it.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25When the boards come down,
0:29:25 > 0:29:28and the houses are there for people to see,
0:29:28 > 0:29:31and people from the area will say - "There's my new house."
0:29:31 > 0:29:33"That's the house that I'm going to be living in,
0:29:33 > 0:29:36"I'm going to be bringing up my kids."
0:29:36 > 0:29:39You know, and that, to me, is really what it's all about.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Getting to 2015, when these houses will be filled,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46and families will be, you know, living there,
0:29:46 > 0:29:49they'll be out their windows shouting on their kids to, to behave
0:29:49 > 0:29:51or come up for their dinner.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56George is working behind the scenes to bring back a primary school.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58There's going to be hundreds of kids here living in the area
0:29:58 > 0:30:00and obviously looking for a school,
0:30:00 > 0:30:04which will give them that platform to be successful in their life.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07And that's the real joy that I will have that,
0:30:07 > 0:30:10getting from the vision of creating a new neighbourhood
0:30:10 > 0:30:13to actually seeing it complete and finished and people enjoying it.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Across the road, the community centre is now closing.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42But there's been a major breakthrough.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46At the very last minute Glasgow City Council have found them some land.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51CLAPPING
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Right, so tell me, you guys must be walking on air now.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58Yes, we are. I am anyway, aye. It's been five years of hard work,
0:30:58 > 0:31:00and grim determination but we've got it.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07The council are now going to squeeze them onto a new plot of land.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Right next to the Emirates Arena.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15We've finally found a home, the best possible location,
0:31:15 > 0:31:17it's right there, on the thoroughfare,
0:31:17 > 0:31:19right in the heart of a new area,
0:31:19 > 0:31:23the new houses, the velodrome is our neighbour, so we're delighted.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28It seemed to be a bit slower than was necessary.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- But, ultimately...- A bit slower?! - A wee bit slower.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Six years since the announcement. A bit slow.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- But the council works in a kind of... - Mysterious ways!
0:31:37 > 0:31:40- It's that big tanker, trying to pull it around.- It's a big beastie.
0:31:40 > 0:31:45But I think they always knew that, or the senior officers knew,
0:31:45 > 0:31:51including the director, that unless we had something signed and agreed,
0:31:51 > 0:31:56legally binding, then, you know, we'd still be in a community centre...
0:31:56 > 0:31:58With nae electricity.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00Yes, probably no electricity!
0:32:00 > 0:32:03..but we'd still be in there with the generators
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- and the happy faces and... - Sleeping bags.- Mm-hm.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13The confidence is so high in the community just now
0:32:13 > 0:32:16that the hopes and aspirations are being achieved.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Young people like David Stewart - totally outstanding -
0:32:18 > 0:32:20his commitment for this community.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23Down, down... Down or I'll call your daddy.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25That's it, your daddy's getting phoned.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27You look back five years ago,
0:32:27 > 0:32:30just after the Games announcement where David was,
0:32:30 > 0:32:32and what his life was and his family background,
0:32:32 > 0:32:34they've actually used the catalyst of the Games
0:32:34 > 0:32:36to springboard to actually better their life.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39They're not just achieving, they're over-achieving -
0:32:39 > 0:32:42so that's something I'm immensely proud of.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Following in Yvonne's footsteps,
0:32:44 > 0:32:47David has just got a place at the University of Glasgow
0:32:47 > 0:32:49to study Community Development.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52He's the first of his family to get into further education.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56It's amazing. Couple of year and I'll have a degree.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59A lot of them don't start uni until they're 18 anyway.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- It's all right.- Doing it at that age will have an impact on your life.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Cos it's universities that'll determine your fate.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09A lot of them go to big schools, or private schools,
0:33:09 > 0:33:12to get the highers to get to fucking uni, you know what I mean?
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Darren's daughter Cameron is coming to the end of her first year
0:33:16 > 0:33:18at one of Glasgow's top private schools.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22- What do you want Cameron to do? - Sorry, bro?
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Cameron, what's she thinking about doing when she's older?
0:33:24 > 0:33:27I don't know. I'm just going to let my lassie.. She's loving it
0:33:27 > 0:33:31at school, you know. And hopefully just...
0:33:31 > 0:33:33she'll make the right decision.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Aye, to go somewhere. Go somewhere good.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37- That school can do more for them... - Definitely!
0:33:37 > 0:33:40..than I could ever imagine, you know.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50I shall unceremoniously try to climb up here
0:33:50 > 0:33:51with the high heels on.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Oh, dear!
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Plans for the new community centre are now under way,
0:33:59 > 0:34:01but it's hard to say goodbye to the old.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Right. The old reception.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09Oh, my God, listen to it echoing, look! Wow.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Oh, mam and dad - all squeezed in.
0:34:20 > 0:34:2330 years, aye? 30 years.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35I just think it's sad.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38David and development manager William share the moment.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Great events -
0:34:40 > 0:34:43the Christmas parties, the LEGENDARY Christmas parties.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Pensioners all drunk, wouldn't go home.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- Birthdays, funerals... - Birthdays, funerals... God, aye.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52The future's secure, I suppose,
0:34:52 > 0:34:57but it's just been one massive struggle.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59And it shouldn't have been this hard.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Demolition for the centre and play park
0:35:23 > 0:35:25is scheduled for the start of the school holidays.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30In the meantime, the community centre will move round the corner
0:35:30 > 0:35:32into an old tenement.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37You have to do this, look!
0:35:39 > 0:35:42At the top of the road, Bonesy and friends and family
0:35:42 > 0:35:45are about to try something for the first time.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47They live two minutes from the velodrome,
0:35:47 > 0:35:50but until today, it's been a world away.
0:35:52 > 0:35:53Look at the height of it!
0:35:53 > 0:35:55See the treadmills up there?
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Yep. Top man.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Mr Hoy.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08Did you get that bit, aye?
0:36:16 > 0:36:18HE CHUCKLES
0:36:24 > 0:36:25Naebody behind us, no?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27HE CHUCKLES
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Is there a bar round here?
0:36:42 > 0:36:44HE CHEERS
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Forgetting to turn the legs!
0:36:53 > 0:36:56The track is over 250m long,
0:36:56 > 0:36:59and made of specially imported Siberian pine.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02It's dodgy up there, innit?
0:37:02 > 0:37:03The bikes have no brakes.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Oh. Oh, my.
0:37:07 > 0:37:08There's a 44-degree incline.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Going to have a wee breather, right?
0:37:12 > 0:37:15And cyclists hit speeds that would bring a smile to any face.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21Pedal!
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Need to be going faster than that!
0:37:33 > 0:37:36HE SPLUTTERS
0:37:36 > 0:37:38MAN LAUGHS
0:37:38 > 0:37:40See the next time you come see us, he'll get the stabilisers on.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42It's easy.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58It's 6.00am,
0:37:58 > 0:38:00and Darren is opening Dalmarnock's first proper shop
0:38:00 > 0:38:02in over three years.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03How you doing?
0:38:04 > 0:38:06You don't want to go there.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11He's leasing a new shop in addition to the pub.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Slowly, he's rebuilding his empire.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15HORN BEEPS
0:38:18 > 0:38:20I sit here every morning,
0:38:20 > 0:38:24watching the sun coming up over the Athletes' Village.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28It's beautiful. Right there, you see it.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Beginning of a new era.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Hey, Margaret.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52His shop is a few minutes' walk
0:38:52 > 0:38:55from the entrance to the new Athletes' Village.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57With thousands of people moving here after the Games,
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Darren is hoping for some of the footfall.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05He's moved the business just in time.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07The old Dalmarnock is now a wasteland.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Lot more life down here, obviously.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- MAN:- So you're happy? - Aye. Lot happier.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Fucking two streets away, it's like a ghost town up there.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33It's September 2013, just ten months to the Games.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Along with 50,000 other hopefuls,
0:39:37 > 0:39:41David applied to be a volunteer, and today is his big interview.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48I think that many people applied that you need to go through
0:39:48 > 0:39:51the selection process just to even to be a volunteer, but...
0:39:53 > 0:39:54- Might be a lucky haircut.- Aye.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- Want some gel?- No, that's fine. - You sure?- It's fine.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03Velodrome - I'd love to be in there, volunteering.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07Welcoming people and actually speaking to people who...who come.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10About the fact that we've got a new community facility,
0:40:10 > 0:40:13the new play park, and actually seeing, you know,
0:40:13 > 0:40:16what we've benefited from it, but tell them the truth, you know?
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Tell people the truth that, aye, there was problems.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Hopefully everybody comes here.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21But to say, you know, but in the end,
0:40:21 > 0:40:25you know, the community, parts of the community, pulled together.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37I've come here to tell them that I want...
0:40:37 > 0:40:40I want to be a volunteer, and I deserve to be a volunteer,
0:40:40 > 0:40:43and I'm going to convince them that I'll be a volunteer.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09It's December, and the community centre is being ripped down.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16It's a shame, seeing it.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20End of an era.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24I think that's it - the old Dalmarnock, all away.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Over nine days, demolition work continues
0:41:43 > 0:41:46from early morning till late afternoon, including weekends,
0:41:46 > 0:41:48right across the road from Darren's house.
0:41:50 > 0:41:51BOY SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
0:41:53 > 0:41:55LOUD MACHINERY
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Look out there. There's lots of stuff out there.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16PEOPLE CHATTER
0:42:23 > 0:42:26Meanwhile, in the Emirates Arena, it's a big moment for Yvonne.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Glasgow City Council's leader is launching
0:42:29 > 0:42:33the start of work on Dalmarnock's £5 million community hub.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36The point of today
0:42:36 > 0:42:42is to focus very much on the local community here in Dalmarnock.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45You've done it. You've stuck with it.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49You've seen it through all the tough times.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53I want to pay a special tribute when it comes to tenacity
0:42:53 > 0:42:56to my colleague and friend, Councillor Yvonne Kucuk.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59APPLAUSE
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Yvonne's actually a difficult woman to say no to.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04LAUGHTER
0:43:04 > 0:43:07And the reason that it's so difficult to say no to her
0:43:07 > 0:43:11is because she doesn't ask on her own behalf, so well done.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Well done to George.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16I know that you would want me to give the final thanks
0:43:16 > 0:43:18to the people of Dalmarnock.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Well done, one and all.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29But this won't just be a community centre.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Alongside will be a cafe, doctors' surgery,
0:43:32 > 0:43:34chemist and nursery,
0:43:34 > 0:43:36bringing nearly 60 new jobs to the area.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39For Yvonne, it's the culmination of a 7-year struggle.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41ALL CHEER
0:43:44 > 0:43:46- YVONNE:- I'm immensely proud of the work we've done,
0:43:46 > 0:43:50and hopefully that the work that we do now
0:43:50 > 0:43:52brings benefits that's not going to just last
0:43:52 > 0:43:54for the 11 days of sport,
0:43:54 > 0:43:56that's going to last for... for years after that.
0:43:58 > 0:43:59Still can't believe it.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02No believe it till I get the key and walk inside it and think,
0:44:02 > 0:44:05"Oh, my God, this is ours. How did we get this?"
0:44:06 > 0:44:09Building work will continue right up until the Games,
0:44:09 > 0:44:13with Yvonne and the community taking ownership in early 2015.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23With Christmas around the corner,
0:44:23 > 0:44:25Darren is keen to get away from all the construction work.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27Oh, look at this, eh?
0:44:27 > 0:44:30- I've been in it before. - Have you been in it before?
0:44:30 > 0:44:33Today, it's a trip to the city centre,
0:44:33 > 0:44:35from Dalmarnock's £12 million revamped train station.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Andy.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40CHILDREN SING 'LET IT SNOW'
0:44:40 > 0:44:42Here, Andy, Andy.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Get ready.
0:44:45 > 0:44:49# Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
0:44:49 > 0:44:52# When we finally kiss good night
0:44:52 > 0:44:55# How I'll hate going out in the storm
0:44:55 > 0:44:59# But if you'll really hold me tight
0:44:59 > 0:45:03# All the way home I'll be warm
0:45:03 > 0:45:06# The fire is slowly dying
0:45:06 > 0:45:09# And, my dear, we're still goodbye-ing
0:45:09 > 0:45:13# But as long as you love me so
0:45:13 > 0:45:16# Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. #
0:45:21 > 0:45:33# And have yourself a very merry Christmas now. #
0:45:33 > 0:45:35As 2013 draws to a close,
0:45:35 > 0:45:38the countdown to Scotland's big year begins.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41A year that will include the Ryder Cup, the Referendum,
0:45:41 > 0:45:43and the Commonwealth Games.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01After nearly two years' construction work,
0:46:01 > 0:46:03the Athletes' Village is unveiled.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08With prices between £75-200,000,
0:46:08 > 0:46:12they're higher than the average costs in Dalmarnock of £54,000.
0:46:13 > 0:46:17Nice, isn't it? Unbelievable.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21Just £250 will reserve a new home to move in after the Games.
0:46:24 > 0:46:29It's crazy to think that they'll be sitting here for a year, empty.
0:46:29 > 0:46:34Well, not empty but no...nobody'll be home.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36David has his eye on the new housing scheme.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39Good views to be looking out at other good properties,
0:46:39 > 0:46:42when you're in your house.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45The idea of me buying my own house in Dalmarnock
0:46:45 > 0:46:47is me buying my stake in this community.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50I've invested a lot of time, energy, enthusiasm,
0:46:50 > 0:46:53commitment in this community.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55I want to bring up my family in Dalmarnock
0:46:55 > 0:46:58where they can use the facilities which I fought,
0:46:58 > 0:47:00among other people, to make happen.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04I mean, this is all a real opportunity for people to get...
0:47:04 > 0:47:06get their own house in Dalmarnock,
0:47:06 > 0:47:09because of obviously the scale of houses
0:47:09 > 0:47:13that are being demolished and cleared away.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20And it looks like people want to move here.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23Within hours, nearly all the houses are snapped up,
0:47:23 > 0:47:25with a third of buyers from the East End,
0:47:25 > 0:47:28and the rest from Glasgow and the Central Belt.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31People are going to be moving to Dalmarnock
0:47:31 > 0:47:33who probably don't even know the area.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36The biggest barrier might... might be a kind of class issue
0:47:36 > 0:47:39in terms of, these people, you know, will have...
0:47:41 > 0:47:44..probably, you know, successful careers and whatnot.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46Careers, that's it - they'll have careers.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49Whereas people in Dalmarnock, majority of them have got jobs.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52A job and a career is a completely different thing.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01Margaret has come to see her lawyer, Mike Dailly,
0:48:01 > 0:48:02to hear news about her appeal
0:48:02 > 0:48:04to the European Court of Human Rights,
0:48:04 > 0:48:05made over three years ago.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11Quite a few files here for you, Margaret.
0:48:11 > 0:48:16I've got 12 drawers full of stuff.
0:48:16 > 0:48:17Right, so...
0:48:21 > 0:48:25..unfortunately, the application to the European Court of Human Rights
0:48:25 > 0:48:26wasn't successful,
0:48:26 > 0:48:29and the difficulty is - the way it works -
0:48:29 > 0:48:32is you don't get told a reason.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34There is no right of appeal.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38I think you and I are obviously both incredibly disappointed about that.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41The problem is, the European Court of Human Rights
0:48:41 > 0:48:45considered that, well, you had been given compensation,
0:48:45 > 0:48:47therefore what is the breach?
0:48:47 > 0:48:49I think - what strikes me - is that
0:48:49 > 0:48:52the way that compulsory purchase law worked in your case,
0:48:52 > 0:48:55and obviously it's not just you, it's happened to other people.
0:48:55 > 0:48:56No, I know.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59But the fact that, you know, there is no availability
0:48:59 > 0:49:02for legal aid, so ultimately, there's no equality of arms,
0:49:02 > 0:49:06and you're faced against a big...
0:49:06 > 0:49:08Effectively, it's like a corporate juggernaut, right?
0:49:08 > 0:49:10- OK.- That can't be right.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12The way that the...the way that the system's working,
0:49:12 > 0:49:14I don't think is...is fair.
0:49:14 > 0:49:18So I guess there is that ultimate kind of question,
0:49:18 > 0:49:21which is, when is it time to...?
0:49:21 > 0:49:24- Finish.- Yeah, when is it time to say enough...enough is enough?
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Maybe I'm stubborn, right?
0:49:26 > 0:49:28As I said to you before, I think I'm stubborn,
0:49:28 > 0:49:31but I don't think anybody should be treated this way in Scotland.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34I believe everybody should be treated fair.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37And there's naebody better than anybody else.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40Nae big companies should be better than the wee ordinary people.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42We should all be treated the same,
0:49:42 > 0:49:44and that's... that's all I've asked for.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47And it's not about politics or anything,
0:49:47 > 0:49:50it's about people getting treated equal,
0:49:50 > 0:49:51and that's all I've asked for.
0:49:51 > 0:49:55I know there's some place out there that can give me justice,
0:49:55 > 0:49:56and that's why I keep on.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59- So you're not giving up? - No. I'll never give up.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04Right, wee bits at a time. Here.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06Right. Pick up your bits.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09- Yay.- Was that a good shot?
0:50:09 > 0:50:12Margaret and Jack are now going to petition the Scottish Parliament.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15They want anyone facing compulsory purchase in the future
0:50:15 > 0:50:17to be entitled to legal aid.
0:50:18 > 0:50:22When we tell people our story, people are appalled.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24They cannae believe this happened in Scotland.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Naebody should ever have to experience that.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32There needs to be somebody held accountable for what's happened,
0:50:32 > 0:50:34and that's what keeps us going.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36It's not as easy just to get on with your life
0:50:36 > 0:50:37when you've had that sort of...
0:50:37 > 0:50:40When you've had an injustice done, you know, there's something...
0:50:40 > 0:50:42It wasn't an injustice.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44- It was bloody horrific, what happened to us.- Horrific.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48We were wiped out, and the people of Dalmarnock,
0:50:48 > 0:50:49the East End were wiped out.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51Dalmarnock's a lost community.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54And it'll never get rebuilt back again to the way it was.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09Andy. Good boy. Look at that, eh?
0:51:09 > 0:51:12HE LAUGHS
0:51:12 > 0:51:13My wee boy, yeah?
0:51:14 > 0:51:17At the other side of town, in the affluent West End,
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Darren is picking up his daughter from school.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25Here. Brian. Put that in.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29Cameron is now in her second year.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32Right, Andy, come on.
0:51:32 > 0:51:36Love it.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40Every time I'm up here getting the wean,
0:51:40 > 0:51:43I greet when I need to go back home.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46It's a better class of life. Different life up here.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55DOOR BUZZES
0:51:57 > 0:51:59- PIANO NOTES - One and two. It's a bit less on the second.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02Make sure it doesn't become one, one, two...plonk.
0:52:02 > 0:52:03PLAYS NOTES
0:52:03 > 0:52:05Yeah. Have a go. See if you can get that.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10PLAYS CLASSICAL PIECE
0:52:10 > 0:52:11Good.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21I think my school's changed me.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24Because everything seems different.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28I don't really see anybody in Dalmarnock any more,
0:52:28 > 0:52:32like any of my friends who were, like, primary school.
0:52:34 > 0:52:38It's like two completely different lives that people live,
0:52:38 > 0:52:41like, in Dalmarnock and here.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44It's just completely different, so you can't, like, compare it so...
0:52:46 > 0:52:48- I don't... - Hey, look at that, eh?
0:52:48 > 0:52:50HE LAUGHS
0:52:51 > 0:52:52My boy.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55- So how was it?- Good.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57- That's good. You enjoy it?- Aye.
0:52:57 > 0:52:59That's good. Let's go.
0:52:59 > 0:53:00How is Anne?
0:53:06 > 0:53:08Four miles away in Dalmarnock,
0:53:08 > 0:53:12people from all over the UK are piling into the Emirates Arena.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15Good morning, everyone!
0:53:15 > 0:53:19Today it's the start of training for 15,000 volunteers,
0:53:19 > 0:53:21known as "Clydesiders".
0:53:21 > 0:53:24Thank you very, very much for putting up with the cold.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27It won't be long now, I promise.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29Do we have any singers here?
0:53:29 > 0:53:33Including a successful local lad - David,
0:53:33 > 0:53:35plucked from over 50,000 applicants.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38I'd like to be at the front of the Games,
0:53:38 > 0:53:41I'd like to be saying, you know, "I've taken part in Glasgow 2014."
0:53:41 > 0:53:43We all heard the stories about London and people,
0:53:43 > 0:53:46the games makers and stuff and how much they got from it
0:53:46 > 0:53:49and how much enthusiasm they brought to the Games and stuff.
0:53:49 > 0:53:50I want to be able to say that.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52MUSIC: "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang
0:53:52 > 0:53:56You guys are going to be what makes the 2014 Commonwealth Games tick.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00Give us a cheer when it comes to you. Here we go!
0:54:00 > 0:54:01CHEERING
0:54:03 > 0:54:06# Celebrate good times, come on... #
0:54:06 > 0:54:09For the volunteers, the unveiling of their uniform, specially
0:54:09 > 0:54:11designed for the Glasgow weather.
0:54:11 > 0:54:14# Celebrate good times, come on... #
0:54:15 > 0:54:18It's a first taste of the excitement about to come.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21Soon the eyes of the world will be on Dalmarnock.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26So work on its community hub, on the side of the arena,
0:54:26 > 0:54:27is going full pelt.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31DRILLING
0:54:31 > 0:54:36But David's impatient for the community to feel the benefits.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38It's good to be involved in Dalmarnock because
0:54:38 > 0:54:41there's a lot of things happening, but...
0:54:41 > 0:54:45it's no real in terms of... None of this is actually done.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48The community hub is still on site, it's not actually delivered.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50The new play park is on site, it's not actually delivered.
0:54:50 > 0:54:54So even though there's a lot of hype and excitement about, you know,
0:54:54 > 0:54:55it still doesn't feel real.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59We've kind of went backwards to go forwards.
0:55:02 > 0:55:04But the Games are coming.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07And it's only 100 days to go.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17Over in Kelvingrove Art Gallery, in Glasgow's West End,
0:55:17 > 0:55:19Yvonne and George and the great and good
0:55:19 > 0:55:22have been invited to an exclusive event.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25There's still work to be done, we know that, but up to date
0:55:25 > 0:55:30it's been amazing. So tonight, have a night off, have a few laughs.
0:55:31 > 0:55:34Today the design for the medals is unveiled.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37APPLAUSE
0:55:42 > 0:55:45Gorgeous. I think they're very Rennie Mackintosh, aren't they?
0:55:45 > 0:55:48- Sorry.- No touching it? Sorry. - Sorry, no touching.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50- Fabulous, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:55:52 > 0:55:53Me told.
0:55:59 > 0:56:02I would like to have seen it more...
0:56:02 > 0:56:06I don't know... Glasgow Green
0:56:06 > 0:56:09or Kelvingrove Park or...
0:56:09 > 0:56:12and opened up so everybody seen it together.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14But that's just me.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18I would have liked to have seen the kids in
0:56:18 > 0:56:21seeing it and touching it and lifting it up. It's their Games.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26But there is good news for the kids.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29George's dream of bringing back a primary school to Dalmarnock
0:56:29 > 0:56:31has just been approved.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34This has been a long journey, been a lot of ups and downs, but
0:56:34 > 0:56:37you know, it's like, if you believe in something,
0:56:37 > 0:56:39and you believe in what you're doing,
0:56:39 > 0:56:43you need that courage to stay, you know, stay the distance.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45One thing we've got, we've got courage,
0:56:45 > 0:56:47and we're willing to stay the distance.
0:56:47 > 0:56:51This is only part of the regeneration of Dalmarnock,
0:56:51 > 0:56:55this is only part of the new opportunities that people will get.
0:56:55 > 0:56:56There's a long way to go.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02This summer, the city will come alive.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05Millions of tourists, athletes and spectators
0:57:05 > 0:57:07will flock to the Dear Green Place.
0:57:07 > 0:57:11The world will look in and have a wee look and I think we'll,
0:57:11 > 0:57:13I think we'll do the city proud.
0:57:13 > 0:57:16We'll throw one hell of a party, one hell of Games.
0:57:16 > 0:57:19CHEERING
0:57:19 > 0:57:22Definitely there's something unique about this city,
0:57:22 > 0:57:24or unique about the people of this city.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27There is nobody quite like us, I think.
0:57:27 > 0:57:31Even with adversity, and all the troubles and all the barriers
0:57:31 > 0:57:34and all the ills, we're all proud Glaswegians
0:57:34 > 0:57:36and we all love this city.
0:57:41 > 0:57:45For the last four years, we've been filming the community of Dalmarnock.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48You've been asking me the same question for about five years, Stephen.
0:57:48 > 0:57:51Witnessing people's lives go through ups...
0:57:51 > 0:57:52THEY LAUGH
0:57:52 > 0:57:53..and downs.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55They forget people stay in here.
0:57:55 > 0:57:57They've built a Berlin wall all the way round the area,
0:57:57 > 0:58:00we cannae get out, we cannae get in.
0:58:00 > 0:58:01From bulldozing the past...
0:58:03 > 0:58:05..to unveiling the homes of the future.
0:58:06 > 0:58:09Fucking magnificent, innit? What they've done.
0:58:13 > 0:58:17It will be years before it's known if Scotland's largest sporting event
0:58:17 > 0:58:20will create a lasting legacy for the city.
0:58:23 > 0:58:26But for those living in the East End,
0:58:26 > 0:58:28their new Dalmarnock has finally been born.