27/07/2011 Newsnight Scotland

Tonight on Newsnight Scotland - one year to the London Olympics and

three until the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Stunning venues

are being built in both cities but when the crowds have gone home what

are the benefits to Britain? And a revolution in the wake the

justice system deals with and rape allegations. We will hear what it

has done to change attitudes. Synchronised swimmers, a lone diver

and Boris Johnson ruffling his hair - it can hardly escape you notice

that today marks one year to go up until the London Olympics. Stunning

stadiums are being built in the deprived area of east London and

Glasgow has seen construction of a Velodrome and an athlete's village

for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but will these events make any

lasting difference? We all love a party and there is no

doubt that big events like the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games

are enjoyed by millions, whether they are at the event or watching

on TV. But it comes at a cost. Next year's London Olympics have a price

tag of more than �9 billion but it is argued it will regenerate a run-

down area of the capital and bring in jobs and new housing. It is also

hoped the same thing will happen in Glasgow in 2014. In the short term

there were jobs being created in the construction of the venues and

there will be long-term jobs also in terms of staff who have to be

employed in those anys to run the facilities. In the longer terms,

the hope job creation and healthier lifestyles, participation in sport

and raising the profile on the international stage will be a

lasting benefit. It is another three years before Glasgow plays

host to the Commonwealth Games but already there are signs of change.

But what happens when those same athletes pack up and go home? The

difficulty then will be translating these new buildings into a lasting

legacy for Scotland. Many studies have been done but there is little

proof that hosting big events like the games translates into a lasting

benefit. Fault of the evidence I have collected is clearly showing

that the numbers of jobs that are produced are far smaller than what

is projected, and the cost of getting those jobs into the system

is astronomical. Why do we need a Games event to create jobs? We can

create jobs in other ways that are much more sustainable and long-term

than needing a Games event to trigger those things. It was a

problem the organisers of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester

also came up against. When Newsnight Scotland visited last

year, the organisers said and of his legacy had failed to

materialise. Legacy itself is hard to grasp and hard for people to get

their head around and that needs as much attention before the event as

developing the bricks and mortar. I think the legacy side of it

probably needs as much attention as some of the physical infrastructure.

But Glasgow's organisers have laid out what legacy they expect and it

is not just about creating jobs. Their plans include making Glasgow

healthier and they say the new facilities like the Velodrome will

help them get more people involved in sport. The Ovett in the East End

for the indoor sports arena, we are also building a five-a-side

football pitches beside the Velodrome, we are building a cycle

track to encourage people to have taster sessions of cycling. All of

this makes it easier for us to manage a process of getting more

people to come and participate in sport. But cannot go achieve what

many before have failed to do? worried about legacy. No big event

has had a sporting legacy and I think what happens with all major

events is that people are inspired to take up the sport, but to keep

people doing that sport, you have to have capacity. You increase

demand but unless you increase capacity, public tracks, public

places to play in - there never has been and never will be an increase

in legacy. And then there is the question of who benefits? In

Stratford, many local people have been moved out to make way for new

Olympic developments. Because the property prices in Stafford

increase, it means the people who might have lived there before, the

children of the people who have worked there for generations cannot

afford property there. Most to regenerate its see that as a good

thing, but it is a downside if you are one of the local people who

wanted to buy a little flat next to your mum or down your road next to

friends. The benefits accrued to property developers and we

generators and the wealthy and the privileged classes, and those on

the receiving end of those kinds of And then there is the sporting

stars of the future. Manchester's Commonwealth Velodrome is credited

with helping Chris Hoy become that a medallist at the Olympics. All

these games have done their job if the cash invested his turn to gold?

I am joined by the sports journalist Doug Gillon who has

covered 10 Olympics and from Edinburgh, professor of Joe

Is there any evidence that these things do any good? The evidence is

a marginal. In fact, out of 17 Olympic Games that were studied,

only half delivered the tangible bricks-and-mortar infrastructure

legacy. These are largely aspirational events and they raised

the hopes and dreams and increase the pride of place that is felt by

citizens in the community. That in itself is an important legacy,

after all, determined legacy comes from the Latin which means a decree.

So if we bequeath to future generations, greater hopes to the

future of these games, that is important. But talk of economic

benefits? They are usually short- term benefits and in these studies

that have been conducted, the economic benefit is usually very

short term. However, it is difficult to determine this because

they have not been sufficient studies to look at cities over her

I think we are being to tunnel vision and. I'm sure Professor Gold

Platt could tell me a lot more about cities like Sydney and

Barcelona, which have had ongoing economic benefits, but I do not

think we should look at the Olympics simply in terms of

creating jobs, or the Commonwealth Games. To suggest that there are no

benefits. Delhi staged the Commonwealth Games and hundreds of

thousands of people got far better water as a consequence, which is a

long-term health benefit. But the counter to that is that it is a

funny sort of world where the people of Delhi have to host the

Commonwealth Games to get decent water. But the fact is they would

not have had it otherwise. By whole of the economic benefits that will

accrue to London, and I do not think there will be too much

benefit for Scotland in that, but the benefits are far broader. You

have to look at the potential health benefits, if governments and

Scott -- Sport Scotland used the Commonwealth Games and the UK uses

the Olympic Games properly, then you can have a massive legacy

benefit. You can have tens or hundreds of thousands of kids who

will be inspired to go to athletics clubs, swimming clubs, gymnastics

clubs. If we are not planning now to have foundation level coaches in

sports clubs around Scotland and Britain, we have already failed on

the legacy. I just wonder, Joe Goldblatt, whether there is not...

Obviously the Olympics and the Commonwealth is on a different

scale, but when we talk about cost- benefit analysis I can see what you

are saying brother obviously applies to the Olympics in London,

they are spending something like �7 billion. Haven't Glasgow been

slightly more clever? Apart from the velodrome they are not building

any special new sites. They have -- they will not be left with massive

new sites. They planned to spend �500 million, which is not that

much more than the cost of the Scottish parliament building in

Edinburgh. It is not a massive investment to get some of the

things that Doug Gillon hopes you will get. Yes, but it is not just

about treasure. The term legacy has to do with bequeathing future

generations gifts from the current generation. One of the gifts will

be the well-being that is developed, the sense of well-being, the sense

of confidence and pride in the citizens. Glasgow 2014 us well as

London 2012 should endeavour to followed the Sydney model. The

President of the Olympic Committee in Sydney said this was the

greatest games ever. That should be the mission in terms of delivery

but they should also look at Manchester in terms of providing

human generation. Achievable legacies before, during and most

importantly after the Games. What is that last point you are trying

to make? A in terms of human regeneration it has to do with

education and long-term training and engagement in sport, not short-

term but long-term. That requires, as your film regarding Manchester

suggested, starting early, even before the venues officially opened

to have programmes that encourage young people to be part of the

Commonwealth Games mission and eventually the legacy. Yes, but

again, is there any evidence that Mancunians do more sports because

of the Commonwealth Games? A whole thrust has to be creating more

foundation level coaches. In Sydney, kids were turning up at swimming

clubs and getting turned away because there were not enough

coaches. If you infuse kids, like in Wimbledon week, and have a

properly structured programme, you have a chance of poking my kids

into a lifetime indulgence in sport. In Manchester they obviously did

not do that. If you have a government with a stated aim to

increase support but they do not do that to appease teachers, you do

not get out of the starting blocks. The converse would be to say, can't

you spend money having more PE in schools and encouraging children to

take on sports and not have a Commonwealth Games? You could use

the Olympics in London to do that equally well as the Glasgow games.

They need inspirational events to hook them in. The tennis courts lie

unused but in Wimbledon everybody is playing tennis. During the Open,

everybody is playing golf. But if you do not have a structured

programme to make it fun and keep it going, you lose the benefits.

What about the velodrome, Joe Goldblatt? Can you see it being

used after the Games? Yes, but only if the impetus begins long before

the door is opened. As a dog was suggesting, education has to be

part of the strategy from the beginning. -- dog. We have to avoid

the Sydney challenge, when the group the seekers sign be final

words, though the carnival is over, I will love you till I die. We

don't want to wait until the closing ceremony. We want the love

and the engagement now. From your study of events, what do you think,

in terms of public events, give you the most Banfield but, in terms of

economic development or broader terms? -- the most bang for your

buck. Health, education and public self- did -- public safety are

extremely important that all of them would be lost without the

opportunity to come together as a local, regional, national and

global community. Only a massive hallmark event or even a local gala

or carnival provides that kind of atmosphere. I think the return on

investment, if you will, is priceless. We have to leave it

there. Thank you both very much indeed.

No other crime is more complex than break. The words of the former lord

advocate, won, who made reform of the prosecution of rape among her

key priorities. -- Elish Angiolini. With historically low correction

rates, the National Sex Crimes Unit was set up. The outgoing head of

the unit has been speaking to our home affairs correspondent.

Reporting rape is always difficult. Victims are traumatised, possibly

injured and fearful they will not be believed.

Everything that happens here is in your control.

Archway Glasgow is part of what has been called a revolution in the way

that rape victims are treated. The revolution was started by the

former lord advocate, born mack, stung by criticism that Scotland's

rape conviction rate, 3 %, was below list in Europe. -- the former

lord advocate, bon Ann. -- and Elish Angiolini.

They understand the forensics, how much Seaman or DNA d'you need.

Memory loss, effective drugs. All of these things, our knowledge is

getting better and better. When you have a specialist unit, the

knowledge stays there. This is the examination area where

we would take the victim to have a forensic examination.

Archway Glasgow is central to that. Victims seek medical care and

undergo examination and police interview in the same caring

environment. Prior to that, if you had been

assaulted you might contact the police, you might get forensic care

from a medical examiner, you would probably have to access a sick --

separate medical service, such as your GP, to get careful infections

or pregnancy risk. You might have to go to A&E for minor injuries or

have counselling through another service. You would have to tell

your story hundreds of times. If you come to us or a dedicated unit

like us, you tell your story once. It is all joined up.

It is critical to understand that people who say they have been

subject to dreadful sexual assault are traumatised. I can't make a

trial a better experience for them. They will always have to go back in

the mind and talk about the terrible thing that has happened.

But I can provide an environment that is respectful and dignified

for them and supportive, to allow them, in the best way possible, to

tell their stories. Lord Carr low-wage is undertaking a

review for the Scottish government. He is looking at the current

requirement for corroboration, where one piece of evidence

supports another. It has been blamed for the low level of

conviction in rape. The latest figures show a third of rape cases

result in convictions and overall there is a 78 % conviction rate in

all sexual offences. Deryck Fox says that co-operation is essential

to secured good convictions. I do not want to go to bed

wondering if the conviction was safe. The great thing about

protections in our law, it might not be corroboration, it might be

other kinds of protections, the great thing is that it means that

nobody can go to jail on a pointed finger. It is not just being

convicted. Appointed finger of sexual impropriety can so --

destroy somebody's likelihood and reputation even if the case never

gets to court. They can be subject to vilification and they have no

anonymity. We take very seriously the responsibility we have before

launching an allegation, prosecution or asking the jury to

convict. The number of cases seen at the

Archway has increased. More of those could turn into convictions.

The Scottish Daily Mail - McGrath Peter face a newborn child. --

Abdul Al Bassett McGrath Peter face. The Scotsman - Shetland man held

for global cyber sabotage. I will be back tomorrow. Until then,

For the Midlands it looks like a fine day and a lot sunnier across

parts of eastern England compared to Wednesday. Across the south-west

we might see some increase in cloud, maybe the odd spot of drizzle, but

that will be it, really. You might have some brightness and across

Wales there will be the odd spot of rain but some brightness possible.

For Northern Ireland, after a wet night in some places, things

brightening up across the bay. Temperatures not as high as they

were but pleasant enough in the sunshine. Not as warm tomorrow, it

will be tried both. Across many parts of the UK the sunshine should

return. By Friday, plasm with light winds. Across the south, patchy