:00:14. > :00:34.Or is there another word you'd use to describe them?
:00:35. > :00:36.Usain Bolt is the biggest sporting star to show up
:00:37. > :00:40.Shame, then, that he may not be very pleased to be here.
:00:41. > :00:42.Today, a newspaper claims that he used
:00:43. > :00:47.He denies it, but is there any truth in what he's reported to have said?
:00:48. > :00:51.What can Holyrood do to create a Scottish Hollywood?
:00:52. > :00:54.We've been to Canada to see how they have built
:00:55. > :00:56.a film industry that steals work from America and find out
:00:57. > :01:09.And we'll tell you who are headlining the
:01:10. > :01:19.Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony, doing it with dignity, no doubt.
:01:20. > :01:21.Usain Bolt said today he thinks the Glasgow Games are awesome.
:01:22. > :01:24.He had to, really, as he is denying reports in
:01:25. > :01:26.a national newspaper that he made rather more disparaging comments
:01:27. > :01:29.and apparently told a reporter the London Olympics were better.
:01:30. > :01:32.He will add a bit of his trademark glamour to the
:01:33. > :01:35.event when he competes at Hampden later this week but today, he's
:01:36. > :01:48.definitly added some controversy, as Julie Peacock reports.
:01:49. > :01:56.That is what he said on camera... Off-camera, he is reported to have
:01:57. > :02:00.said something a little more colourful. According to The Times
:02:01. > :02:05.newspaper, he isn't having as much fun as the rest of us. When
:02:06. > :02:11.approached by a journalist, he allegedly said the Games were a
:02:12. > :02:17.bit... And added, the Olympics were better. Usain Bolt said the claims
:02:18. > :02:23.are rubbish. The organisers are standing by their man. We are very
:02:24. > :02:34.pleased with how he has responded and that is our position. These are
:02:35. > :02:38.a fantastic Games. Such are the sensitivities surrounding all of it,
:02:39. > :02:43.the organisers have refused to let us and if we ask anything about
:02:44. > :02:52.Usain Bolt. So we have decided to ask the crowd at here instead. They
:02:53. > :03:00.are a class of their own! Much better than the Olympics, I think.
:03:01. > :03:07.Did he say? I don't know. He should have changed his mind before he said
:03:08. > :03:13.that. We are in, but under the strict instructions that I don't
:03:14. > :03:17.mention anything about... Around 200,000 people are coming to Glasgow
:03:18. > :03:22.to watch the events each day and many more are coming to soak up the
:03:23. > :03:27.atmosphere. There are many you would say these Games are being anything
:03:28. > :03:35.less than a success. He is right to have his own opinion. Also, he has
:03:36. > :03:39.got to be aware of his sports and other sports and what the
:03:40. > :03:47.Commonwealth Games stand for. If he has said what he did say, he is out
:03:48. > :03:51.of order. But the reality is, he is coming out on Twitter and saying
:03:52. > :03:55.that isn't the case. How do you think the Games are going in
:03:56. > :04:04.Glasgow? It exceeded what I thought they would be. The Scottish team are
:04:05. > :04:11.not doing too bad as well. And what about the real stars of the Games?
:04:12. > :04:19.They certainly have no complaints. Broadcaster,
:04:20. > :04:22.comic and proud Glasweigan Hardeep And also in the studio,
:04:23. > :04:34.sports journalist Tom English. We have no way of knowing whether
:04:35. > :04:37.Usain Bolt did or didn't say this. Are you offended if anybody thinks
:04:38. > :04:45.the Glasgow Games are less than perfect? It's shocking that is what
:04:46. > :04:50.reaction he said. How can you be offended when somebody has got is so
:04:51. > :04:56.fundamentally wrong yet fundamentally right? To compare the
:04:57. > :05:09.Commonwealth to the Olympic Games is like playing in Lisbon in 1967 if
:05:10. > :05:15.you are a Celtic fan. The Olympics were untouchable. They didn't feel
:05:16. > :05:21.as inclusive as these Games. Glasgow is an amazing city. No man or woman
:05:22. > :05:29.is bigger than these Games. In some ways, this is what it is all about:
:05:30. > :05:34.The great stars like Usain Bolt. The Commonwealth Games is about the
:05:35. > :05:41.ordinary folk that has achieved extraordinary things. People are
:05:42. > :05:48.assuming things he didn't actually say. People are assuming he has
:05:49. > :05:53.slapped of Glasgow. He hasn't, really. He said the Olympic Games
:05:54. > :06:03.are better. Everyone, I assume, would agree. In what sense better?
:06:04. > :06:10.More class. In sporting terms, they are better, but I would I do --
:06:11. > :06:18.argue that the legacy and the Commonwealth game would change more
:06:19. > :06:24.people's lives. -- Commonwealth Games. Legacy is the most overused
:06:25. > :06:29.word ever. When people talk about legacy, they talk about kids getting
:06:30. > :06:39.away from the television and computer playing sports. That has
:06:40. > :06:44.proven to be not true. One second. The number of participants and sport
:06:45. > :06:51.in England since 2012 has actually gone down. The marked difference in
:06:52. > :06:58.Glasgow was unprecedented success were opened a year before the Games
:06:59. > :07:04.began. I joined a gym and have lost two stone, have had to shake the
:07:05. > :07:09.day. There are more cyclists on the road and more runners on the road.
:07:10. > :07:16.There are better stories. Usain Bolt has shown that he has become... He
:07:17. > :07:19.is an incredible athlete but is so out of touch with reality, where's
:07:20. > :07:27.you look at the Barbados rugby team that came, they were leaving their
:07:28. > :07:34.jobs as policemen and chefs. That is something people can engage with.
:07:35. > :07:39.Sport has become so if the real and beyond the common man, you need the
:07:40. > :07:46.Commonwealth Games. This is a world-class occasion, world-class
:07:47. > :07:51.atmosphere. But Usain Bolt are saying they are not the Olympics.
:07:52. > :07:53.Let's get to the actual sport at the Commonwealth Games today.
:07:54. > :07:55.Jonathan Sutherland joins us live from the SECC.
:07:56. > :08:04.What have Team Scotland added to their medal tally today?
:08:05. > :08:14.Day seven of the Commonwealth Games and no expletives required in terms
:08:15. > :08:19.of how teams Scotland have managed to do. We have added two more medals
:08:20. > :08:26.to the tally. Let's look at the tally. We now have 39 medals in
:08:27. > :08:34.total, 13 golds, 12 silvers and 14 bronzes. You might be able to see
:08:35. > :08:44.behind me were the two medals came to Scotland. It came in the men's
:08:45. > :08:50.gymnastics final. He already won silver in terms of the team events
:08:51. > :08:55.but today, you also got another server for teams Scotland. Another
:08:56. > :09:02.phenomenal performance. An excellent performance. The gymnastics arena,
:09:03. > :09:09.somewhere where Scotland might get some success before these Games are
:09:10. > :09:16.over. Very shortly afterwards, Scotland got a bronze medal, the
:09:17. > :09:26.39th medal of these Games. It came in the wrestling. He is 36 years of
:09:27. > :09:32.age, a former Scotland assistant coach. He came out of retirement to
:09:33. > :09:38.play in these Games. He was an asylum seeker who came from Moldova.
:09:39. > :09:41.He became very ensconced in the north-east community in Scotland and
:09:42. > :09:50.said today was one of his proudest moments. Scotland now up to 39
:09:51. > :09:57.medals. The middle rate has slowed somewhat for Scotland. We had four
:09:58. > :10:02.medals yesterday, just to today. We have got New Zealand and India
:10:03. > :10:06.breathing down our necks. But huge excitement that Scotland still might
:10:07. > :10:18.get a few medals before these Games. Tomorrow, the big one. The final of
:10:19. > :10:26.the 400 metres hurdles at Hampden at 8:30 a.m.. If she can get gold, that
:10:27. > :10:38.will rip the route -- roof off Hampden.
:10:39. > :10:40.World War Z, Trainspotting, Braveheart.
:10:41. > :10:42.Scotland has had its share of big-screen success over the years,
:10:43. > :10:46.but are we doing enough to support and promote our film industry?
:10:47. > :10:48.The Scottish government says independence would allow tax
:10:49. > :10:51.incentives to be extended to attract more major productions
:10:52. > :10:55.and has promised an announcement on a film studio this summer.
:10:56. > :10:57.Meanwhile, a Creative Scotland public consultation on how to create
:10:58. > :11:01.an internationally renowned film industry closes tomorrow but do we
:11:02. > :11:06.Our correspondent, Glenn Campbell, has travelled to Vancouver,
:11:07. > :11:09.also known as Hollywood North, to see what lessons we can learn from
:11:10. > :11:30.A world of looks. That is how Vancouver sells itself the
:11:31. > :11:36.film-makers. Perhaps that is why this city is home to one of the
:11:37. > :11:43.biggest film industries outside Los Angeles. Established in the late
:11:44. > :11:48.70s, it now employs 30,000 people. But how did British Columbia managed
:11:49. > :12:02.to coax elite cast and crew from Hollywood? They were looking for
:12:03. > :12:07.another field. Three decades on, it is a $1 billion industry. Three
:12:08. > :12:11.hours from LA and in the same time zone, it is an attractive
:12:12. > :12:17.alternative but it also offers something else: Substantial tax
:12:18. > :12:20.breaks. The man in charge of developing Vancouver's film industry
:12:21. > :12:30.says that is a big driver but not the whole story. It is expected
:12:31. > :12:38.there will be incentives. There are cheaper places the film. What we try
:12:39. > :12:43.and look at is, what is the overall value proposition? Will you get good
:12:44. > :12:48.quality? Will you get good quality? We get to sell the balance and
:12:49. > :12:52.incentives in the quality. That balance has attracted productions
:12:53. > :12:58.from around the world. This beautiful city is sometimes known as
:12:59. > :13:05.Hollywood North because such a lot of film and television is made here
:13:06. > :13:10.but could Scotland create a sort of tartan Tinseltown by following
:13:11. > :13:21.Vancouver's example? Some of Scotland's's best films were made
:13:22. > :13:28.back in the 90s. Arguably, many were not Scottish tour. Much of
:13:29. > :13:35.Braveheart was filmed in Ireland. More recently, Scotland has set
:13:36. > :13:40.itself up as a location for international productions set
:13:41. > :13:44.elsewhere. In 2011, Glasgow was transformed into an apocalyptic
:13:45. > :13:55.Philadelphia for the Brad Pitt blockbuster world War Z. Soon
:13:56. > :14:07.after, it became 1970s San Francisco for the filming of cloud Atlas. But
:14:08. > :14:13.the Scottish Government says the sector is still lagging behind its
:14:14. > :14:20.rivals with one estimate suggesting as few as 60 people work in film
:14:21. > :14:28.production full-time. So what can we learn from Canada's example? Back in
:14:29. > :14:34.Vancouver, one of the busiest years on record. They have made hundreds
:14:35. > :14:39.of films and TV series, mostly for the American market. The boss here
:14:40. > :14:45.says while tax incentives help, having a permanent studio space is
:14:46. > :14:51.essential to grow a film industry. One of the things the studio does is
:14:52. > :14:59.allowing crews to get trained up so we had trained crews. We think it is
:15:00. > :15:09.about getting the infrastructure going and getting it built. It is
:15:10. > :15:15.starting to attract those crews where they can stay here year-round.
:15:16. > :15:34.If there will not be the cruise around, he will not bring back
:15:35. > :15:42.additional productions. The X Files was unmistakably American, some say
:15:43. > :15:50.this was to the detriment of Canada's home-grown productions. My
:15:51. > :16:02.concern is that it is basically a service industry to Hollywood. We
:16:03. > :16:07.have fabulous cruise. -- crews. But they are servicing the industry.
:16:08. > :16:17.They are not meeting film in an independent since. Vancouver's
:16:18. > :16:22.indigenous industry is growing, but can Scotland follow the example,
:16:23. > :16:27.attracting major productions while still not telling home-grown film?
:16:28. > :16:31.Can Hollywood help to create a Scottish Hollywood?
:16:32. > :16:33.Earlier I spoke to the Scottish Government's Cabinet
:16:34. > :16:51.The people says that only independents can offer this hill.
:16:52. > :16:56.What difference would that be? If you want to have taxation
:16:57. > :17:00.reductions, for example, Ireland will have a more competitive system
:17:01. > :17:05.than the United Kingdom, then you need to have independents. None of
:17:06. > :17:13.the proposals on offer at the moment, none of them go anywhere on
:17:14. > :17:19.your corporation tax. The second one is the licence fee. In Ireland, they
:17:20. > :17:27.use some of the licence fee, a small amount, but significant, to help
:17:28. > :17:36.indigenous film-making. You have also got to draw your own talent. --
:17:37. > :17:40.grow. We want to be able to do that with independence. Devolution would
:17:41. > :17:47.never provide any proposals on that scale. The tax rate is basically
:17:48. > :17:53.taking the tax payer money and giving it to the film-makers? You
:17:54. > :18:00.have to look at what you can do in Europe. The government in some
:18:01. > :18:06.places have had hundreds of millions taken back because of these things.
:18:07. > :18:10.What you have to do is make sure you are doing the indigenous skills and
:18:11. > :18:17.investments. We have got great talents. Many people have to go
:18:18. > :18:27.overseas but we want them there. It is also about rating, creatives. --
:18:28. > :18:34.writing. You have got to have the content. We have this eagerly, but
:18:35. > :18:41.we also have a good skills base. -- We have the scenery. Canada shows
:18:42. > :18:52.and is not just about the tax breaks, unique people working and
:18:53. > :18:57.you also a studio. We have one, they are currently filming in a 144,000
:18:58. > :19:06.square feet location and Cumbernauld. It has been said to me
:19:07. > :19:11.that it is as much about the skills as the content. You have got to
:19:12. > :19:18.remain competitive. You cannot have people coming in and coming out. We
:19:19. > :19:24.will not be legal to keep the skills until we have a permanent studio.
:19:25. > :19:35.When will we get one? We have one already, as I said, in condom old.
:19:36. > :19:40.-- Cumbernauld. Not one for many decades before but I am determined,
:19:41. > :19:48.we have a facility that will also help support the facility. It is not
:19:49. > :19:52.only about a studio, it is about skills and content. Thank you.
:19:53. > :19:56.Joining me now in the studio to respond is shadow Patricia Ferguson,
:19:57. > :20:15.She has a point about tax. Ireland beat us to many of these things
:20:16. > :20:22.because they can give tax breaks. Braveheart filmed in Ireland! A
:20:23. > :20:26.certain irony. The current government, one I do not have much
:20:27. > :20:32.time for, they have introduced a high end tax credit which means that
:20:33. > :20:36.film producers and television producers, collaborating with
:20:37. > :20:42.colleagues abroad, can already get a significant tax rate. And most of
:20:43. > :20:45.that goes to London and the south-east, sought to bring it to
:20:46. > :20:50.Scotland you have to be able to have a competitive tax-free? What is
:20:51. > :20:54.missing is exactly what you were putting to the Cabinet Secretary and
:20:55. > :20:59.that is the production facility that would allow that to happen. Northern
:21:00. > :21:09.Ireland has it. They have that advantage. They are beating us every
:21:10. > :21:12.time. They get Game of Thrones. We have been pushing the government for
:21:13. > :21:16.over a year to have the proper studio in Scotland. Nothing to stop
:21:17. > :21:24.the government, under the current setup, of taking advantage and
:21:25. > :21:29.making sure that skilled people who want to stay in Scotland can do
:21:30. > :21:35.that. And also that we can attract people from abroad. And get the
:21:36. > :21:40.money that this kind of filming gas. We have seen the people of coming to
:21:41. > :21:46.Scotland. People want to come here. But they need the facilities. So if
:21:47. > :21:54.the government, with plans for a permanent studio, you will be
:21:55. > :22:00.supporting that? Absolutely. We have been calling for that. So far,
:22:01. > :22:04.nothing has happened. It climb was in place with classical but that
:22:05. > :22:08.feel through with no explanation. It is about time that Scotland had its
:22:09. > :22:10.own film studio. You do not need to be independent to have one. Thank
:22:11. > :22:15.you. Let's have a look at the big stories
:22:16. > :22:25.making headlines around the world. The Guardian are reporting that the
:22:26. > :22:32.Foreign Secretary has said that the United Kingdom cannot cope of a
:22:33. > :22:38.virus opiate. Also, more people die in Palestine. And the Independent
:22:39. > :22:46.are covering the fire that broke out at Eastbourne Pier.
:22:47. > :22:50.Now joining me to talk about the rest of the day's news is
:22:51. > :22:52.video blogger and Yes campaigner Stephen Paton and Ian Smart who is
:22:53. > :23:02.It is all about the Commonwealth Games but politics is intruding. A
:23:03. > :23:20.story today that people turning up at Glasgow Green have been told to
:23:21. > :23:27.take Yes badges off. Argue up old? -- Are you appalled? A friend of
:23:28. > :23:35.mine got in touch with me who said he was going to get one of the
:23:36. > :23:38.badges to make a point. In the Constitution of the Commonwealth
:23:39. > :23:42.Games, it says no discrimination to the politics that you follow. To
:23:43. > :23:50.have somebody pulled out of the swimming pool, because they had the
:23:51. > :24:01.word need five, no sense. -- yes on a flag. Surely politics should be
:24:02. > :24:16.kept out of it? Somebody having that on a sole tyre, it is not political.
:24:17. > :24:21.-- Saltire. I am being interviewed you, but if I was interviewed after
:24:22. > :24:32.winning a medal I've not be winning a political symbol of any sort. Is
:24:33. > :24:38.it correct that this is happening? It has happened to both sides. I
:24:39. > :24:50.think that is correct. We were talking about keeping politics out
:24:51. > :24:53.of the Commonwealth Games. This cartoon was shown earlier. Are the
:24:54. > :25:05.Commonwealth Games gold to media difference to how Scotland fumes? --
:25:06. > :25:10.feels? Some of the Kent of stranger elements, that these schemes would
:25:11. > :25:17.consist of Bradley Wiggins being booed, but the vast majority of
:25:18. > :25:25.people want to have a good time at the sporting event. Will it make any
:25:26. > :25:29.great difference? None at all. A novelist has been rating saying that
:25:30. > :25:35.the inferiority complex was the greatest thing to combat Scottish
:25:36. > :25:45.independence but we may have been getting over that. I do not think it
:25:46. > :25:55.will make much of a difference. At the same time, a lot of people are
:25:56. > :25:59.coming for the Commonwealth Games and a lot of the countries used to
:26:00. > :26:05.be British colonies and they are now independent and they are doing well
:26:06. > :26:08.for themselves. Are you upset at the fact that you upset at the fact that
:26:09. > :26:13.Usain Bolt may not be enjoying himself? We have got to be careful
:26:14. > :26:15.about what we have got to be careful about what BC because he has
:26:16. > :26:24.distanced himself from those remarks. I suspect that the way that
:26:25. > :26:27.he has arrived in perhaps the reason, as he arrived last week he
:26:28. > :26:38.might have had a slightly different approach. Will you be insulted if he
:26:39. > :26:41.is not enjoying Glasgow as much? Not insulted, sad. I have had eagerly
:26:42. > :26:47.expedients of the Commonwealth Games. I do not see why they would
:26:48. > :26:52.not be enjoying himself. It is a different thing. To be honest, some
:26:53. > :27:00.of the best international athletes are not at the competition. I think
:27:01. > :27:08.that is correct. One of the great things has been that, no disrespect
:27:09. > :27:14.to the Scottish athletes, but we had never heard of them before. They
:27:15. > :27:19.told out to be dedicated people, dedicated to sport. And good
:27:20. > :27:27.company. Not people who have Eos and decreases with those associated with
:27:28. > :27:33.some top sportsmen. We got the details of the of the act that will
:27:34. > :27:43.be at the closing ceremony. Deacon Blue. Kylie. It is great to see that
:27:44. > :27:56.the Commonwealth Games is attracting big names. Kaylee Minorca, a good
:27:57. > :28:13.celebrity to attract. -- Kylie Minogue. For men of my age, the
:28:14. > :28:17.thought of Kylie Minogue appealing as the icing on the teacake!