30/07/2014 Scotland 2014

Or is there another word you'd use to describe them?

Usain Bolt is the biggest sporting star to show up

Shame, then, that he may not be very pleased to be here.

Today, a newspaper claims that he used

He denies it, but is there any truth in what he's reported to have said?

What can Holyrood do to create a Scottish Hollywood?

We've been to Canada to see how they have built

a film industry that steals work from America and find out

And we'll tell you who are headlining the

Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony, doing it with dignity, no doubt.

Usain Bolt said today he thinks the Glasgow Games are awesome.

He had to, really, as he is denying reports in

a national newspaper that he made rather more disparaging comments

and apparently told a reporter the London Olympics were better.

He will add a bit of his trademark glamour to the

event when he competes at Hampden later this week but today, he's

definitly added some controversy, as Julie Peacock reports.

That is what he said on camera... Off-camera, he is reported to have

said something a little more colourful. According to The Times

newspaper, he isn't having as much fun as the rest of us. When

approached by a journalist, he allegedly said the Games were a

bit... And added, the Olympics were better. Usain Bolt said the claims

are rubbish. The organisers are standing by their man. We are very

pleased with how he has responded and that is our position. These are

a fantastic Games. Such are the sensitivities surrounding all of it,

the organisers have refused to let us and if we ask anything about

Usain Bolt. So we have decided to ask the crowd at here instead. They

are a class of their own! Much better than the Olympics, I think.

Did he say? I don't know. He should have changed his mind before he said

that. We are in, but under the strict instructions that I don't

mention anything about... Around 200,000 people are coming to Glasgow

to watch the events each day and many more are coming to soak up the

atmosphere. There are many you would say these Games are being anything

less than a success. He is right to have his own opinion. Also, he has

got to be aware of his sports and other sports and what the

Commonwealth Games stand for. If he has said what he did say, he is out

of order. But the reality is, he is coming out on Twitter and saying

that isn't the case. How do you think the Games are going in

Glasgow? It exceeded what I thought they would be. The Scottish team are

not doing too bad as well. And what about the real stars of the Games?

They certainly have no complaints. Broadcaster,

comic and proud Glasweigan Hardeep And also in the studio,

sports journalist Tom English. We have no way of knowing whether

Usain Bolt did or didn't say this. Are you offended if anybody thinks

the Glasgow Games are less than perfect? It's shocking that is what

reaction he said. How can you be offended when somebody has got is so

fundamentally wrong yet fundamentally right? To compare the

Commonwealth to the Olympic Games is like playing in Lisbon in 1967 if

you are a Celtic fan. The Olympics were untouchable. They didn't feel

as inclusive as these Games. Glasgow is an amazing city. No man or woman

is bigger than these Games. In some ways, this is what it is all about:

The great stars like Usain Bolt. The Commonwealth Games is about the

ordinary folk that has achieved extraordinary things. People are

assuming things he didn't actually say. People are assuming he has

slapped of Glasgow. He hasn't, really. He said the Olympic Games

are better. Everyone, I assume, would agree. In what sense better?

More class. In sporting terms, they are better, but I would I do --

argue that the legacy and the Commonwealth game would change more

people's lives. -- Commonwealth Games. Legacy is the most overused

word ever. When people talk about legacy, they talk about kids getting

away from the television and computer playing sports. That has

proven to be not true. One second. The number of participants and sport

in England since 2012 has actually gone down. The marked difference in

Glasgow was unprecedented success were opened a year before the Games

began. I joined a gym and have lost two stone, have had to shake the

day. There are more cyclists on the road and more runners on the road.

There are better stories. Usain Bolt has shown that he has become... He

is an incredible athlete but is so out of touch with reality, where's

you look at the Barbados rugby team that came, they were leaving their

jobs as policemen and chefs. That is something people can engage with.

Sport has become so if the real and beyond the common man, you need the

Commonwealth Games. This is a world-class occasion, world-class

atmosphere. But Usain Bolt are saying they are not the Olympics.

Let's get to the actual sport at the Commonwealth Games today.

Jonathan Sutherland joins us live from the SECC.

What have Team Scotland added to their medal tally today?

Day seven of the Commonwealth Games and no expletives required in terms

of how teams Scotland have managed to do. We have added two more medals

to the tally. Let's look at the tally. We now have 39 medals in

total, 13 golds, 12 silvers and 14 bronzes. You might be able to see

behind me were the two medals came to Scotland. It came in the men's

gymnastics final. He already won silver in terms of the team events

but today, you also got another server for teams Scotland. Another

phenomenal performance. An excellent performance. The gymnastics arena,

somewhere where Scotland might get some success before these Games are

over. Very shortly afterwards, Scotland got a bronze medal, the

39th medal of these Games. It came in the wrestling. He is 36 years of

age, a former Scotland assistant coach. He came out of retirement to

play in these Games. He was an asylum seeker who came from Moldova.

He became very ensconced in the north-east community in Scotland and

said today was one of his proudest moments. Scotland now up to 39

medals. The middle rate has slowed somewhat for Scotland. We had four

medals yesterday, just to today. We have got New Zealand and India

breathing down our necks. But huge excitement that Scotland still might

get a few medals before these Games. Tomorrow, the big one. The final of

the 400 metres hurdles at Hampden at 8:30 a.m.. If she can get gold, that

will rip the route -- roof off Hampden.

World War Z, Trainspotting, Braveheart.

Scotland has had its share of big-screen success over the years,

but are we doing enough to support and promote our film industry?

The Scottish government says independence would allow tax

incentives to be extended to attract more major productions

and has promised an announcement on a film studio this summer.

Meanwhile, a Creative Scotland public consultation on how to create

an internationally renowned film industry closes tomorrow but do we

Our correspondent, Glenn Campbell, has travelled to Vancouver,

also known as Hollywood North, to see what lessons we can learn from

A world of looks. That is how Vancouver sells itself the

film-makers. Perhaps that is why this city is home to one of the

biggest film industries outside Los Angeles. Established in the late

70s, it now employs 30,000 people. But how did British Columbia managed

to coax elite cast and crew from Hollywood? They were looking for

another field. Three decades on, it is a $1 billion industry. Three

hours from LA and in the same time zone, it is an attractive

alternative but it also offers something else: Substantial tax

breaks. The man in charge of developing Vancouver's film industry

says that is a big driver but not the whole story. It is expected

there will be incentives. There are cheaper places the film. What we try

and look at is, what is the overall value proposition? Will you get good

quality? Will you get good quality? We get to sell the balance and

incentives in the quality. That balance has attracted productions

from around the world. This beautiful city is sometimes known as

Hollywood North because such a lot of film and television is made here

but could Scotland create a sort of tartan Tinseltown by following

Vancouver's example? Some of Scotland's's best films were made

back in the 90s. Arguably, many were not Scottish tour. Much of

Braveheart was filmed in Ireland. More recently, Scotland has set

itself up as a location for international productions set

elsewhere. In 2011, Glasgow was transformed into an apocalyptic

Philadelphia for the Brad Pitt blockbuster world War Z. Soon

after, it became 1970s San Francisco for the filming of cloud Atlas. But

the Scottish Government says the sector is still lagging behind its

rivals with one estimate suggesting as few as 60 people work in film

production full-time. So what can we learn from Canada's example? Back in

Vancouver, one of the busiest years on record. They have made hundreds

of films and TV series, mostly for the American market. The boss here

says while tax incentives help, having a permanent studio space is

essential to grow a film industry. One of the things the studio does is

allowing crews to get trained up so we had trained crews. We think it is

about getting the infrastructure going and getting it built. It is

starting to attract those crews where they can stay here year-round.

If there will not be the cruise around, he will not bring back

additional productions. The X Files was unmistakably American, some say

this was to the detriment of Canada's home-grown productions. My

concern is that it is basically a service industry to Hollywood. We

have fabulous cruise. -- crews. But they are servicing the industry.

They are not meeting film in an independent since. Vancouver's

indigenous industry is growing, but can Scotland follow the example,

attracting major productions while still not telling home-grown film?

Can Hollywood help to create a Scottish Hollywood?

Earlier I spoke to the Scottish Government's Cabinet

The people says that only independents can offer this hill.

What difference would that be? If you want to have taxation

reductions, for example, Ireland will have a more competitive system

than the United Kingdom, then you need to have independents. None of

the proposals on offer at the moment, none of them go anywhere on

your corporation tax. The second one is the licence fee. In Ireland, they

use some of the licence fee, a small amount, but significant, to help

indigenous film-making. You have also got to draw your own talent. --

grow. We want to be able to do that with independence. Devolution would

never provide any proposals on that scale. The tax rate is basically

taking the tax payer money and giving it to the film-makers? You

have to look at what you can do in Europe. The government in some

places have had hundreds of millions taken back because of these things.

What you have to do is make sure you are doing the indigenous skills and

investments. We have got great talents. Many people have to go

overseas but we want them there. It is also about rating, creatives. --

writing. You have got to have the content. We have this eagerly, but

we also have a good skills base. -- We have the scenery. Canada shows

and is not just about the tax breaks, unique people working and

you also a studio. We have one, they are currently filming in a 144,000

square feet location and Cumbernauld. It has been said to me

that it is as much about the skills as the content. You have got to

remain competitive. You cannot have people coming in and coming out. We

will not be legal to keep the skills until we have a permanent studio.

When will we get one? We have one already, as I said, in condom old.

-- Cumbernauld. Not one for many decades before but I am determined,

we have a facility that will also help support the facility. It is not

only about a studio, it is about skills and content. Thank you.

Joining me now in the studio to respond is shadow Patricia Ferguson,

She has a point about tax. Ireland beat us to many of these things

because they can give tax breaks. Braveheart filmed in Ireland! A

certain irony. The current government, one I do not have much

time for, they have introduced a high end tax credit which means that

film producers and television producers, collaborating with

colleagues abroad, can already get a significant tax rate. And most of

that goes to London and the south-east, sought to bring it to

Scotland you have to be able to have a competitive tax-free? What is

missing is exactly what you were putting to the Cabinet Secretary and

that is the production facility that would allow that to happen. Northern

Ireland has it. They have that advantage. They are beating us every

time. They get Game of Thrones. We have been pushing the government for

over a year to have the proper studio in Scotland. Nothing to stop

the government, under the current setup, of taking advantage and

making sure that skilled people who want to stay in Scotland can do

that. And also that we can attract people from abroad. And get the

money that this kind of filming gas. We have seen the people of coming to

Scotland. People want to come here. But they need the facilities. So if

the government, with plans for a permanent studio, you will be

supporting that? Absolutely. We have been calling for that. So far,

nothing has happened. It climb was in place with classical but that

feel through with no explanation. It is about time that Scotland had its

own film studio. You do not need to be independent to have one. Thank

you. Let's have a look at the big stories

making headlines around the world. The Guardian are reporting that the

Foreign Secretary has said that the United Kingdom cannot cope of a

virus opiate. Also, more people die in Palestine. And the Independent

are covering the fire that broke out at Eastbourne Pier.

Now joining me to talk about the rest of the day's news is

video blogger and Yes campaigner Stephen Paton and Ian Smart who is

It is all about the Commonwealth Games but politics is intruding. A

story today that people turning up at Glasgow Green have been told to

take Yes badges off. Argue up old? -- Are you appalled? A friend of

mine got in touch with me who said he was going to get one of the

badges to make a point. In the Constitution of the Commonwealth

Games, it says no discrimination to the politics that you follow. To

have somebody pulled out of the swimming pool, because they had the

word need five, no sense. -- yes on a flag. Surely politics should be

kept out of it? Somebody having that on a sole tyre, it is not political.

-- Saltire. I am being interviewed you, but if I was interviewed after

winning a medal I've not be winning a political symbol of any sort. Is

it correct that this is happening? It has happened to both sides. I

think that is correct. We were talking about keeping politics out

of the Commonwealth Games. This cartoon was shown earlier. Are the

Commonwealth Games gold to media difference to how Scotland fumes? --

feels? Some of the Kent of stranger elements, that these schemes would

consist of Bradley Wiggins being booed, but the vast majority of

people want to have a good time at the sporting event. Will it make any

great difference? None at all. A novelist has been rating saying that

the inferiority complex was the greatest thing to combat Scottish

independence but we may have been getting over that. I do not think it

will make much of a difference. At the same time, a lot of people are

coming for the Commonwealth Games and a lot of the countries used to

be British colonies and they are now independent and they are doing well

for themselves. Are you upset at the fact that you upset at the fact that

Usain Bolt may not be enjoying himself? We have got to be careful

about what we have got to be careful about what BC because he has

distanced himself from those remarks. I suspect that the way that

he has arrived in perhaps the reason, as he arrived last week he

might have had a slightly different approach. Will you be insulted if he

is not enjoying Glasgow as much? Not insulted, sad. I have had eagerly

expedients of the Commonwealth Games. I do not see why they would

not be enjoying himself. It is a different thing. To be honest, some

of the best international athletes are not at the competition. I think

that is correct. One of the great things has been that, no disrespect

to the Scottish athletes, but we had never heard of them before. They

told out to be dedicated people, dedicated to sport. And good

company. Not people who have Eos and decreases with those associated with

some top sportsmen. We got the details of the of the act that will

be at the closing ceremony. Deacon Blue. Kylie. It is great to see that

the Commonwealth Games is attracting big names. Kaylee Minorca, a good

celebrity to attract. -- Kylie Minogue. For men of my age, the

thought of Kylie Minogue appealing as the icing on the teacake!