26/07/2014 Midlands Today

1,000 jobs are to be axed by Coventry City Council.

The authority says it needs to save ?60 million pounds

because of reduced funding from Government

and hopes all posts will be lost through voluntary redundancy.

But a union has warned that the city's public services

will be left on the brink of "collapse".

Four years ago, these Coventry City Council workers

Today, the authority says there's more pain to come.

They want to axe another 1,000 posts `

the loss of one in six jobs over the next three years.

allows people who want to leave to leave

and after that we will be able to re`divert remaining workers

into services that protect the most vulnerable.

The move, expected to be signed off next month,

will no longer be Coventry's largest employer.

There is a danger of collapse of services.

Although government is talking about a recovery,

certainly in Coventry, the jobs are not there.

So if you make people redundant, where will they go for a job?

The authority couldn't tell us which services will be reduced

but they'll protect the jobs of social workers.

following the tragic death of Daniel Pelka

and pressure to implement recommendations

Here, building work's underway on the Friargate business district `

Coventry City Council plans to move many staff here

as part of a wider scheme costing ?59 million.

A similar sum the Council says it's losing from central government.

Do you think you have got your spending priorities wrong

The move to Friargate, the new building

close to the train station, will save us money.

That is going to save us around ?500,000 a year.

Labour and councils have been speaking

about something called a graph of doom.

It marks the point at which key public services

And this authority says they could reach that moment

A man's died after becoming ill at the Global Gathering festival

The 20`year`old was taken from the event at Long Marston airfield

to Warwick Hospital but medics were unable to revive him.

Warwickshire police are treating the death as unexplained

and a post mortem examination is due to take place later.

in connection with a fatal shooting in Rugby.

The body of a man, in his 20s was found in a vehicle

A car was seen speeding away from the scene.

Warwickshire police say passengers on the X44 bus may be key witnesses

and are appealing for anyone who might have seen a silver hatchback

Hundreds of people have been taking part

in a march in Birmingham to protest against the fighting in Gaza.

The West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign

organised the march from Sparkbrook to the city centre.

A letter was handed into BBC Birmingham

ahead of a rally on the steps of the Mailbox.

Time for a look at what's been happening at the Commonwealth Games.

A second gold medal for Oldbury's Jodie Stimpson

She teamed up with the gold and silver medallist

and the bronze medallist, Vicky Holland, from the women's event.

It feels quite special. The last time we did the relay, things did

not work out. This is pretty special.

In swimming, Amy Smith from Kidderminster

are both through to the semifinals of the 50 metres butterfly.

Amy will also compete in the final

of the 50 metres freestyle later this evening.

Then there's the final for medal favourite Adam Peaty

from Uttoxeter, who broke his own record

at the 100 metre breaststroke semifinals last night.

In the cycling, Andy Tennant from Wolverhampton

is through to the cycling points race final

and Jess Varnish from Bromsgrove narrowly missed out on silver

and will compete for bronze in the cycling sprint.

The weather now, here's Charlie Slater.

Good evening. Police to say that if you sick and tired of being hot and

bothered, it will be cooler tomorrow. We have some showers which

could be heavy and thundery as be going to be early hours of Sunday

morning. It will still be another warm night. As we go through into

Sunday, it will be a cooler day. There will be a lot of cloud around

with a view showers in northern parts but those temperatures are

down to the low 20s rather than the high 20s. As I say, it probably

comes as good relief for some. We'll be back just

after 5pm tomorrow evening, that's with Michael Collie

here on BBC One. A bit of a change on the way, in

fact it has already started in the north and west of the UK. It will be

cooler, temperatures slipping back to where they

cooler, temperatures slipping back to where they should be for this

time of the year. Some sunshine, but also some outbreaks of rain. Ahead

of this crowd, some sunshine and heat, 29 in Southampton but only 16

in the Western Isles. Heavy rain for a time overnight working its way

deep words -- eastwards. Elsewhere, largely dry, particularly in

southern counties. Warmer in the south-east, 18 or 19 degrees. Any

rain on the eastern side of England doesn't last too long. The western

side of