:00:22. > :00:25.programme tonight: The threat to jobs across the region dash more
:00:25. > :00:34.than 100 redundancies are announced in Milton Keynes as thousands of
:00:34. > :00:37.workers clock off for the last time. Could police stations be closed and
:00:37. > :00:44.officers operate from supermarkets to save money?
:00:44. > :00:47.The risky life of a football manager - average job expectancy, less than
:00:47. > :00:57.18 months. Flying across the sands, the extreme
:00:57. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:13.Good evening and welcome. The fight for jobs across the region as around
:01:13. > :01:18.1000 workers are made redundant. To date the pet care factory -- Petcare
:01:18. > :01:22.factory in Peterboro closed. Owned by miles, it's relocating its
:01:22. > :01:28.pedigree pet food operation to Europe. More than 80 jobs have been
:01:28. > :01:33.lost. In Harlow, the company Tesco distribution centre officially
:01:33. > :01:37.closed for good today. 800 workers laid off there. And 118 people have
:01:37. > :01:40.also been made redundant today at a rail maintenance company in Milton
:01:40. > :01:45.Keynes which has gone into administration.
:01:45. > :01:51.It was the news many of them were expecting, but hoping not to hear.
:01:52. > :01:55.118 workers, almost half the workforce facing unemployment. The
:01:55. > :02:00.union says this could have been avoided if the government had
:02:00. > :02:04.stepped in with an emergency loan. Others disagree. The first thing I
:02:04. > :02:09.did was ask the government for a loan. That wasn't the only solution.
:02:09. > :02:14.Anyone who thinks that would have solved the problem is, is naive. We
:02:14. > :02:21.need to look fundamentally to make sure this company is a going
:02:21. > :02:25.concern. The company repairs trains with specialist work, so why has it
:02:25. > :02:29.run into difficulty? A German company was meant to take it over
:02:29. > :02:34.but the deal fell through. But the union says the government is to
:02:34. > :02:37.blame because of a delay in awarding contracts to companies to run train
:02:37. > :02:42.services, uncertainty which the union says, are stopping companies
:02:42. > :02:47.placing orders. It is more of a government made problem. The work
:02:47. > :02:53.stream this company does is related to refurbishing trains. Because the
:02:53. > :02:58.franchise Asian fiasco got changed and put back, it has created
:02:58. > :03:08.difficulties for the work stream for this company. What are the future
:03:08. > :03:14.
:03:14. > :03:19.prospects for the 140 staff room who at the site today. I try to speak to
:03:19. > :03:23.some of them, but none of them wanted to talk on camera. It is a
:03:24. > :03:26.difficult and worrying time for them, especially for those who are
:03:26. > :03:34.facing an uncertain future. The announcement is a bitter blow, but
:03:34. > :03:40.especially for this town built around the works. This year, it is
:03:40. > :03:45.175th birthday, but today there will be few celebrating.
:03:45. > :03:49.Now to Harlow, where the MP has accused Tesco of deeply damaging the
:03:49. > :03:53.local community by closing its distribution centre.
:03:53. > :03:58.Tesco have not wasted any time in stripping the Harlow site. Exits
:03:58. > :04:04.blocked, the warehouse emptied. Distribution is a thing of the past.
:04:04. > :04:11.The sign said, treat people how we like to be treated. But the local MP
:04:11. > :04:14.says workers have been let down. has had a huge impact on our town,
:04:14. > :04:20.not just individuals, but their families and friends, and the
:04:20. > :04:24.businesses around, shops that sell food and taxi companies. It has had
:04:24. > :04:29.a massive impact and Tesco has deeply damaged the community. The
:04:29. > :04:36.decision was announced in February, part of a major restructuring.
:04:36. > :04:39.the 800 people who work here, 500 were local from Harlow. Only 100
:04:39. > :04:43.workers are moving to the new depot in Dagenham - a move that has been
:04:43. > :04:51.criticised by the unions saying they will be working for poor wages and
:04:51. > :04:56.worse working conditions. Effectively, it is a new job, new
:04:56. > :05:02.contracts were offered. The Dagenham terms and conditions in pay alone is
:05:02. > :05:08.roughly a third less than the Harlow pay. So many of the warehouse
:05:08. > :05:12.people, it is a �9,000 a year drop. We asked Tesco to speak to us, but
:05:12. > :05:17.they declined. Earlier this year a spokesperson said they were helping
:05:17. > :05:23.workers find jobs elsewhere in the company. The priority is to keep as
:05:23. > :05:27.many people in work as possible and there is a job within Tesco for all
:05:27. > :05:33.at Harlow if they wanted. Tesco have thanked the workers for the
:05:33. > :05:36.continual hard work. This comes after the soft drinks company,
:05:36. > :05:41.Britvic is closing its factory in Chelmsford, and Lloyds banking group
:05:41. > :05:49.is closing its call centre in Southend. It brings the total number
:05:49. > :05:53.of job losses in Essex to more than 2000.
:05:53. > :05:58.Next, every police station in Bedfordshire could be closed to help
:05:58. > :06:02.the four save money. The Police and Crime Commissioner told us today the
:06:02. > :06:09.buildings cost around �3 million to run and the costs had to come
:06:09. > :06:14.somewhere. But how will the idea go down in the country? This police
:06:14. > :06:19.station was built in 1855. Luton is a bit more modern. But could the way
:06:19. > :06:26.we access the police in the future change? One idea is we could find
:06:26. > :06:29.them, not at a station, but based in supermarkets instead. The Beds
:06:29. > :06:33.Police and Crime Commissioner is asking the public what they think.
:06:33. > :06:37.What do the people here make of it all? It does not make sense shutting
:06:37. > :06:41.down police stations because there will be less police on the roads,
:06:41. > :06:45.but crime is going up. Police stations are long established and
:06:45. > :06:52.that is where people expect to see the police. As long as they come
:06:52. > :06:56.when you need them. It is all down to money full --. The force has to
:06:56. > :06:59.identify �7.5 million worth of savings over the next two years. It
:06:59. > :07:05.is looking at various options and can understand people are attached
:07:05. > :07:09.to their police stations. Bricks and mortar do not catch criminals,
:07:09. > :07:14.police officers do. I think people do understand, given the choice we
:07:14. > :07:17.do need to protect the front line. He argues many of us choose to
:07:17. > :07:22.contact the police on the phone or online, but critics say that simply
:07:22. > :07:27.does not suit everyone. More importantly is the ability for
:07:27. > :07:31.members of the public to walk off the streets and interact with a
:07:31. > :07:36.police officer and explain what the problem is. Face-to-face dialogue.
:07:36. > :07:39.By setting up in supermarkets, the police would be going the way of the
:07:39. > :07:48.Post Office. Some may not like the idea, but how many currently use
:07:48. > :07:52.their local police station? They have raised more than �1
:07:52. > :07:57.million and some have been working there for 30 years. But now
:07:57. > :08:00.volunteers at Hincingbrooke Hospital have been told their shop is no
:08:00. > :08:04.longer required. It sold second-hand goods and the proceeds went towards
:08:04. > :08:08.new medical equipment, but the shop does not look into the hospital's
:08:08. > :08:15.new retail area. Between them, Brenda and Barbara
:08:15. > :08:20.have devoted 20 years to Hincingbrooke Hospital. It has
:08:20. > :08:26.helped refurbish wards and bought a scanner. But today they are here to
:08:26. > :08:30.finalise its closure. It is upsetting. Upsetting, don't know
:08:30. > :08:35.what is going to happen to the stock. We have been walking through
:08:35. > :08:42.these doors for a lot of years now. Sometimes every day for seven days a
:08:42. > :08:47.week. How do you feel you have been treated? Badly. Badly.At a few days
:08:47. > :08:51.ago, a new shop was part of the plans, but then a change of heart.
:08:51. > :08:56.They sort of mentioned it wasn't the look he wanted the public to see as
:08:56. > :09:00.they came through the door. They wanted the public to see copy shops
:09:00. > :09:07.and whatever else they decide to put in. We have really slaved and worked
:09:07. > :09:10.our socks off to make money for that. The hospital will not let us
:09:10. > :09:15.inside the new look reception area to see for ourselves the changes,
:09:15. > :09:19.but I have been in there without the camera, and it is clear that has
:09:19. > :09:23.been a huge amount of redevelopment, including a new cafe and a new copy
:09:23. > :09:28.shop. But the hospital says the decision not to reopen the charity
:09:28. > :09:33.stall inside the reception area, is not to do with saving space. Instead
:09:33. > :09:38.they say it is about seeking a more creative means of fundraising and
:09:38. > :09:42.improve the patient experience. The hospital also says other volunteers
:09:42. > :09:46.have welcomed this reorganisation. But for Brenda and Barbara, they
:09:46. > :09:52.think the hospital is losing a vital source of funding, and is in danger
:09:52. > :09:56.of losing the loyalty and goodwill of the local community.
:09:56. > :10:00.In the past few minutes it has been confirmed Coventry City will be
:10:00. > :10:08.allowed to continue playing in the football league despite being on the
:10:08. > :10:18.verge of liquidation. It means that plans to play games at Stadium macro
:10:18. > :10:19.
:10:19. > :10:23.will go ahead. What is the latest? -- Sixfield Stadium. We have heard
:10:23. > :10:28.the news many, including Northampton town were waiting to hear. Coventry
:10:28. > :10:32.City's new owners have been granted a golden share, which is a right to
:10:32. > :10:36.play in the football league despite being on the brink of liquidation.
:10:37. > :10:41.It means they will kick off the new season away at Crawley tomorrow,
:10:41. > :10:45.followed by a home game at Northampton town a week on Sunday.
:10:45. > :10:51.But this stadium share has never been popular with Coventry fans, has
:10:51. > :10:54.it? That is right, they only sold around 300 season tickets. They
:10:54. > :10:58.would normally expect to sell several thousand of them if they
:10:58. > :11:01.were playing in Coventry. The football league do want to try to
:11:01. > :11:06.get Coventry back to playing at Coventry, and they are dismayed it
:11:06. > :11:12.has come to this. Northampton town stand to learn lots of money out of
:11:12. > :11:15.this, which will help them be, --, because they are struggling
:11:15. > :11:22.financially. But they don't want their name attached to what is
:11:22. > :11:29.turning out to be a messy story. Bees are being fitted with tiny
:11:29. > :11:34.radar by scientists to understand why their numbers are falling. It is
:11:34. > :11:39.part of BBC Two's Horizon programme which focuses on the work of Dr
:11:39. > :11:47.Stephan Wolf and his team at Rothamsted Research Centre. The
:11:47. > :11:55.gadgets mean the bees' flight activity can be tracked. You can get
:11:55. > :11:57.an accurate map of the flight with this ability of radar. Hincingbrooke