26/07/2014

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:00:09. > :00:12.1,000 jobs are to be axed by Coventry City Council.

:00:13. > :00:15.The authority says it needs to save ?60 million pounds

:00:16. > :00:18.because of reduced funding from Government

:00:19. > :00:21.and hopes all posts will be lost through voluntary redundancy.

:00:22. > :00:24.But a union has warned that the city's public services

:00:25. > :00:27.will be left on the brink of "collapse".

:00:28. > :00:31.Four years ago, these Coventry City Council workers

:00:32. > :00:37.Today, the authority says there's more pain to come.

:00:38. > :00:41.They want to axe another 1,000 posts `

:00:42. > :00:45.the loss of one in six jobs over the next three years.

:00:46. > :00:52.allows people who want to leave to leave

:00:53. > :00:56.and after that we will be able to re`divert remaining workers

:00:57. > :01:00.into services that protect the most vulnerable.

:01:01. > :01:04.The move, expected to be signed off next month,

:01:05. > :01:07.will no longer be Coventry's largest employer.

:01:08. > :01:09.There is a danger of collapse of services.

:01:10. > :01:13.Although government is talking about a recovery,

:01:14. > :01:15.certainly in Coventry, the jobs are not there.

:01:16. > :01:19.So if you make people redundant, where will they go for a job?

:01:20. > :01:22.The authority couldn't tell us which services will be reduced

:01:23. > :01:24.but they'll protect the jobs of social workers.

:01:25. > :01:29.following the tragic death of Daniel Pelka

:01:30. > :01:32.and pressure to implement recommendations

:01:33. > :01:38.Here, building work's underway on the Friargate business district `

:01:39. > :01:41.Coventry City Council plans to move many staff here

:01:42. > :01:46.as part of a wider scheme costing ?59 million.

:01:47. > :01:49.A similar sum the Council says it's losing from central government.

:01:50. > :01:51.Do you think you have got your spending priorities wrong

:01:52. > :01:55.The move to Friargate, the new building

:01:56. > :01:59.close to the train station, will save us money.

:02:00. > :02:03.That is going to save us around ?500,000 a year.

:02:04. > :02:05.Labour and councils have been speaking

:02:06. > :02:07.about something called a graph of doom.

:02:08. > :02:09.It marks the point at which key public services

:02:10. > :02:14.And this authority says they could reach that moment

:02:15. > :02:23.A man's died after becoming ill at the Global Gathering festival

:02:24. > :02:28.The 20`year`old was taken from the event at Long Marston airfield

:02:29. > :02:31.to Warwick Hospital but medics were unable to revive him.

:02:32. > :02:33.Warwickshire police are treating the death as unexplained

:02:34. > :02:38.and a post mortem examination is due to take place later.

:02:39. > :02:43.in connection with a fatal shooting in Rugby.

:02:44. > :02:46.The body of a man, in his 20s was found in a vehicle

:02:47. > :02:51.A car was seen speeding away from the scene.

:02:52. > :02:55.Warwickshire police say passengers on the X44 bus may be key witnesses

:02:56. > :02:58.and are appealing for anyone who might have seen a silver hatchback

:02:59. > :03:04.Hundreds of people have been taking part

:03:05. > :03:07.in a march in Birmingham to protest against the fighting in Gaza.

:03:08. > :03:11.The West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign

:03:12. > :03:15.organised the march from Sparkbrook to the city centre.

:03:16. > :03:17.A letter was handed into BBC Birmingham

:03:18. > :03:21.ahead of a rally on the steps of the Mailbox.

:03:22. > :03:24.Time for a look at what's been happening at the Commonwealth Games.

:03:25. > :03:27.A second gold medal for Oldbury's Jodie Stimpson

:03:28. > :03:32.She teamed up with the gold and silver medallist

:03:33. > :03:40.and the bronze medallist, Vicky Holland, from the women's event.

:03:41. > :03:46.It feels quite special. The last time we did the relay, things did

:03:47. > :03:47.not work out. This is pretty special.

:03:48. > :03:49.In swimming, Amy Smith from Kidderminster

:03:50. > :03:53.are both through to the semifinals of the 50 metres butterfly.

:03:54. > :03:55.Amy will also compete in the final

:03:56. > :03:57.of the 50 metres freestyle later this evening.

:03:58. > :04:00.Then there's the final for medal favourite Adam Peaty

:04:01. > :04:03.from Uttoxeter, who broke his own record

:04:04. > :04:07.at the 100 metre breaststroke semifinals last night.

:04:08. > :04:09.In the cycling, Andy Tennant from Wolverhampton

:04:10. > :04:12.is through to the cycling points race final

:04:13. > :04:15.and Jess Varnish from Bromsgrove narrowly missed out on silver

:04:16. > :04:20.and will compete for bronze in the cycling sprint.

:04:21. > :04:26.The weather now, here's Charlie Slater.

:04:27. > :04:31.Good evening. Police to say that if you sick and tired of being hot and

:04:32. > :04:37.bothered, it will be cooler tomorrow. We have some showers which

:04:38. > :04:42.could be heavy and thundery as be going to be early hours of Sunday

:04:43. > :04:46.morning. It will still be another warm night. As we go through into

:04:47. > :04:49.Sunday, it will be a cooler day. There will be a lot of cloud around

:04:50. > :04:53.with a view showers in northern parts but those temperatures are

:04:54. > :04:55.down to the low 20s rather than the high 20s. As I say, it probably

:04:56. > :04:57.comes as good relief for some. We'll be back just

:04:58. > :05:00.after 5pm tomorrow evening, that's with Michael Collie

:05:01. > :05:21.here on BBC One. A bit of a change on the way, in

:05:22. > :05:24.fact it has already started in the north and west of the UK. It will be

:05:25. > :05:25.cooler, temperatures slipping back to where they

:05:26. > :05:30.cooler, temperatures slipping back to where they should be for this

:05:31. > :05:37.time of the year. Some sunshine, but also some outbreaks of rain. Ahead

:05:38. > :05:42.of this crowd, some sunshine and heat, 29 in Southampton but only 16

:05:43. > :05:49.in the Western Isles. Heavy rain for a time overnight working its way

:05:50. > :05:53.deep words -- eastwards. Elsewhere, largely dry, particularly in

:05:54. > :05:57.southern counties. Warmer in the south-east, 18 or 19 degrees. Any

:05:58. > :06:00.rain on the eastern side of England doesn't last too long. The western

:06:01. > :06:01.side of