Updates on Tuesday 10 November 2015
More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Wednesday
Navkiran Mann
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
The number of police community support officers in the West Midlands is to be cut, external by about 80% over the next five years.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceCurrently there are about 535 so-called PCSOs in the region, but that will drop to 119 by 2020.
Deputy Chief Constable David Thompson says “how services look and are delivered will have to change".
Kevin Reide
Midlands Today
Jean Taylor was celebrating her 14th birthday the night German planes dropped bombs on Coventry 75 years ago.
She's been giving me her memories.
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Thousands of you have been watching and sharing this lovely film by our reporter Richard Williamson our Facebook site. , external
In the week marking the 75th anniversary of the blitz on Coventry, he's been in search of his family's experience of that night.
A Coventry project that promotes child safeguarding amoung Black faith organisations is to benefit from new National Lottery funding.
Image source, Big Lottery FundAfricans Unite against Child Abuse has been given the award for its work to reduce abuse linked to religious practices, by offering training sessions and support forums.
Other organisations to benefit are the Nuneaton and Bedworth Healthy Living Network and a Coventry boxing academy helping to tackle anti-social behaviour.
A Leamington sex attacker must serve an extra three months behind bars, external after wasting top judges’ time in a doomed bid for freedom.
Image source, Coventry Telegraph
Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
These are some of the main stories we're looking at today:
- West Midlands police to cut number of community support officers
- College staff walk out over proposed pay freeze
- Men jailed for football-related violence
A five-year-old girl died and seven others were treated in hospital after a two-car collision in Cawston.
Image source, Rugby AdvertiserIt will be breezy and cloudy with some rain moving in from the west this afternoon.
Felix the cat, from Bedworth, is recovering at home after surgery to remove a cat food tin from his head.
Image source, PDSAThe former stray got himself stuck when scavenging a recycling bin in a neighbour's garden.
Debbie Evans, from Coventry veterinary charity PDSA, says he was seriously stressed when they saw him but a short operation with a general anaesthetic succesfully removed the tin.
Felix only suffered a slight cut to the ear.
Navkiran Mann
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner has criticised the government's decision to delay proposed changes to police budgets.
Image source, West Midlands PCCPolice minister Mike Penning says the delay is due to a "statistical error" in how they calculate funding.
West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson called the decision, external "farcical" and said: "It is quite frankly shocking that the Home Office have made a mistake like this."
Nuneaton and Bedworth Healthy Living Network has today received a whopping cash injection of almost half a million pounds from chiefs at the Big Lottery Fund, external.
Image source, Nuneaton NewsAlec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
These are some of the stories we're covering today:
- Men jailed for football violence after Atherstone Town match
- West Midlands PCC criticises government's "farcical" mistake on funding
- Coventry project tackling child abuse awarded funding
BBC Travel
A broken down train between Coventry and Nuneaton means trains are currently unable to run between the stations.
There is a bus replacement service until at least 11:30.
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Chiltern Railways says leaves on the line are adding to delays on services between London and Birmingham this morning.
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Alec Blackman
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
These are some of the news stories we're looking at today:
- Men jailed for football-related violence, external after 2013 Atherstone Town match
- Pedestrian 'seriously injured' after cras, externalh in Warwick
- Lottery funding for Coventry child abuse charity
BBC Travel
Slow traffic on the M6 southbound between J6, A438, and J5, A452 because of an earlier broken down vehicle.
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
A mild start to a cloudy, but dry day with just a few light showers to look out for.
There may be some brighter spells around during the morning and a top temperature of of 15C (59F).
Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live
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