Streetlights put residents in the dark

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Councils across Coventry and Warwickshire have already started to make cuts and savings. Cuts are never popular but they have a duty to balance their books somehow. Well one particular cost-saving decision made by Coventry City Council has caused quite a stir. In February it voted to switch off streetlights in some areas of the city from midnight to 5:30am. BBC CWR's Ushma Mistry has been speaking to to some residents in Tile Hill who are already experiencing lights out