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it was the favourite who won the day. corach rambler proved a bargain for his owners a scottish syndicate who bought him forjust £17,000. the largest military parade in 70 years more than 6,000 members of britain s armed services will take part in next month s coronation. and the weather, a lot more cart around today compared to yesterday, patchy rain in the west but it will fill wall. all the details and outlook coming up after breakfast. just as she will feel warm. it s sunday, 16th april. our main story: motoring groups have welcomed the government s decision to cancel the construction of new smart motorways, but insisted the announcement does not go far enough. existing stretches of smart motorway in england will remain, but more emergency stopping places will be put in place. the aa has called for the hard shoulder to return on all roads. aru na iyengar reports. it is not quite the end of smart motorways. plans for m will be scrapped, including 11 that had alr ....
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That 38 people had been killed on smart motorways over a space of five years and there was this finding from a freedom of information request, involving one stretch of the m25. one warning sign was out of action for nearly a year. 336 days. there was also a 20 fold rise in near misses, 72 in the five years with a hard shoulder, 1485 in the five years without. campaigners say they are pleased the government is acknowledging the public s lack of confidence in smart motorways. this policy was to widen motorways on the cheap and all the evidence from back in 2006, 2011, actually shows that officials knew there would be greater risks by actually only having emergency refuge areas every 1.5 miles. people knew there would be risks. and i think that is the scandals of smart motorways, they were rolled out without any consultation. ....
Meanwhile, any upgrades on smart motorways will go ahead, providing 150 more emergency stopping places across a network and there will also better technology to detect vehicles that are broken down. aruna iyengar, bbc news. more than 100 protesters have been arrested after attempting to disrupt the grand national. the start of the race at aintree was delayed after members of the activist group animal rising entered the racecourse. the event is one of the world s most famous steeplechases, and did eventually get going with corach rambler running to victory. patrick geary reports. the first fence of the grand national and a battle between police and protesters determined ....