being built, i didn t expect it to go that far. but obviously it doesn t cover existing roads, and it s the existing roads that are killing us. so it s half the battle, but there is still half the battle to go. a bbc panorama investigation in 2020 found that 38 people had died on smart motorways between 2015 and 2020. indeed, on one stretch of the m25, near misses went up 20 fold from 72 to 1,485. across europe there are similar smart motorway schemes, including in austria, belgium and germany. one of the biggest is in the netherlands. it s known there as the rush hour lane. during busy times, lanes are opened up for traffic. over in the united states, there are fewer schemes. department for transportation officials say there are two dynamic schemes. one is in virginia, the other in minneapolis.
are killing us. so it s half the battle, but there is still half the battle to go. a bbc panorama investigation in 2020 found that 38 people had died on smart motorways between 2015 and 2020. indeed, on one stretch of the m25, near misses went up 20 fold from 72 to 1485. across europe there are similar smart motorway schemes, including in austria, belgium and germany. one of the biggest is in the netherlands. it s known there as the rush hour lane. during busy times, lanes are opened up for traffic. over in the united states, there are fewer schemes. department for transportation officials say there are two dynamic schemes. one is in virginia, the other in minneapolis. let s get some of the day s other news now. gunmen in central mexico have killed seven people including a child
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insiders at the social media giant told a bbc panorama investigation earlier this month that the company is no longer able to protect users from online abuse following mass sackings under the ownership of elon musk. exclusive research supported their allegations, and after the investigation went out, our social media and disinformation correspondent marianna spring received a barrage of hate on the platform after musk tweeted at her, essentially directing trolls to do the same. it s all reinforcing a lot of what the reporting has revealed. marianna spring joins me now. how bad is her problem and is it getting worse? how bad is her problem and is it getting worse? how bad is her problem and is it ..ettin worse? ., .,, ,, getting worse? that was the issue we were talking getting worse? that was the issue we were talking about getting worse? that was the issue we were talking about on getting worse? that was the issue we were talking about on newscast, - getting worse? that was the