Serious delays on the M62 after police incident led to full closure

The incident happened in the early hours of this morning between Junction 25 and Junction 26.

Police began to release traffic at around 5.30am this morning but heavy delays remained.

National Highways reported around nine miles of congestion on approach to the incident at around 9am.

At 9.30, the agency confirmed that all lanes had reopened.

It warned that there remains around seven miles of congestion with delays of 50 minutes.