Traffic and Travel

Drivers travelling on the M3 in Hampshire are advised to plan ahead as a series of overnight lane closures will be in place starting next week.

There will be an overnight road closure on Pipers lane on May 21.

The M4 will be closed again this weekend as further Smart Motorways work is carried out.

One lane of the A34 southbound from the A339 to the A4 has reopened after a vehicle shed its load.

The closure is due to a vehicle shedding its load.

A crash on Kiln Road this evening has led to increased traffic in the Turnpike area of Newbury.

A town centre road will be closed overnight for more than two weeks later this month.

All lanes on the M4 westbound between junctions 12 and 13 are re-open again following yesterday's oil spill, National Highways reports.

The M4 westbound between junctions 12 and 13 has now re-opened following an oil spillage that occurred earlier today.

Smart Motorway Progress Report confirms the installation of new safety equipment on smart motorways will be completed by end of September.

The M4 is closed westbound between junctions 12 and 13 following a large oil spillage this morning, Thames Valley Police have tweeted.

National Highways has said that a vehicle has broken down and one of the two lanes is closed.

Hampstead Norreys residents were angered by a road closure that disrupted their morning school runs on Monday.

One northbound lane on the A34 between the Milton and Marcham interchanges is now open following this morning's closure.

The A34 is currently closed in both directions between Marcham and Milton and is likely to remain closed for the most of the morning.

The M4 will be shut in both directions this weekend between J6 and J8/9 while engineers carry out smart motorway works.

Traffic is queueing between the M4 at Chieveley and the junction with the A4130.

Both exit lanes off the M4 were closed while Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service dealt with a vehicle fire on the slip road.

The rail lines between Taunton and Reading have now reopened after a person was hit by a train, Great Western Railway has confirmed.

Train services running between Taunton in Somerset and Reading have been cancelled or delayed after a person was hit by a train.