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M4 traffic latest: Chaos as motorway closed in BOTH directions - Major 'police incident'



 M4 traffic most recent: Chaos as motorway shut in BOTH ways - Major 'police episode'

THE M4 motorway has been shut in the two ways earlier today while police react to an "progressing episode".

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The M4 has been shut off in the two ways (Image: Highways England)

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Traffic is being hung on both the eastward and westward carriages from Junction 15 to 16 - on the southeasterly edge of Swindon. Public Highways said the conclusion is supposed to endure "for the duration of the morning".

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Traffic screens recommend the street was at first shut around 5.50am earlier today. The occurrence was first announced by National Highways soon after 6am.

It said the motorway had been shut "to permit Wiltshire Police to react to a continuous episode".

It added: "The street is relied upon to stay shut for the duration of the morning.

"There are presently slight postpones moving toward the conclusion one or the other way. In the event that this conclusion impacts on your arranged course, kindly permit additional excursion time.

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The motorway is relied upon to stay shut 'for the duration of the morning' (Image: Highways England)

"Prepare, you might wish to re-course or even defer your excursion."

Wiltshire Police noticed that "Croft Road in Wroughton has additionally been shut because of this present morning's occurrence."

They exhorted: "Kindly keep away from this space if possible."

The stretch of shut motorway sits between its crossing point with Marlborough Road (A346) and the Spittleborough indirect.

Croft Road disregards the motorway around North Wroughton.

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