MOTORISTS are being warned to avoid the south bound junctions 21a and 20 of the M6 near Warrington following a serious incident involving a Warburton delivery lorry on fire.

A FIVE vehicle collision on the M6 near Warrington is causing heavy traffic delays on the Northbound carriageway.

UPDATED: The westbound carriageway of the M62 near junction 11 at Birchwood, Warrington is now fully re-opened following an incident involving an overturned lorry this morning.

FIRE and rescue crews from Warrington, Birchwood, Leigh and Eccles were involved in a major operation on the M62 this morning after a crash in which one person was killed.

SERIOUS traffic delays are being experienced on the M62 near Gemini, Warrington, following an accident involving a lorry which appears to have spilled its load.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 23-year old Warrington man died in a collision on the M62 on Sunday.

UPDATED: THE air ambulance was called to lift one person to hospital following a five vehicle collision which closed the M6 at Thelwall Viaduct in both directions this morning.

NEW aerial photographs show work on the £192 million new A556 road linking the M6 and M56 in Cheshire, south of Warrington, well underway.