'All traffic stopped' on M1 motorway near Sheffield due to police incident

By The Newsroom
Published 4th Jan 2017, 19:13 GMT
Updated 9th Jan 2017, 13:01 GMT
The M1 is closed northboundThe M1 is closed northbound
The M1 is closed northbound
All traffic has been stopped on the M1 motorway near Sheffield due to a police incident.

Highways England has announced that the M1 motorway northbound has been shut from junction 34 and junction 35 near Sheffield.

The agency said that delays are building, but it is not yet clear what the incident is.

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The announcement said: "#M1 #Sheffield NB J34 + J35 All traffic is stopped due to a Police incident. Please allow extra journey time, delays building."

UPDATE: The road has reopened, but there are still long delays as of 8.30pm.

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