THE M6 has been reopened after a construction lorry overturned and shed its load of hot bitumen between junction 19 at Tabley and junction 18 at Middlewich.

The accident caused gridlock on roads around the area this morning, affecting the A556 in both directions.

A lorry overturned on the northbound carriageway across the central reservation at about 1.30am.

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