M6 motorway: Delays ease after diesel spillage

National Highways has reported long delay queues after a diesel spillage on the M6 - but the motorway is now fully open again.

It happened on the northbound side of the motorway at Junction 8 and two out of three lanes were closed, with the inside lane remaining open.

The fuel is being cleaned up, but the lane closures caused 30-minute delays and six miles of queues. The road was reopened at about 8.30am, earlier than had been predicted.