National Highways has detailed the reason behind the Christmas Day bridge closure of the Severn Bridge. "Our number one priority is that everybody stays safe ... during windy conditions, the Severn ...
The closure - which is described as emergency roadworks to fix a defect - will run from 9pm tonight until 6am tomorrow ...
A stretch of the M5 is flooded and the M48 Severn Bridge is closed as wind and rain causes travel disruption across the west country. One lane of the motorway is shut between J21 (Weston-super-Mare) ...