DELAYS are beginning to ease on the M6 southbound, north of junction 18, with an earlier crash now cleared.

There had been delays of around 90 minutes on the southbound carriageway following a crash between Knutsford and Middlewich.

Three lorries were involved in a collision, with Cheshire Police called at 1.24pm and closing two of three lanes to traffic.

No injuries were reported, and Highways England dealt with the incident between junctions 19 at Knutsford and 18 at Middlewich and Holmes Chapel.

Delays stretched back to the Lymm interchange.