Accident closes city's motorway

Traffic travelling out of Bristol on the M32 was severely disrupted after a series of accidents where cars skidded on ice on Tuesday morning.

Police closed the motorway northbound at junction one after a crash at 0745 GMT in which a car careered into a gantry post leaving it "unsteady".

The driver was not injured, Avon and Somerset police said.

Queues of traffic formed on the slip road leading to the ring road. The motorway had reopened by 1515 GMT.