CLOCKWISE traffic on the M25 has now tailed back over the QEII bridge as workers carry out emergency repairs in Kent.

At 9.45am it was reported traffic is a virtual standstill due to the work underway at Junction 3 with the M20, in order to carry out works on the bridge at Swanley which was closed at around 8.30am.

A diversion is currently in place, taking traffic up the slip road to bypass the junction.

In Thurrock access roads to the M25 are now becoming congested.