Drivers faced 12-mile queues on the M25 following a diesel spillage this afternoon.

The motorway has now reopened after an earlier closure anticlockwise between junction 31 and junction 30 in Essex due to the diesel spillage - which happened just after 1.30pm.

All closures have now been lifted.

There were long delays on the M25 anti-clockwise towards the Dartford Crossing between J4 for Orpington and the Dartford Tunnel.

There are still some delays in the surrounding area.

Highways England tweeted a picture of the spillage.

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