TRAFFIC on the A1(M) is heavy after a caravan and towing car overturned, causing two motorway junctions to shut.

Delays of up to 40 minutes have been reported at Junction 7 for Stevenage on the southbound carriageway following a crash at 12.45pm today (Tuesday), which saw a car towing a caravan cross the central reservation between Junction 6 and 5.

Both junctions have been shut southbound, with one lane open northbound.