A broken down heavy goods vehicle on the A350 in Melksham, near Asda Superstore, caused traffic tailbacks this morning.

Police received a report about the broken down vehicle at 8.42am, with the white Volvo heavy tractor coming to a stop in the inside lane of the A350.

Officers managed to get the vehicle over to the slip road to stop the obstruction to traffic at 9.26am and a recovery vehicle has now been sent to collect it.