This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops View Image There has been serious crash on the M1, with a section of the motorway closed in both directions (Image: NATIONAL HIGHWAYS)

A massive section of one of Britain's most heavily-used motorways has been shut in both directions after a severe smash. ‌

Images from motorway cameras on the M1 between J20 (#Lutterworth) and J21 (M69, Leicester) reveal enormous tailbacks stretching for miles, reports the Express . ‌

National Highways said the southbound side had been closed to allow an air ambulance to land on the motorway, between Lutterworth and the M69 at Leicester. ‌

The agency also posted on X: "The #M1 in #Leicestershire is CLOSED in both direction

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