A motorway in Manchester has fully opened following a police incident over night.

A traffic camera image at 2:14pm showing the M60 between junction 22 and junction 23 was open clockwise but closed anti-clockwise. | Traffic camera

placeholder image — A traffic camera image at 2:14pm showing the M60 between junction 22 and junction 23 was open clockwise but closed anti-clockwise. | Traffic camera

At 4:35am, National Highways North West tweeted that the M60 was closed in both directions between junction 23 at Ashton-under-Lyne and junction 21 at Chadderton due to a police led incident, adding that Greater Manchester Police were in attendance.

An hour later, the clockwise carriage reopened between Junction 22 and Junction 21.

At 8:00am the situation remained the same with the M60 remaining closed anti-clockwise between Junction 23 and junction 21 and clockwise between junction 23 and 22.

In a update provided at 1:30pm , National Highways North West confirmed that the clockwise carriage has reopened but the anti-clockwise had not.

Finally in the latest updated isued at 4:30pm, National Highways North West tweeted: “ The @gmpolice investigation work is now complete on #M60 anti-clockwise between J23 (#AshtonUnderLyne) and J21 (#Chadderton) following this morning serious incident. The #M60 has been reopened with residual delays in the area beginning to ease. “