Your Wednesday morning report for the Wakefield district

Your weekday traffic, travel and weather report with the Wakefield Express, Pontefract and Castleford Express, Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express, the Dewsbury Reporter series and the Morley Observer and Advertiser.

- Motorists are facing delays on the M1 northbound between junction 39 (Durkar) and junction 40 (Flushdyke) because of a broken down vehicle in the roadworks area.

- There’s a grey start this morning but this afternoon will be warm, with highs of 25 degrees Celsius.

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