Wales breaking news plus weather and traffic updates (Tuesday, October 14)

M4 live updates as crash blocks Severn Bridge

The M48 has been completely blocked near the Severn Bridges due to a collision between involving a car and a motorcycle ahead of rush hour. The Severn Bridges account on X confirmed the carriageway in Gloucestershire is closed in the westbound direction between the M4 and J1 at Aust.

The post said: “More information to follow, thank you for your patience.” Follow our live updates on this incident here

Cost to repair huge sinkhole totals over 4m

Work to fix the sinkhole that opened up on a Merthyr street and made headlines around the world has cost more than £4m. Around 30 homes were evacuated on December 1 last year when the void appeared at Nant Morlais, Pant, and engulfed part of a road, a pavement and a huge chunk of the driveway belonging to the family of Love Island star Liam Reardon during Storm Bert.

It hit national headlines including Fox News in America which described it as large enough to swallow double decker buses. Over several days the sinkhole kept growing and reached a huge size of 33ft wide and over 40ft deep.

Work to fix the crater, described as the “biggest engineering job in south Wales”is coming to an end and has cost the council £4m.

Read the latest update here

Wales v Belgium match halted as giant rat invades pitch

Wales v Belgium was temporarily halted last night after a rat invaded the pitch at Cardiff City Stadium. Craig Bellamy’s side were trailing 2-1 in the 66th minute when the referee stopped the game to tend to a head injury to one of the Belgian players.

But before play could resume again, the players were made to wait for a rodent to make its way off the pitch.

Substitute Brennan Johnson had to usher the rat off the pitch as it ran towards a camera operator on the touchline.

Full story here

Today’s weather forecast

Often cloudy this week but some sunshine in places. Here is the full Met Office forecast for Wales today:

A cloudy day for many with intermittent drizzle in some eastern areas first thing. Probably sunnier in the west once any early fog patches have cleared. Generally feeling cool but pleasantly warm in any sunshine. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Remaining similar overnight with cloudy skies prevailing for most and the best chance of clearer spells in the west. Turning chilly where skies remain clear, otherwise staying relatively mild. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

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