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A signal fault between Norwich and Brundall is causing disruption in Norfolk this afternoon.

The fault has since been fixed but disruption is expected to continue as advertised timetable is recovered.

It’s impacting Greater Anglia trains between Norwich and Great Yarmouth / Lowestoft / Sheringham.

Services could be cancelled, revised, or delayed by 20 minutes, and the disruption is expected to last until about 7pm.

There was a track circuit failure at Woking earlier today, which caused major disruption to trains running through the station.

The issue has been fixed now and trains are able to run again, but services are still at risk of delays, cancellations or alterations.

Some trains through the station may still be delayed by up to 30 minutes or revised, and disruption is expected to last until 8pm.

It’s impacting all South Western Railway routes which run through Woking.

A tree fell onto the tracks between Wigan North Western and Huyton earlier today, which blocked a number of lines.

The tree has now been moved and lines have reopened, but there is still a lot of disruption in the area.

Passengers are facing 45-minute delays or cancellations, and the disruption is expected to last until about 6pm.

It’s affecting Northern routes between Manchester Airport and Barrow-in-Furness, and also between Blackpool North / Manchester Victoria / Liverpool Lime street and Wigan North.

There’s disruption to Great Northern and Thameslink services after a train developed a fault at Stevenage.

Some lines towards London are blocked, with some trains forced to stop and wait in between stations.

It’s impacting the following services:

• Great Northern between Kings Lynn / Ely and London Kings Cross
• Great Northern between Peterborough / Cambridge / Letchworth Garden City and London Kings Cross

• Thameslink between Cambridge and Brighton
• Thameslink between Peterborough and Horsham

Motorists face delays on the M25 after a crash near Potters Bar between junctions J23 and J24.

One lane has closed on the clockwise carriageway after the smash near the construction area.

Traffic is queueing back past J22 and up to J21.

Southern trains will not call at Beckenham Junction today due to a shortage of station staff.

Instead, trains to and from the station will start and terminate at Birkbeck which makes journeys 10-15 minutes longer than usual.

Passengers are advised to take a tram between Birkbeck and Beckenham Junction.

Passengers travelling from Gatwick Airport towards London face delays after a signalling system fault.

The fault was discovered between Gatwick and Redhill and it means trains have to run at a reduced speed on some lines towards London.

Trains have 10-minute delays. The disruption is set to be resolved by 2pm.

Here are the affected routes.

• Gatwick Express between Brighton / Gatwick Airport and London Victoria
• Great Western Railway between Gatwick Airport and Reading
• Southern between Portsmouth Harbour / Eastbourne / Ore / Littlehampton / Reigate / Brighton / Gatwick Airport and London Victoria
• Thameslink between Horsham and Peterborough and between Three Bridges and Bedford

Some railway lines between London Paddington and Reading, Berkshire, are blocked after a points failure.

Great Western Railway services could be cancelled or delayed, with disruption expected until 12.45pm.

Drone users have been urged to keep them away from Gatwick Airport’s restricted zone.

Mark Johnston, Gatwick’s chief operating officer, said hundreds of drone sightings within the airport’s restriction zone are a ‘drain on resources.’

It comes six years after flights were grounded after a drone sighting ahead of Christmas 2018.

He told BBC News that while there is ‘usually no malice’ behind the incidents, the impact on operations is ‘huge.’

Those who receive drones as a Christmas present this year need to remember that flying a drone within airports’ 3.1-mile restricted zone is illegal and could result in criminal charges.

The Civil Aviation Authority has also reminded drone users that drones weighing more than 250 grams or those fitted with a camera have to be registered with it.

Mysterious drone sightings have made headlines in the US after unidentified objects have been spotted flying over New Jersey, New York and the surrounding areas. Authorities have now come up with a way to detect them using high-tech radar technology deployed in the Russia-Ukraine war.

The A47 has closed in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, after a police incident.

The road remains closed in both directions due to a police incident, traffic analyst Inrix says.

It is closed between J16 and J15 while officers carry out an investigation and traffic is diverted.

A section of the Docklands Light Railway has been suspended after a signal failure.

There is no service between Poplar and Canning Town while engineers fix the fault at Blackwall.

The rest of the DLR network has good service.

All lines have now reopened between Cheshunt and Broxbourne, but Stansted Express and Greater Anglia trains continue to be cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes or revised until the service has recovered.

Major disruption is expected until 11am, National Rail said.

Network Rail engineers have repaired the fault, but because train crews are displaced resuming normal service will take longer than usual.

Here are the affected train routes.

• Between Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport
• Between Liverpool Street and Cambridge
• Between Liverpool Street and Hertford East
• Between Stratford and Bishops Stortford

A stalled vehicle is wreaking havoc on the M4 eastbound outside Newport, Wales.

The vehicle broke down between J25 and J25, forcing lanes two lanes out of three to close.

Traffic has been held eastbound and travel time is more than 60 minutes in the area.

Drivers face up to 45-minute delays on the M3 eastbound after a crash between junctions J12 (Eastleigh) and J11 (Winchester).

The vehicles have been removed to the hard shoulder. Traffic has been released, but there are still long delays and four miles of congestion on approach, National Highways said.

If you’re travelling by car over Christmas, here is a handy map to show where the worst getaway queues are expected and what time you should travel to avoid them.

The Victoria line on the London Underground is experiencing severe delays due to a passenger incident.

The entire line has severe delays after the incident at Finsbury Park.

Passengers can use tickets on London Buses, Overground, Great Northern, Thameslink and Greater Anglia instead.

Part of the A47 has been flooded outside Norwich at the Norfolk Showground.

As a result, the westbound entry slip road from the A1074 is closed.

Traffic is coping well, an alert from Inrix says.

Trains between Manchester Piccadilly and Huddersfield face major delays after overrunning engineering works.

All lines are blocked, meaning trains running to and from the stations will be cancelled, delayed by up to an hour or diverted via the Calder Valley.

The issues are expected to last until 8.30am.

National Rail said passengers ‘should continue to travel as planned, however, your journey may be delayed by up to 60 minutes.’

Rail replacement transport has been requested and it is being sorted.

You might be entitled to compensation or delay repay if your journey is delayed, so it is worth keeping hold of your ticket and making note of the journey times.

British Airways has suspended its daily flight-route from London Heathrow to Abu Dhabi.

Read more below about why the flights have been halted.