Travel news: Rush hour delays on roads and railways after heavy rain | UK News [Video]

Parts of the UK are currently getting battered by rain just in time for rush hour as commuters head back home from work.

Both National Highways and National Rail have issued warnings for heavy rain and there are already delays of up to an hour on both the M25 and M5 this evening.

Already on the tubes there is no service between Earl’s Court and Wimbledon while emergency services deal with a casualty on the track.

Elsewhere a lorry driver was injured after he crashed off a bridge on the M6 in Cheshire.

Drivers could only watch in shock when the HGV crashed off the Thelwall Viaduct on the M6 in Warrington.

Traffic was in chaos for hours, and the motorway is still feeling the brunt of the incident as two lanes out of four remain closed northbound from J20 to J21 for emergency repair works. Scroll further down to read …