QUEUES are backing up on the A34 after reports of broken down tanker.

Traffic reports are showing severe congestion clogging up the A34 heading northbound from Kidlington towards the M40 J9.

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Long queues are also tailing back onto the M40 leading up from the Cherwell Valley Services through to J9, on both sides of the carriageway.

One driver reported seeing a tanker broken down with the rubber having come away from the front wheel.

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