Drivers have been forced to go slow on the M40 near the Oxfordshire border this morning following an accident.

The accident involving a lorry and a car happened after 7am on the sounthbound carriageway, between junction six at Watlington and junction five at Stokenchurch.

The vehicles have now been removed to the hard shoulder but there are still tailbacks to junction seven for Thame.

A spokesman for South Central Ambulance said staff were not asked to attend the crash.

An accident involving a lorry also took place shortly before 8am between Paines Hill and Water Lane in Steeple Aston, near Bicester.

It is not yet known if any drivers were injured, and traffic is now being diverted away from the area.