{"id":500537,"date":"2026-03-28T18:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/500537\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T18:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:39:08","slug":"live-severe-delays-on-m61-southbound-near-bolton-after-crash-and-oil-spill-the-bolton-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/500537\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: Severe delays on M61 southbound near Bolton after crash and oil spill &#8211; The Bolton News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxNdEVuMHN5ZXRRVG03cnE5Vkdxa2tDUWh3eHJ0Wm9WN0ZFelVibE9vREJ5aWIzc19nY0Z0U1dadWxPWTJLNzRDYmExSWFqb3V6bGlWUTQ5UUc3alJvTElDY1pjb2JVcmN4MnQzSjBnb1NERVlpbWZ3X21nSE9hQWFVMldyWjBXcHVldVdTRGVaTkZobGZP?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LIVE: Severe delays on M61 southbound near Bolton after crash and oil spill<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bolton News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBHNU45Q05FNVBXZ0plRHNhdTNQVzNWbTc2OTUxTGRoWEhvQVlTZlNRM1JVai1wcVZQcHhfWEdZT0FDbTEwZHM3T21QODZ1c3BDbDZuVDVaWDBJYVdh?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Delays for commuters as crashes close M61 and M53<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOa1hyUkV4RjZNdHFES3B3YUx3QzdfejczQkxlQXd5ZlBhdVk3NHJnUkQzSzRKMWdxQmxWZ1NxR1ZyWmxWRV80LW9vanRacTBJcWFOZGtYb01zQkE5OFN3TVFCNmZwSXBJVjRtQ1FqUXI4OFh2M0NnTjRVQ2tGNzROQnp2bEdRZnAwS1ZRdlB2Y2JzeEtrV3c0V3p5eXFINzZDeGlBMEtBSjUyWGVKLVY4dQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Driver found dead inside car 28 hours after crashing on major motorway<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How does a fatal crash at the M6, M65 and M61 junction go undiscovered for 28 hours?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Blog Preston<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxOT05jLWpyUllHM3JrX2xJMUpRMWFubFoxSHRheTdoOGhKNU5BVGN5U05jNjJlWXA4NlptblN6dTFJMGVGRzgydmRWVjU4RWNHeWRfVmpCYWthQkJ6blIzbUNmUGhMTWgzV2tObjEyWmxiYllRZkRVMzFUcTNrTTB5SlpBUWNsck84RWxV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Police incident&#8217; causes traffic on M53 to come to a halt<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Wrexham and Flintshire News, Sport, Events | The Leader<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIVE: Severe delays on M61 southbound near Bolton after crash and oil spill&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bolton NewsDelays for commuters as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-500537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}