A section of the M6 that was closed for most of Thursday after a lorry crashed into a bridge has reopened.

The northbound carriageway between junctions 32 at Broughton, Preston, and 33, at Galgate, Lancaster, is open following overnight works to remove the HGV and install a bridge support.

The same stretch of motorway southbound remains closed and is expected to be shut well into the morning.

Highways England tweeted it had "been working hard right through the night".

The tweet, posted shortly before 05:00 BST, added: "Removal of the HGV that collided with the bridge is well under way while we demolish the damaged support pillars."

The service initially claimed neither carriageway was likely to reopen "before rush hour" but then confirmed at 05:30 that the northbound section had reopened "well ahead of schedule".