Gwent Police are urging drivers to avoid the area around the Hardwick roundabout in Abergavenny where heavy congestion has built up since a lorry shed its load of hay.

The incident happened near the bridge on the Hardwick roundabout on the A40 towards Abergavenny where there are lengthy queues.

Drivers are reporting long tail-backs on the A449 coming from Raglan to Abergavenny while eye witnesses suggest that a lorry-load of hay had become stuck under the bridge.