Due to road closures for roadworks in the centre of town and the closure of a bridge due to flooding, buses are heavily delayed.

Friar Street in Reading has been closed since Wednesday (November 27) for some roadworks to take place. 

Sonning Bridge has also been closed since yesterday (November 28) due to flooding after the River Thames bank burst as a result of heavy rainfall from Storm Bert.

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Due to the closures, Reading Buses are running late through today (Friday, November 29).

Writing online, the company said: "Due to the closure of Friar Street and Sonning Bridge and roadworks on the A33 Relief Road, we are experiencing delays of up 20 minutes on South Reading and Caversham services.

"We apologise for any inconvenience caused."