The M4 is likely to remain closed until the early hours of Sunday. The M48 is also closed between junction 1 and the M4. Officers are trying to identify the person and notify their next of kin.

The discovery of a body has shut the M4 and the M48 this evening (February 22). The M4 is shut in both directions from J20 (Almondsbury Interchange) to J22 M49, while the M48 is shut in both ...

The M4 and M48 were closed in both directions on Saturday night following the discovery of "human remains". Avon and Somerset Police said they were called at 6.40pm after "a body was found on the ...