LIVE: Huge delays amid crash on Greater Manchester motorway as heavy rain hits region - latest updates

Drivers are facing long delays on motorways across Greater Manchester as heavy rain has battered the region.

Downpours are expected to continue until around 9am this morning (November 11), the Met Office says.

Roads have been impacted by the conditions, with delays reported on several of the region's motorways.

A crash near junction two of the M66 southbound, in Bury, is causing long delays approaching the M60.

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The road is 'partially blocked', according to the Inrix traffic monitoring service.

Queues are tailing back the full length of the M66 and onto the A56 southbound, near Haslingden.

Meanwhile, there is heavy traffic on the M6 southbound approaching junction 21A for the M62 at Croft, while drivers are facing 30-minute queues on the M61 southbound approaching the M60.

Heavy traffic is also reported on the M60 anticlockwise, from junction 15 at the M61 to Simister Island, and onto the M62 westbound from junction 19 at Heywood.

Twenty-minute queues are also being reported on the M67 westbound in Tameside, approaching Denton Island.

Rail passengers are also facing disruption due to damaged overhead wires east of Piccadilly.

National Rail says the issue is affecting Northern services between Piccadilly and Hadfield, and TransPennine Express services between Piccadilly and Yorkshire.

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All lanes have now reopened on the M66 southbound in Bury, but heavy traffic is still backing up onto the A56.

Meanwhile, a police incident in Longsight is causing heavy congestion in the surrouding area.

Part of Dickenson Road has been closed, near Stockport Road, following a double stabbing.

Motorists are facing long