Whilst I fully enjoyed my debut, I did feel slightly deranged as I hit the M40 southbound.

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In Warwickshire, the M40 was blocked and there was slow traffic at junction 3a for the M42.

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The agency urged drivers to seek alternative routes via the M3 or M40.

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Seven men were later jailed for his murder, which happened on the M40 as he rode away from the festival.

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Alex Rayner, who was travelling northbound on "a very snowy M40", said broken down cars were pulling over between junctions nine and 10.

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Civil Guard vehicles clocked and photographed the alleged speeding offense of Benzema in a 100 kph (62 mph) zone on the M40 ring road in western Madrid, said the spokeswoman, who by custom is not identified.

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They also include the body of a man, aged between 25 and 35, that was found floating in the Jubilee River in Dorney, Buckinghamshire, in May 2004 and that of a man found dead alongside the northbound carriageway of the M40 in Oxfordshire.

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