THE best morning journey of the week is upon us as we look forward to the weekend.

To stop it from being ruined by traffic we'll be keeping you updated on the latest travel news across the Black Country and North Worcestershire throughout the rush hour period.

9.00 - That is all from me this morning, we'll be back with your evening rush hour updates at 5pm.

Hope you all have a wonderful Friday and remember to avoid the M6 at all costs!

8.58 - A roll of carpet is causing disruption on the M5 southbound between Frankley Services and J4 (Bromsgrove).

8.47 - There's just been a sudden mass of disruption on the motorways due to broken down vehicles.

On the M6 one lane is closed northbound between J6 (Aston Expressway) and J7 (Great Barr), as well as a lane being closed northbound between J4a (M42) and J5 (Castle Bromwich) due to an obstruction of the road.

A lane is also closed on the entry sliproad to the M6 northbound at J9 (Wednesbury) due to a broken down vehicle.

Southbound on the M5, one lane is closed between M6 J8 and J1 (West Bromwich) also because of a broken down vehicle.

8.40 - Traffic is slow on the A441 southbound in Hopwood between Hopwood Roundabout and the M42 J2 roundabout junction. 

8.21 - If you are travelling in to Birmingham via Harbourne, beware of an incident involving two cars on the B4124 Harbourne Road eastbound.

Diversions are in operation and the bus services 22, 23, 24, 29 and 29A will now go via Yateley Road, Norfolk Road and Augustus Road.

8.10 - The closed lane on the M6 has no re-opened.

7.52 - Traffic on the M6 caused by the broken down lorry (see 7.20) is only getting worse with travel time now at around 40 minutes.

7.49 - Heavy traffic both ways on A461 Dudley Port at the A457 Sedgley Road East traffic lights junction.

7.46 - In Oldbury, there's congestion southbound on the A4123 Wolverhampton Road between the Newbury Lane junction and Birchley Island.

7.20 - The M6 lane closure (see 7.04) is due to a broken down lorry with congestion back to Hilton Park Services and travel time around 20 minutes.

7.12 - Meanwhile in Dudley, traffic is also slow both ways on the A461 Birmingham Road at Burnt Tree traffic lights with A4033 Tividale Road.

7.09 - There's congestion both ways with traffic moving slowly on the A4099 Gorsty Hill Road Blackheath, between the Beeches Road junction and the Hillside Avenue junction, due to roadworks.

7.06 - Traffic is also slow on M6 southbound between J8 (M5) and J9 (Wednesbury) due to roadworks.

7.04 - One lane is closed southbound on the M6 at J9 (Wednesbury) because of a broken down vehicle, with the severe congestion backing up to J10 (Wolverhampton).

Keep checking back throughout the morning for the latest updates.