DRIVERS are being warned of a string of closures on the M4 over the coming week.

Work is underway to improve the carriageway to create a 'smart motorway'.

Closures, from tonight, include the stretch from J11 for Reading to J12 for Theale from 8pm.

Drivers will not be able to use the westbound carriage way during the closure tonight up to 6am tomorrow.

The slip roads will also be closed at J10 for Bracknell and Wokingham from the A329M southbound (8pm to 6am), and the entry and exit sliproad at J12  for Theale (9pm to 6am).

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