JemmaPage commented Drivers faced 28 hours of chaos after man refused to come down...

Drivers across the region faced 28 hours of traffic chaos after a man scaled a motorway gantry and refused to come down.Roads were brought to a standstill and thousands of motorists were stuck in miles of gridlock after police closed the southbound carriageway of the M1, between junctions 23A and 22.The man had scaled a ladder and climbed into the stanchion just after noon on Sunday, and police spent more than a day trying to coax him down.He finally came down at about 4.02pm on Monday, and...