Entire road blocked in Leeds after huge tree smashes wall and falls into highway

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A road in north Leeds is completely blocked off after a huge tree fell down.

Adel Lane is closed near Boddington Fields and Long Causeway, not far from the junction with the Outer Ring Road.

A picture posted by West Yorkshire Police's Leeds North West team on Twitter showed a large tree which had fallen into the road after smashing through a boundary wall.

Leeds City Council are on site clearing the road.

The police team posted: "Adel Lane is currently closed near Boddington and Long Causeway due to the fall of a rather large tree.

"Council currently on site clearing the road."

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