Update: 6.55pm

The crash has now been cleared and traffic has returned to normal conditions. 

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Update: 6.45pm

All lanes have now been re-opened but traffic remains slow in the area.

The vehicles have been recovered to the hard shoulder.

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DELAYS have been reported after a crash on the M4 eastbound near Newport.

A car has reporrtedly crashed into the central reservation between junction 24 and junction 23A, eastbound.

One lane is reported as blocked and traffic is reported as slow in the area.