UPDATED 8.37pm: Traffic has now returned to normal.

UPDATED 7.20pm: The road has been cleared, but queuing traffic westbound is stretching back to beyond junction 24 (Coldra).

A CRASH on the M4 westbound around Newport is causing slow traffic this evening.

The incident happened between junctions 24 (Coldra) and 25 (Caerleon). The inside lane is blocked.