A MOTORCYCLIST has been rushed to hospital after colliding with a van on the A1(M).

The incident took place shortly after 7.09am on the southbound carriageway, between junctions 8-7.

Ambulance service spokesman Gary Sanderson said: “A man from the motorbike has received a slight injury to his shoulder and following treatment by paramedics, he has been conveyed to Lister Hospital in Stevenage.”