The captain of a cargo ship has been arrested after it collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea. The Portuguese-flagged Solong and the US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate crashed off the East Yorkshire coast at about 10:00 GMT on Monday.

Two ships are reported to have collided in the North Sea this morning. The incident is understood to have involved an oil tanker, reportedly on fire, and a cargo ship. The alarm was raised just before 10am this morning. An emergency response is being led by HM Coastguard. The incident is said to be ongoing.

The fire on an oil tanker involved in the crash in the North Sea has finally gone out, several days after it collided with a container ship near the Humber Estuary. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.