An oil tanker and a cargo vessel have collided in the North Sea, the Coastguard has said.

An HM Coastguard spokesperson said: "HM Coastguard is currently co-ordinating the emergency response to reports of a collision between a tanker and cargo vessel off the coast of East Yorkshire."

The RNLI said there were reports "that a number of people had abandoned the vessels following a collision and there were fires on both ships".

The alarm was raised at 09:48 GMT and the incident "is ongoing", an HM Coastguard spokesman.