In July 1988, a fire breaks out on a vast oil rig in the North Sea, trapping Joe Meanen.

Thirty-two migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean have been rescued by an NGO ship after spending several days stranded on an oil platform off ... One person on the platform had died, the ...

Two days later, the rig collapsed. Oil began seeping into the sea ... of the widening slick and fires were set to try to burn it off the sea surface. Various devices were deployed deep below ...

Thirty-two people were stranded on the British Gas-managed oil platform in the Mediterranean ... One person on the platform had died, the charity said. NGO Sea Watch said it had managed to rescue ...

Environmentalists said oil and chemicals posed a risk to sea life including whales and dolphins and to birds, including puffins, gannets and guillemots that live on coastal cliffs. Tom Webb, senior ...

The collision between the Stena Immaculate tanker and Solong container ship took place in the North Sea near Hull shortly before 10am on Monday morning.