Plastic "nurdles" found washed up on England's east coast are likely to have come from a collision involving an oil tanker and a cargo ship a week ago, the coastguard has said. The Stena Immaculate and cargo ship Solong collided in the North Sea,

Small pellets of plastic are washing up on the east coast of England following the fiery collision of two ships in the North Sea last week. The crash between an oil tanker and cargo ship on 10 March initially raised concerns for local wildlife,

Tiny plastic pellets have washed up on the shore following a collision between a tanker and a cargo vessel in the North Sea, the coastguard has said. The US-flagged Stena Immaculate tanker, carrying 'volatile' jet fuel, and a Portuguese-flagged Solong container collided about 10 miles east off the coast of Hull last week (March 10).