A rescue mission has been launched after a man fell overboard from an offshore platform in the North Sea.

Two oil supply vessels and a coastguard helicopter and aeroplane are part of the search, around 100 miles south-east off the Aberdeen coast.

The alarm was sounded at around 9pm on Sunday night.

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A major rescue mission has been launched.