Oil rig rescue in Norway

Rescue workers have evacuated fifty-one crew members from a Norwegian oil platform that broke loose from its moorings in heavy storms in the North Sea.

The owners of the rig say it has now been brought under control, although earlier it appeared the platform might run adrift.

Twenty-one people remain aboard to operate the platform, with a ship ready to rescue them if necessary. The Bideford Dolphin platform had been doing exploratory work about off the Norwegian coast when six of its eight anchor chains snapped in heavy seas.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service