A RESCUE team from RAF Wattisham has been mobilised in search of a person missing at sea off the east coast.

A RESCUE team from RAF Wattisham has been mobilised in search of a person missing at sea off the east coast.

Lowestoft's lifeboat was also launched in search of a man reported overboard in the North Sea, off the Norfolk coast.

A mayday call was received from the Pride of Rotterdam - bound for the river Humber from Holland - at around 5am this morning, reporting a person had fallen off the ferry.

A crew from Lowestoft joined lifeboats from Caister, Cromer and Gorleston in searching for the man.