Sirius Minerals shareholders will decide if the world-class mining project should be taken over by Anglo American, in a crunch vote on Tuesday.

The Sirius Minerals board said it faced a "stark choice" between recommending Anglo American's £405m cash offer or seeing the cash-strapped project collapse into administration within weeks.

At its peak, the mine is set to create around 2,000 jobs for Teesside and North Yorkshire.

The controversial 5.5p a share offer has angered thousands of private investors, many of whom bought shares at a far higher price.

Shares peaked at more than 45p in 2016 but now stand at just above 4p

There are thought to be around 85,000 small investors, including many who live locally, who have sunk money into the firm and whose vote will be crucial in decided the future of the company.

Sirius was forced to seek a rescue takeover to continue work on its £2.8bn polyhalite mine south of Whitby and a processing plant at Wilton after failing to secure vital funding last year.

Teesside Live reporter Kelley Price has travelled to London for the meeting and will be providing live updates and reaction.