Faslane workers accept pay deal

The deal comes after weeks of talks between Unite and Babcock Marine

A pay dispute at the Faslane nuclear site, home to the UK's fleet of Trident nuclear submarines, has ended after workers accepted a "vastly improved" pay offer.

The Unite union said the row, involving 800 workers at the two Scottish sites, had been resolved after a pay offer of 2.7% was accepted.

National officer Ian Waddell said: "Our members at Babcock on the Clyde took strike action for the first time in 42 years to win a decent pay rise and I am pleased that an agreement has now been reached."

Workers at the site held a two-hour walkout on 11 March after most of its members turned down a 2% offer from the facility's contractors Babcock Marine.