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The ongoing pensions dispute between BBC and unions looks set to end after the National Union of Journalists has agreed to terms secured at ACAS.

The BBC and trade unions are close to breaking the deadlock in their pensions dispute after nine hours of talks yesterday.

The BBC is meeting joint union officials at the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service today to clarify a final point in its pension reform proposals.

The BBC has confirmed it will use Friends Provident to run a defined contribution scheme for new members.

The National Union of Journalists has offered to suspend further strikes at the BBC after the broadcaster offered new talks in the dispute over pensions.

The BBC is facing a "winter of growing discontent" over proposed changes to the pension scheme, cuts and jobs, the National Union of Journalists warns.

Now they have resolved their own pension issues, the staff at the BBC can focus their ire elsewhere.

Strikes at the BBC set to disrupt coverage of the Conservative party conference have been called off following an improved pension offer from the broadcasting giant.

A group of top BBC journalists - including Jeremy Paxman and Huw Edwards - have written to the National Union of Journalists warning against planned strikes during the Tory party conference.