Refinery staff vote to end strike

Workers said the action was not racist, but about discrimination against Britons

Hundreds of strikers have voted to return to work at Lindsey Oil Refinery in Lincolnshire after a deal was struck over the foreign workers row.

The deal, arising out of Acas union talks, provides 100 new jobs for British workers over and above the 195 posts awarded to an Italian company.

No foreign workers are expected to lose their posts at Total's oil refinery.

Meanwhile, workers at Alstom power station in Notts who say they have been refused work are to protest in London.