A threatened strike by Lincolnshire ambulance workers is likely to be avoided after managers presented union leaders with a new pay offer.

Details of the deal, which took more than three months to put together, have not been revealed, but managers said the pay increase is more than 3.6%.

Noel Wade of Lincolnshire Ambulance Trust said: "We have been at this for more than three months and it is a good result for ambulance staff and for patients."

Unison regional officer Richard Parker says the new offer is substantial and that he will recommend it to his members.

"It does address some of the issues of low pay and is a structure that will help many of our members get out of poverty pay," Mr Parker said.

Union members will be asked to vote on the two-year pay offer.