Union leaders are preparing to meet to decide whether to accept a deal to end strike action at the Royal Mail.

If the Communication Workers' Union accepts the settlement, a ballot of 130,000 workers will be called.

This could put an end to the long-running dispute over pay, pensions and working practices, which began in June.

The outline deal, which was brokered on Friday, came after the Royal Mail won a High Court injunction outlawing a new wave of scheduled strikes.

But the injunction did not prevent wildcat stoppages on Saturday at delivery offices in London and Liverpool.

Royal Mail said in a statement over the weekend: "We will deal with all mail in the order in which we received it, and will reinstate all service guarantees and promises as soon as we are able to honour them."