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Under the agreement, 11 journalists will face compulsory redundancy, five fewer than initially proposed. There will be 70 redundancies in total.

At the end of March, the MEN chapel of the NUJ took out a full-page ad in GMG's national daily, The Guardian, to complain about the proposed cuts and in its own words, "embarrass The Guardian".

Today's statement said MEN Media had agreed to the introduction of a new pay grade that will take effect in 2010, for journalists who previously worked solely on weekly titles.

All MEN Media journalists will be based in Scott Place, Manchester, by early October this year.

MEN Media and the NUJ said they intended to work together to ensure the editorial restructure is successful and that the agreement should be a "landmark in their future relationship".

MEN Media and the NUJ also recorded their "commitment to the newspapers they produce" and the "communities, readers and advertisers they serve".