Northern Ireland’s unemployment rate has dropped to the lowest level on record, the British government announced today.

Almost 500 jobs are to be lost as a textile firm based in Northern Ireland is set to close.

A leading clothing manufacturer announced today it was shedding more than 300 jobs and moving the work abroad.

A clothing firm in the North has announced plans to close one of its plants in Dungannon, Co Tyrone, with the loss of 106 jobs.