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Slight rise in NI unemployment

Numbers out of work at highest level since September 1997
Numbers out of work at highest level since September 1997

There has been another rise in unemployment in Northern Ireland.

The number of benefit claimants signing on in September increased by 500 on the previous month.

This brings the total number out of work in Northern Ireland to 60,900, the highest level since September 1997.