Scotland continues to have a lower unemployment rate than the UK as a whole, official statistics show.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has confirmed the country's jobless total remained static at 4% between September and November, down 1% on the previous year.

Over the same period, the unemployment rate across the UK as whole was 4.3%, while in Northern Ireland it fell to 3.8% and in Wales it rose slightly to 4.9%.

A total of 112,000 Scots are out of work, a fall of 25,000 when compared to the previous year.

Northern Ireland recorded the largest year-on-year proportional fall, with unemployment plummeting by 1.8%.