Zavvi is to close four NI stores

Zavvi is the UK's largest independent entertainment retailer

Almost 60 jobs are to go with the closure of four Zavvi stores in Northern Ireland.

Administrators of the music, games and DVD company announced on Wednesday that 18 of its 92 outlets are to close, including four in Northern Ireland.

The stores to be closed are at Castlecourt in Belfast with the loss of 22 jobs, Londonderry, 15 jobs, Newry and Newtownabbey, 11 each.

The Victoria Square branch, where 21 people are employed, will remain open.

The administrators are still hoping to sell the business as a going concern.

The group's flagship store in Piccadilly in London, which employs 110 people, is one of the shops to go.

The remaining 74 stores throughout the UK will remain open.