The future of discount clothes shop Ethel Austin is in doubt after the company went into administration.

About a dozen jobs are at risk at the chain's store in Templars Square, Cowley, which is continuing to trade.

John Gorle, of shopworkers' union Usdaw, said: "We will now be working closely with Ethel Austin and administrators in an attempt to secure the employment of as many members as possible."

Administrator Menzies Corporate Restructuring said it hoped to find a buyer for the firm, founded in 1934, and that all stores would continue to trade.