Millions of pounds will be invested in army bases in the East Midlands as troops are welcomed back to the UK as part of defence reforms.

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Those include UK Border Agency staff at East Midlands Airport.

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The number of unemployed people rose in every part of the UK, except for the East Midlands, where it remained unchanged, and the North West and Northern Ireland, where the number of unemployed fell.

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"Although the Midlands now joins the South East and other parts of the UK in drought, the reasons behind the Environment Agency's decision are slightly different, " he said.

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Menzies previously restructured its struggling UK cargo business by getting out of operations at Glasgow, Birmingham, East Midlands and Manchester airports, to focus on a single facility at London's Heathrow.

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