The XH558 has been based at South Yorkshire's Robin Hood Airport since March 2011 after the RAF Lyneham base closure was announced.

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About 35 are planned for the year ending in March 2013, up from 30 in the latest season, which ended earlier this month, says Robin Pendoley, co-director of USA Gap Year Fairs, a nonprofit organization.

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Robin Cook, the most senior minister to resign over the war, wrote an article in the Sunday Mirror on March 30th, calling for British troops to be brought home before more are killed.

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