Over the course of the last decade or so the gastric band (also known as a lap band) has become an increasingly popular surgical procedure for those who wish to lose weight. A band is fitted around the stomach and inflated so that the stomach capacity is greatly reduced. This means the patient eats less food which results in weight loss that is both quick and lasting.

However gastric band surgery is not without risks. There is always the inherent risk with any surgery of something going wrong, but there are also some issues that the gastric band can specifically cause. This includes a slipped band (which can result in the stomach capacity either decreasing too much or not enough), acid reflux, nausea, sickness, diarrhea, regurgitation, blockages as well as other problems. So while the results are undoubtedly impressive there are definitely hidden dangers. But wouldnt it be great if there was a way to replicate the success of the gastric band without any of the risks?

Well, in fact there is a way. Recently hypnotherapists have had great success replicating the gastric band procedure purely with hypnotic suggestions. No scalpels, anesthetic or scars - just pure power of the mind. Due to its safe and effect nature gastric band hypnotherapy has become the latest craze in weight loss. A simple Google search reveals hundreds of satisfied patients whove undergone gastric band hypnotherapy and lost much of their excess weight. How exactly does it work though?

To understand how gastric band hypnotherapy works we first must look at hypnosis and the effect on the mind. While human knowledge of the mind is far from complete, the most accepting theory is that the mind is made of two major components - the conscious and the subconscious. You will be most familiar with the concept of the conscious mind as that is where your regular thought pattern originates from. Whenever you think to yourself Im thirsty, I should go get a drink or something similar that is your conscious mind at work. Your subconscious mind is much deeper and, in a way, powerful. It controls all those instinctive actions and reactions that you dont even think about, your habits, your desires and your phobias. It is your subconscious mind that hypnosis works on. Hypnosis primes the subconscious and readies it to accept suggestions.

Now we understand how hypnosis works it becomes a little clearer how gastric band hypnotherapy works. A hypnotherapist will induce a hypnotic state in their client and then talk them through the gastric band procedure as if it is actually happening. There is no pain or anything physically at all really happening but the subconscious mind finds it very difficult to differentiate between fantasy and reality. That is why may sometimes have very powerful dreams that seem all too real.

Once the subconscious mind believes that its body has a gastric band fitted it will act as if you really do have one fitted. This means you will feel full more easily, eat more slowly, and eat smaller meals. This obviously results in very effective weight loss.

As well as being safer than surgery, gastric band hypnotherapy is also much more affordable - generally ten times less expensive that surgery.

So if youre thinking about having gastric band surgery then the natural method of hypnotherapy may very well be worth your consideration.

A leading UK Hypnotherapy and Gastric Band Hypnotherapy expert called Claire Hegarty who also invented TranceBand, which is a guaranteed weight loss technique, explained that Gastric Band Hypnosis is a powerful technique that is allowing men and women to lose weight and beat obesity when they thought they would never be able to become healthier and slim.

If you would like to learn more about Gastric Band Hypnotherapy then Claire Hegarty offers free advice over the phone by calling 0151 678 3358 or 07714 853 524 or visit http://www.clairehegarty.co.uk/virtual-gastric-band-with-hypnotherapy

The term diet by its very definition is a temporary and strict change of lifestyle that aids weight loss. However what happens once you stop this temporary lifestyle change? Your weight goes back up to what it was – sometimes even a little higher. This is what is termed yo-yo dieting, and is extremely common due to the nature of dieting. You lead a strict lifestyle for a while, lose weight, then return to your old ways and put it all back on again. This is the wrong approach. You don’t enjoy your weight loss for long, and it is potentially damaging for your physical and psychological health.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years you have no doubt heard about the wonders of the gastric band. The gastric band has helped millions of people around the world lose the excess weight that made them feel tired, sluggish and unattractive. However the idea of going into surgery simply doesn’t appeal to many people. Even with the best trained medical staff there is always the danger of something going wrong.

Over the years thousands of people with a variety of different issues who use The Gastric Band Hypnotherapy have achieved weight loss and lost the weight they wanted to lose and became slim by visiting Claire Hegarty who is a leading UK Gastric Band Hypnotherapy expert.

By using Gastric Band Hypnotherapy you can make your mind believe that you have been through the process of a gastric band fitting procedure without ever leaving your own home!

A leading UK Hypnotherapy and Gastric Band Hypnotherapy expert called Claire Hegarty who also invented TranceBand, which is a guaranteed weight loss technique, explained that Gastric Band Hypnosis is a powerful technique that is allowing men and women to lose weight and beat obesity when they thought they would never be able to become healthier and slim.

If you would like to learn more about Gastric Band Hypnotherapy then Claire Hegarty offers free advice over the phone by calling 0151 678 3358 or 07714 853 524 or visit http://www.clairehegarty.co.uk/virtual-gastric-band-with-hypnotherapy

GASTRIC band surgery is now widely used to help those with ongoing weight problems. During a complex surgical procedure a band is fitted around the stomach to make it smaller so that food intake is lessened. The results can be miraculous - TV personality Fern Britton is just one example.

However, gastric surgery can be a painful, invasive and expensive process that is usually only carried out on obese people. You may not be considering the gastric band as an option, but if you are disillusioned with jumping on and off the diet bandwagon, have tried every slimming pill or potion and still have not achieved the desired result, this may be a solution.

The TranceBand Weight Loss System, which is a gastric band hypnotherapy technique, is designed for people who want to lose weight. It has all the results of gastric band surgery - you will eat smaller portions and feel full - yet it is completely safe and pain free. It will save money, not only on the cost of private surgery, but also on weekly food bills. Its success is already widely documented in the press and has most recently been covered in Channel 4's Embarrassing Fat Bodies.

Gastric band surgery costs many thousands of pounds, however TranceBand can save you money for a fraction of that price in the long run. TranceBand helps you to change your behaviour and lifestyle, which in turn provides you with the ability to lose weight and stay that way.

A leading UK Hypnotherapy and Gastric Band Hypnotherapy expert called Claire Hegarty who also invented TranceBand, which is a guaranteed weight loss technique, explained that Gastric Band Hypnosis is a powerful technique that is allowing men and women to lose weight and beat obesity when they thought they would never be able to become healthier and slim.

If you would like to learn more about Gastric Band Hypnotherapy then Claire Hegarty offers free advice over the phone by calling 0151 678 3358 or 07714 853 524 or visit http://www.clairehegarty.co.uk/virtual-gastric-band-with-hypnotherapy

Weight loss hypnotherapy news. The UK is excited at the moment about Gastric Band Hypnosis and how it is helping people to lose weight so we decided to visit a Leading gastric band hypno band expert called Claire Hegarty and find out why gastric band hypnosis works and why more and more people are turning away from diets.

Claire Hegarty who is also a health radio show presenter allowed us to follow her for one week and meet ten clients of hers to help us to understand why dieting does not work and why gastric band hypnosis is helping men and women to lose weight.

Dieting has been around for years and years and for most of us it has been around longer than we have been alive so why are people now saying that dieting does not work?

Claire Hegarty explained that a lot of research has been done over the past ten years into dieting which has found people who go on diets struggle to lose weight and while a small amount do lose weight and manage to keep it off, the majority do not lose weight and can even put more weight on by using a traditional diet.

The gastric band hypnosis expert said that a traditional diet does not tackle the real issue, it does not tackle the reason why a person is snacking and it does not tackle will power and does not tackle why someone is becoming obese but gastric band hypnosis does.

Claire Hegarty explained that when you want to lose weight you need to have the right tools. These tools include strong will power, confidence as well as motivation.

A traditional diet does not offer you these tools while gastric band hypnosis does and if you do not have will power or do not have much confidence or motivation by using gastric band hypnosis you will gain these tools and increase your will power, confidence and motivation.
Claire Hegarty said that when you are on a diet you have so much in your mind that you have to deal with. You have to think about buying diet food, you have to think about eating diet food that you may not like, you then have to think about each day going through your day feeling hungry, and then you have to think about trying to avoid snacking or overeating and this is very hard for you and the mind to deal with.

This is why diets fail. A diet does not give you the right tools to help you to lose weight and keep the weight off while gastric band hypnosis does.

The gastric hypno band expert explained: "Gastric Band Hypnosis allows you to eat what you want and when you want and the way it works is you are eating smaller portions which mean you are eating fewer calories."

It all sounds easy enough but how do you eat less portions if you are addicted to food?

Claire Hegarty said: "By using our Gastric Band Hypnosis technique, we first deal with the problems you have with food. We look into the reason why you are overweight and then we look at the reason why you are snacking. This could be down to stress, being alone or feeling alone, feeling unhappy or other issues. We tackle these issues to stop you from snacking."

This sounds great but what about will power?

"By using our gastric band hypnosis technique we deal with will power. What we do is, we look at how much a person will power is, we then work with that person through hypnosis to increase their will power and we also look at their confidence and increase their confidence and give them other tools to help them become slim without struggling. We get rid of any negative issues they have and turn them into positive issues."

By spending so much time with Claire Hegarty and her clients we have found that gastric band hypnotherapy is not really a secret but a great way to really lose weight and keep the weight off.

Claire Hegarty explained: "When we tackle all the negative issues and increase the person's will power and confidence, we then make them believe they have a real gastric band fitted inside of them, this allows them to eat less while at the same time enjoying what they eat and losing weight."

We decided to speak to some of Claire Hegarty clients to get their opinion on how gastric band hypnosis has helped them.

One client explained she had been trying to lose weight for ten years by using lots of different diets and although she lost around a stone on some of the diets, she quickly put it back on and more. But while using gastric band hypnosis she has lost four stone without worrying about eating diet food and the time scale that she has lost it makes me wonder why the NHS are not using gastric band hypnosis instead of expensive operations.

Another client explained that she was not convinced by gastric band hypnosis but thought she would give it a try because she could not afford a surgical operation and was shocked when it started to work. She explained that she was 22 stone and thought her life span would be cut short but now since using gastric band hypnosis she has lost a massive seven stone within 14 months.

After speaking to the men and women who have been using Hypnotherapy it makes one thing clear, hypnotherapy for weight loss has become a vital tool for weight loss and obesity and should be used by the NHS to help the UK become slim and allow people to be less worried about their health and reduce the burden on the NHS that obesity brings.

If you would like free advice by Claire Hegarty on losing weight using Gastric Band Hypnotherapy then call 0151 678 3358 or 07714 853524 or visit http://www.cardiffhypnotherapy.com/Gastric-Band-Hypnotherapy.html

Leading UK Weight Loss Hypnotherapy and Gastric Band Hypnosis expert Claire Hegarty is helping celebrities to lose weight. Some Celebrities who are worried about their weight have turned their back on traditional diets and turned to Claire Hegarty and her Gastric Band Hypnotherapy technique to lose weight after hearing the UK Leading expert offer a full guarantee that her clients will become slim.

In a world where looks matter in the celebrity world and ageism has become a big worry which saw popular presenter Miriam O'Reilly sacked after being dropped from rural affairs show Countryfile in 2008 but later won her battle for unfair dismissal, celebrities are now making sure they stay in shape and look good to keep their career lasting as long as it can.

Claire Hegarty who offers free advice on weight loss over the phone by calling 0151 678 3358 or 07714 853 524 has seen an increase in the number of celebrities who have turned to her to lose weight and the weight loss expert feels the increase of celebrity clients is down to their being more reality shows on television producing overnight celebrities who instantly gain a television career.

The weight loss expert said: "With realty shows making normal people an overnight success who are younger and slimmer than a lot of the current celebrities, it is making it harder for television presenters and current celebrities to gain work and stay in work which has resulted in presenters and celebrities being more aware about their looks and using techniques to look good to prolong their career and beat off the competition."

It is not only celebrities who are using gastric band hypnotherapy, men and women from normal backgrounds who have become disappointed with diets that do not work have turned to hypnotherapy technique to lose weight.

According to a new report if men and women do not start looking after their weight and start being more aware about their bodies and healthy living then by the year 2030 nearly 40% of the UK popular could be obese which has sent a clear message that we need to start taking care of ourselves.

Claire Hegarty explained that Hypnotherapy for weight loss helps people to lose weight by retraining their mind.

According to the weight loss expert by using hypnotherapy for weight loss you are led to believe that you have had a real gastric band fitted without the surgery. This then allows you to believe that your stomach has shrunk and stops you from over eating and it reduces your calorie intake.

The weight loss expert said: "By using hypnotherapy for weight loss we will retrain your mind and increase your confidence and stop you from overeating and craving for food. Instead of overeating by using hypnotherapy which is also known as hypno band you will become full more quickly which means you no longer will crave for food."

This technique, which comes with a full guarantee by Claire Hegarty, has helped people from all different background from doctors to builders and lorry drivers as well as celebrities.

According to Claire Hegarty, it does not matter size you are you will lose weight by using gastric band hypnosis and become slimmer and healthier.

The hypnotherapy technique has become great news for people who are worried about their weight and cannot afford a real gastric band surgery operation after a leading professor wrote a report that diets do not work for most people.

Claire Hegarty feels if we start looking after ourselves and use hypnotherapy to lose weight then the estimated 40% of the popular being obese by 2030 will be vastly reduced.

If you would like free advice on weight loss hypnotherapy then call 0151 678 3358 or 07714 853 524 or visit http://www.clairehegarty.co.uk/virtual-gastric-band-with ...

Gastric band hypnotherapy is helping thousands of people to lose weight each year. Claire Hegarty has just

launched a weight loss campaign offer free advice over the phone by calling 0151 678 3358 or 07714853524 or visit http://www.clairehegarty.co.uk/trance-band-hypno-band

Leading UK Weight Loss Hypnotherapy and Gastric Band Hypnosis expert Claire Hegarty is helping celebrities to lose weight. Some Celebrities who are worried about their weight have turned their back on traditional diets and turned to Claire Hegarty and her Gastric Band Hypnotherapy technique to lose weight after hearing the UK Leading expert offer a full guarantee that her clients will become slim.

In a world where looks matter in the celebrity world and ageism has become a big worry which saw popular presenter Miriam O'Reilly sacked after being dropped from rural affairs show Countryfile in 2008 but later won her battle for unfair dismissal, celebrities are now making sure they stay in shape and look good to keep their career lasting as long as it can.

Claire Hegarty who offers free advice on weight loss over the phone by calling 0151 678 3358 or 07714 853 524 has seen an increase in the number of celebrities who have turned to her to lose weight and the weight loss expert feels the increase of celebrity clients is down to their being more reality shows on television producing overnight celebrities who instantly gain a television career.

The weight loss expert said: "With realty shows making normal people an overnight success who are younger and slimmer than a lot of the current celebrities, it is making it harder for television presenters and current celebrities to gain work and stay in work which has resulted in presenters and celebrities being more aware about their looks and using techniques to look good to prolong their career and beat off the competition."

It is not only celebrities who are using gastric band hypnotherapy, men and women from normal backgrounds who have become disappointed with diets that do not work have turned to hypnotherapy technique to lose weight.

According to a new report if men and women do not start looking after their weight and start being more aware about their bodies and healthy living then by the year 2030 nearly 40% of the UK popular could be obese which has sent a clear message that we need to start taking care of ourselves.

Claire Hegarty explained that Hypnotherapy for weight loss helps people to lose weight by retraining their mind.

According to the weight loss expert by using hypnotherapy for weight loss you are led to believe that you have had a real gastric band fitted without the surgery. This then allows you to believe that your stomach has shrunk and stops you from over eating and it reduces your calorie intake.

The weight loss expert said: "By using hypnotherapy for weight loss we will retrain your mind and increase your confidence and stop you from overeating and craving for food. Instead of overeating by using hypnotherapy which is also known as hypno band you will become full more quickly which means you no longer will crave for food."

This technique, which comes with a full guarantee by Claire Hegarty, has helped people from all different background from doctors to builders and lorry drivers as well as celebrities.

According to Claire Hegarty, it does not matter size you are you will lose weight by using gastric band hypnosis and become slimmer and healthier.

The hypnotherapy technique has become great news for people who are worried about their weight and cannot afford a real gastric band surgery operation after a leading professor wrote a report that diets do not work for most people.

Claire Hegarty feels if we start looking after ourselves and use hypnotherapy to lose weight then the estimated 40% of the popular being obese by 2030 will be vastly reduced.

If you would like free advice on weight loss hypnotherapy then call 0151 678 3358 or 07714 853 524 or visit http://www.clairehegarty.co.uk/virtual-gastric-band-with ...

Gastric band hypnotherapy is helping thousands of people to lose weight each year. Claire Hegarty has just

launched a weight loss campaign offer free advice over the phone by calling 0151 678 3358 or 07714853524 or visit http://www.clairehegarty.co.uk/trance-band-hypno-band

Our television is being hit with more and more reality shows such as the X Factor with each contestant hoping that their two seconds of fame will continue and turn into a career, but with the amount of reality shows such as Big Brother the chances of contestants on the X Factor and other reality shows making the big time are slim and this is why reality stars are now using Gastric Band Hypnotherapy to help them to lose weight and look good.

It is important for celebrities and wannabe celebrities to look good at all times and this is why leading Gastric Band Hypnosis expert Claire Hegarty who offers guaranteed weight loss results has seen an increase in the number of television personalities come to her to lose weight using her Gastric Band Hypnosis technique called Trance Band ®
Claire Hegarty who has been helping Celebrities for many years to lose weight using Gastric Band Hypnosis explained that people wanting to get into the celebrity world know that it takes more than personality and hence the reasons behind trying to look the best they can.

The leading Gastric Band Hypnotherapy expert who offers free weight loss advice by calling 0151 678 3358 or 07714 853 524 said:

“Once upon a time celebrities were using diets to look good but after many celebrities finding that diets have not worked for them they are now turning to Trance Band Hypno Band ® to lose weight because it allows them to lose weight without the need to diet.
Claire Hegarty who is also a Health Show Presenter has been helping not only celebrities to lose weight but men and women from all walks of life from around the UK to lose weight using hypnosis.

The weight loss expert said: "With realty shows making normal people an overnight success the reality stars who want to have a long career in the celebrity world know how hard it is to stay in the public eye and to gain media attention and this is why more and more reality stars are making sure they look the best they can."

A new report has said that obesity is going to become an even bigger problem for the UK than it already is. According to a new report if men and women do not start looking after their weight and start being more aware about their bodies and healthy living then by the year 2030 nearly 40% of the UK popular could be obese which has sent a clear message that we need to start taking care of ourselves.

Claire Hegarty explained that Hypnotherapy for weight loss helps people to lose weight by retraining their mind.

According to the weight loss expert by using hypnotherapy for weight loss you are led to believe that you have had a real gastric band fitted without the surgery. This then allows you to believe that your stomach has shrunk and stops you from over eating and it reduces your calorie intake.

The weight loss expert said: "By using hypnotherapy for weight loss we will retrain your mind and increase your confidence and stop you from overeating and craving for food. Instead of overeating by using hypnotherapy which is also known as hypno band you will become full more quickly which means you no longer will crave for food."

This technique, which comes with a full guarantee by Claire Hegarty, has helped people from all different background from doctors to builders and lorry drivers as well as celebrities.

According to Claire Hegarty, it does not matter size you are you will lose weight by using gastric band hypnosis and become slimmer and healthier.

The hypnotherapy technique has become great news for people who are worried about their weight and cannot afford a real gastric band surgery operation after a leading professor wrote a report that diets do not work for most people.

Claire Hegarty feels if we start looking after ourselves and use hypnotherapy to lose weight then the estimated 40% of the popular being obese by 2030 will be vastly reduced.

If you would like free advice on weight loss hypnotherapy then call 0151 678 3358 or 07714 853 524 or visit http://www.clairehegarty.co.uk

A leading Gastric Band Hypnotherapy expert and weight loss expert called Claire Hegarty who has helped a number of celebrities to lose weight using her Gastric Band Hypnotherapy technique called Trance Band ® which is a guaranteed weight loss solution has launched a free weight loss campaign to help people understand how they can lose weight using hypnotherapy.

Claire Hegarty as seen on television is not only a leading Gastric Band Hypnotherapy expert but is also a health radio presenter has launched the free campaign to allow people to call her for free advice on obesity and how to lose weight as well as any questions they may have on struggles they have had to try and become slimmer.

People who wish to learn more about losing weight can contact Claire Hegarty on 0151 678 3358 or 07714 853524 and as well as offering free advice over the phone, Claire is also offering free consultations around the UK to help people understand that there is a solution to their weight loss problems.

Obesity has become such a serious issue in the UK with reports claiming that people who suffer from obesity are double likely to die from obesity health problems.

The risk of obesity is not just affecting adults, obesity is also affecting our children and Claire Hegarty has said, action needs to be taken now before obesity gets out of control.

According to health experts the seriousness of obesity has been underestimated after the latest research has suggested that obesity will more than double the death risk for someone who is overweight.

The latest research has said that a quarter of UK adults are overweight with one in 10 children under the age of 11 are obese these are worrying figures. The government has said that if nothing is done about obesity then with the current rate of growth three quarters of the population in the UK could suffer from obesity health problems with 10 to 15 years. But Dr Asnawi Abdullah, from Monash University in Australia has said the obesity problem is much serious than we first thought it was.

According to Dr Asnawi Abdullah, if we do not tackle this serious obesity problem then we could see people dying before their parents because of obesity.

The leading Gastric Hypno Band expert said that she wants people to understand how obesity is affecting their lives and how it is also affecting their children’s lives who could be suffering from being overweight.

Claire Hegarty said that she hopes by launching this campaign that people who did not take obesity serious can understand the health issues that is involved with being overweight and for people who have heard about gastric band hypnotherapy and not understood how it can help them to lose weight will be able to learn more about the hypnotherapy technique and understand how it is helping thousands of people to lose weight and keep the weight off.

At the moment the NHS has seen a surge of people contacting them requesting an operation to have a gastric band fitted but due to the strict guidelines that are in place a large number of these people are being turned down for the operation which cost the NHS £5500.

This has led to people taking out a second mortgage on their property to pay for a private gastric band operation which on average can cost £10,000 but what happens to people who cannot afford to pay for a private operation to have a gastric band operation|?

Some people believe it or not according to media reports have decided to increase their weight so they can fit in the criteria for a NHS gastric band operation which can seriously damage their health by putting more weight on and can even risk their lives.

According to a leading American Professor who was asked to do a study of diets, the professor has reported that diets do not work for most people. The leading professor called Traci Mann was asked to do a study on diets and find out if diets really worked for the majority of people.

She said: "You can initially lose 5 to 10 per cent of your weight on any number of diets, but then the weight comes back.”

“We found that the majority of people regained all the weight, plus more. Sustained weight loss was found only in a small minority of participants, while complete weight regain was found in the majority. Diets do not lead to sustained weight loss or health benefits for the majority of people."

This has left millions of people confused on why they have been spending lots of money on diets that do not work for the majority of people.

So if diets do not work where do you turn to? According to leading UK Gastric Band Hypnotherapy expert Claire Hegarty the answer is Gastric Band Hypnotherapy, which is a real alternative to the gastric band surgical operation.

Claire Hegarty explained: “Gastric band hypnotherapy which is also called virtual gastric band hypnotherapy is a powerful hypnotic technique that convinces your mind that you have had a gastric band fitted. This will allow you to feel full more quickly and allow you to eat less and hence lose more weight and keep the weight off.”

The leading expert who offers a full guarantee that you will lose weight with gastric band hypnotherapy said she hopes by offering free advice people will start to take obesity much more serious and start to think how it is affecting their life and what steps they can take to avoid obesity health problems.

If you would like free advice from Claire Hegarty then contact her on 0151 678 3358 or 07714 853 524 or visit http://www.clairehegarty.co.uk

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Lifestyle Magazine. The BBC have provoked the wrath of EastEnders fans by announcing they’re moving the show’s omnibus edition from Sunday afternoon to five minutes past midnight on Saturday nights.

One fan, while posting on the official BBC website, wrote, “WHAT i have to work on fri nights and sat mornings so i wont be staying up to watch it.

“all i can say is goodbye eastenders for me!!! the BBC have made a HUGE mistake with this one!!!”

Another wrote “Sundays are made to stay in bed and catch up with soaps! BBC are making a huge mistake!”

And one more fan wrote, “Ridiculous…Just ridiculous…

“Are the BBC trying to lose viewers? Seriously, are they trying to tell us something?

“If you keep making poor decisions for Eastenders, such as this, you might as well can it.”

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Lifestyle Magazine. Around 1,200 staff at bmi will lose their jobs after the takeover by British Airways, the airline has announced.

BA has started consulting unions on how to integrate the remaining 1,500 jobs at Heathrow. It insists that without its £172m acquisition of the loss-making airline from Lufthansa by BA's parent company IAG, all of the 2,700 jobs would have been lost.

Around 1,100 cabin crew, pilots and engineers will become BA employees, with 400 passenger services jobs at Heathrow's Terminal 1 also secured.

Most UK redundancies will come at bmi's head office at Castle Donington, Leicestershire, and at regional airports. The airline promised to mitigate the impact of the job losses by looking at further vacancies within BA at Heathrow and with industry partners in the Midlands, including Rolls-Royce.

Unions have vowed to fight to save as many jobs as possible.

Keith Williams, the chief executive of British Airways, said: "Bmi is heavily loss-making and is not a viable business as it stands today. Our proposals would secure around 1,500 jobs that would otherwise have been lost. As we look to restructure the business and restore profitability, job losses are deeply regrettable but inevitable. We will work with the unions to explore as many options as possible and are already working with industry partners.

"This deal is good news for our customers and will offer new destinations, new routes and new schedules in due course. For customers with bmi bookings to or from Heathrow this summer, it is business as usual and customers can continue to book with confidence."

Prospect, which represents engineers, said the news was a "body blow to local economies" with only the London airport's jobs being preserved. The union's negotiator Richard Hardy said: "Over 400 jobs will be lost in the east Midlands alone, over 100 of them high quality engineering jobs. Not only will it cause personal hardship and uncertainty for the individuals affected, it will also have a devastating knock-on impact on local businesses, shops and communities. There will be similar, though smaller, impacts in Birmingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh."

Unite national officer Oliver Richardson said: "Bmi's future has been secured but we are very saddened at the scale of the job losses being proposed. Unite will be fighting to maintain as many jobs as possible and ensure that where vacancies exist people can be placed into suitable roles within BA.

"We are also mindful of the fact that additional jobs need to be secured at bmi Regional and bmibaby which still face an uncertain future."

The British airline pilots' association, Balpa, said it would allocate all the resources at its disposal to support pilots affected. Jim McAuslan of Balpa said: "Each job loss is a personal tragedy."

The purchase of bmi, which was cleared last month by the European commission's competition regulators, gives BA another 56 daily slot pairs at Heathrow, of which up to 14 will be available to other carriers. The IAG chief executive, Willie Walsh, said the extra slots would allow the airline to serve new destinations, make Heathrow a better hub and strengthen the UK economy.

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