Mansfield MP has called for the reinstatement of the Armed Forces Day event in the town centre following its cancellation.

It is celebrated as where Sir Francis Drake played bowls as the Spanish Armada loomed in 1588 and as a key embarkation point for invading Allied forces on D-Day. However, the city’s critical ...

Defence Secretary John Healey (left) and Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin (Jonathan Brady/PA) The head of the British armed forces has visited China for the first time in a decade.