Pain of the wartime doctor

Plus: Mission Pothole and the upcoming village hotspot

Hello and welcome to today’s edition of The Lancashire Lead. The August bank holiday is always a strange time in newsrooms - or more commonly home offices nowadays.

Much of the focus gets taken up by the quirky and unusual events which pop up at this time of year - and with soapbox racing and gravy wrestling there’s no shortage in Lancashire.

Even so, t…