Plaques for VC winners at Preston Cenotaph to be uprooted after pavement damage

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Stone tributes to Preston’s two bravest men will have to be dug up after damage to the apron of the city's Cenotaph.

Council staff have cordoned off the area in front of the war memorial as "a hazard" because of crumbling flagstones caused by the icy and wet winter weather.

Stone plaques set into the pavement to honour Victoria Cross heroes Privates William Henry Young and James Towers are undam