A SURGEON is set to tell takes if his lifesaving work on the frontline when he pays a visit to Oswestry.

David Knott will promote his book, War Doctor: Surgery on the Frontline, at the Wynnstay Hotel on February 26.

For more than 25 years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as an NHS general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in some of the world’s most dangerous war zones.

Tickets are £8 (redeemable against a signed copy of the book) from organisers Booka Bookshop in Church Street or online at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-nott-war-doctor-surgery-on-the-frontline-tickets-54311316610