Warminster Town Council has announced that former deputy mayor Cllr John Syme has died.

John was well known in Warminster, having at various times and over many years been a councillor on the town council, West Wiltshire District Council and Wiltshire Council.

After a break, in 2021 he was elected as one of the town councillors for Warminster Broadway Ward.

At one time, John was deputy mayor of Warminster and most recently he served as a member of the planning advisory committee and the highways advisory committee.

The council said: "Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this difficult time."