TRIBUTES have been paid to a long-serving town councillor who died last month aged 86.

Bromyard and Winslow Town Council held a minute's silence in memory of former councillor and mayor David Cave during a meeting on December 7.

He received a certificate of long service from the council in July 2019 after stepping down earlier in the year, but died at Highwell House Nursing Home on November 23.

Coun Jonathan Lester, who has been on the council for more than 20 years, said the dedication of Coun Cave was "incredible".

"When I started on the town council in 1997, Coun Cave was an older, wiser statesmen then," Coun Lester said.

"Can I just go on record by thanking former Coun Cave for all of his dedication to Bromyard's town council.

"His dedication to the council was never in doubt, and that length of service and that dedication to a community, I think, is incredible.

"That length of service is a great testament to his fortitude and dedication, so it is with great sadness that we see his passing.

"I do not expect every town councillor to emulate the length of service that Coun Cave did, or even me.

"But I think we must really respect that long-term commitment and I think it's right we mention that.

"Thank you to Coun Cave for all of his contributions over the many years."