FORMER Wellington newspaper reporter Brian Tucker has died after a long illness.

He covered meetings of the old Wellington Urban District Council for many years and later the town council, after working as a reporter for the Bath Chronicle.

He died at Chelston Gardens care home, Wellington, on Monday, February 4. A funeral will be held at St John's Church on Friday, February 15 at 1.15pm.

See tomorrow's Wellington Weekly News for more on this story.