Former Metropolitan policeman John Baggs, of Calne, has died of cancer at the age of 80.

Mr Baggs, who lived in Quemerford, had been ill for 18 months and died peacefully at home with his wife Mercy at his side.

There was standing room only at his funeral in Holy Trinity Church on Friday, where his coffin was draped in a Metropolitan Police flag.

He leaves daughters Alison and Donna and grandchildren Jack, Lucy, Charlie and Charlotte.