THE family of popular councillor and former Cheshire Police officer Kevin Hughes have paid tribute to him after he died yesterday morning following a long battle against Covid-19. The Chester-born 63-year-old, who was also an ex-journalist, leaves a wife, Sally, with whom he celebrated 40 years of marriage three years ago, sons Chris, Steve and Andy, and seven grandchildren. He lived in Gwernymynydd and was a Flintshire county councillor serving the area. Kevin attended Chester s Queen’s Park High School and in a varied career was a police diver for Cheshire Constabulary before working as head diver at the Blue Planet Aquarium in Ellesmere Port after his retirement.