COUNCILLORS have paid tribute to former mayor Anne Court, who passed away last month. The respected and dedicated public servant had been a member of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for 25 years. At the first full council meeting since her death, mayor of the borough, Cllr Diane Taylor, led tributes. Our thoughts are dominated this evening by one of our colleagues who is sadly missing, she told councillors. I am sure I speak for everyone when I say that the sudden death of councillor and former mayor Anne Court has come as a great shock and brings immense sadness. A funeral was held for Cllr Court, who served the ward of Kempshott, at St Nicholas Church in Newnham on Wednesday.