Tributes paid as Solihull Mayor hands over the baton

TRIBUTES have been paid to a local councillor and Chelmsley Wood resident, whose term as Mayor came to an end this week.
Coun Flo Nash (Lab, Kingshurst & Fordbridge) has brought the curtain down on a whirlwind year of festivals, fetes and public events.
She was the latest resident from the north of the borough to wear the chain of office and the first Labour member to serve in the role since her husband Alan more than a decade earlier.
Speaking at Full Council on Tuesday, Coun Nash thanked all the people who had supported her in the past 12 months.
She said that singing Vera Lynn songs at Solihull's Star and Garter Home and a church beer festival were among the highlights.
"You'll come out legless, but you'll enjoy it," she joked.
Coun Kate Wild (Con, St Alphege) paid tribute to a "wonderful" Mayor.
"Personally I was especially pleased that you were Mayor in this year of the centenary of the end of World War One. And you laid the wreath at the War Memorial on November 11.
"Your military background as the wife of a former officer of the Irish Guards set you apart from the rest and you knew what you were doing. You knew what all of that was about."
Coun Nash will now serve as deputy to the new Mayor, Coun Stuart Davis.