Tributes paid to long-serving Bourne Academy teacher who died while riding his bike

Tributes have been paid to an ‘extremely popular’ secondary school teacher who tragically died while out cycling this week.

Richard Wade, 64, had been a staff member at Bourne Academy for 22 years – having joined in January 1995 when it was The Robert Manning School.

Mr Wade, a modern languages specialist and keen cyclist and guitar player, is said to have suffered a heart attack.