Image: John Prescott diving off the coast of Northumberland in celebration of World Oceans Day in 1997. Pic: PA Image: John Prescott takes a close look at a Chinese Mitten Crab called Dennis ...

John Prescott diving off the coast of Northumberland in 1997 (PA) Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey told MPs he met Lord Prescott several times during the 2000s before news broadcasts.

John Prescott, a former British deputy prime minister in Tony Blair’s Labour government, has died, his family said on Thursday. Prescott, 86, died following a battle with Alzheimer’s ...

Hundreds of guests gathered to pay their respects to "true giant of the Labour movement" John Prescott - as friends said it was "amazing" how he dealt with having Alzheimer's. The former Labour ...

John Prescott was a nice man and an underestimated wit. I once worked as a researcher on my late colleague Colin Brown’s biography of him, Fighting Talk, published in 1997, just before Prescott ...

Born in Prestatyn in Wales on May 31 1938 the son of a railwayman, John Prescott left school at the age of 15 to work as a trainee chef and then as a steward on the Cunard Line. John Prescott dies ...

John Prescott was an old-style political bruiser who played a vital role in the New Labour project. He scorned what he called "the beautiful people" - the men in smart suits with red roses and ...

Former deputy prime minister John Prescott has died at the age of 86, his family has announced. The former trade union activist and Labour veteran died “peacefully” at his care home following a battle ...