Whenever I hear a funeral eulogy or read a newspaper obituary, the stories that hit me hardest are about the difference someone made to the people around them or the community they lived in. You know someone lived a good life when the legacy they left behind was making other people’s lives that bit better.

Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who served under Tony Blair and helped transform the country’s Labour Party, John Prescott is dead.

Britain's former deputy prime minister John Prescott, who served under Tony Blair and helped him transform the country's Labour party, has died aged 86, his family said on Thursday, prompting tributes from across the political spectrum.