Keir Starmer, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and more attend service for former deputy prime minister

The bells of Hull Minster rang out as perhaps the city’s most famous adopted son was bid a fond farewell.

Two Jaguars brought John Prescott to the cathedral on Thursday in a nod to the “Two Jags” nickname he earned after it was revealed he used a ministerial one as well as his own. The former deputy prime minister’s coffin was adorned with red roses for Labour and white ones representing Yorkshire.