Towns and villages left stunned by Derrick Bird’s killing spree will fall silent today – a week on from the carnage which left 12 dead.

A motorist told how he risked his life chasing gunman Derrick Bird during his shooting spree as details emerged of dramatic early efforts to catch the mass killer.

Relatives of gun spree killer Derrick Bird would apologise to his victims' families "if they had the strength", a close friend said today as memorial services were held to remember the dead.

Cumbrian police say killer Derrick Bird was being investigated by the tax man.

A grudge held by crazed killer Derrick Bird against his twin brother over his father’s will may have sparked a massacre which left 12 people dead.

British Prime Minister David Cameron visited Cumbria today, describing Derrick Bird’s shooting rampage which left 12 dead as “the most appalling tragedy”.

A leading psychologist today warned that the distress caused by Derrick Bird’s killing spree in England could affect the communities involved for years.

Gunman Derrick Bird was embroiled in a major tax investigation into a mystery £60,000 deposited in his bank account, according to a friend.

The family of gunman Derrick Bird were tonight struggling to understand what turned the quiet taxi driver into a mass killer.

Derrick Bird was licensed to own the two guns he used to murder 12 people in a three-hour rampage apparently sparked by a family feud, it was revealed today.

David Cameron vowed today that everything possible would be done to prevent a repeat of the Cumbria killings.

Questions were asked today about why police failed to stop Cumbrian killer Derrick Bird sooner.

British police were today investigating what sparked gunman Derrick Bird's killing spree amid reports he was involved in a bitter family feud.

A taxi driver went on a shotgun rampage in the Lake District today, killing 12 people and wounding at least 25 before turning his weapon on himself.

At least five people were dead in Britain today after a taxi driver went on the rampage with a shotgun then killed himself.

Police in England hunting a gunman responsible for a killing spree said today they had found his body.

At least four people were feared dead and several more injured today after a gunman went on the rampage in the Lake Distrct.

Police in the UK were hunting a gunman today after a person was reportedly shot dead.