GUNMAN Derrick Bird’s family were united in grief yesterday as they said goodbye to the killer’s twin brother, David.

The funeral for David Bird, the twin brother and first victim of gunman Derrick Bird, will take place in Cumbria today.

The funeral for a solicitor shot dead in the driveway of his home by Derrick Bird has taken place today.

The first funeral of a victim of the Cumbria gun massacre will be held today.

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

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.

TWO unarmed police officers stared down the barrel of Derrick Bird’s gun as he ran amok in Whitehaven, it has emerged.

Inquests into the deaths of Derrick Bird’s 12 victims were opened and adjourned today.

THE sons of a cab driver who killed 12 people in a gun rampage across rural northwestern England described him as “the nicest man you could ever meet” yesterday, adding they were baffled by his crimes.

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.

INVESTIGATORS were focusing on gun killer Derrick Bird’s money troubles yesterday after it emerged that he feared being jailed for tax evasion.

A LEADING psychologist yesterday warned that the distress caused by Derrick Bird’s killing spree could affect the communities involved for years.

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 last night struggling to understand what turned the quiet taxi driver into a mass killer.

TWELVE people were killed and 11 were wounded when taxi driver Derrick Bird went on a gun rampage.

THE murder of 12 people by Derrick Bird may have been the “final statement” of a paranoid man, a psychologist said yesterday.

DAVID CAMERON vowed yesterday everything possible would be done to prevent a repeat of the Cumbria killings.

A CORKMAN who worked and often shared a pint with mass murderer Derrick Bird remembers him as always having a smile on his face.

WHITEHAVEN, Egremont and Gosforth might just as easily have been Quilty, Spanish Point and Mullagh, or maybe Courtown, Ballygarret and Knockbrandon. Or, if the truth be told, any shy, idyllic backwater on this island.

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.

“YOU won’t see me again,’ Derrick Bird chillingly told a friend before embarking on a shooting spree across rural northwestern England, killing 12 people and wounding 25 others, including his mother, before turning the gun on himself.

DERRICK BIRD’S killing spree began when he shot several colleagues in Whitehaven in Cumbria, then drove his cab through the countryside of the Lake District blasting other victims, apparently at random.

THOSE who knew him were at a loss as to why Derrick Bird turned into a killer.

WITNESSES described their horror as they fled the path of taxi driver Derrick Bird, whose shooting rampage has left 12 people dead and 25 injured.

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.