Two Taser stun guns were discharged during the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat, the police watchdog said tonight.

Northumbria Police had hoped to be able to take Raoul Moat into custody alive, without any further bloodshed.

British police fired a Taser stun gun during the dramatic last stand by gunman Raoul Moat, Northumbria Police Temporary Chief Constable Sue Sim said today.

Witness Paula Mason said her mother could see British fugitive Raoul Moat sitting with a gun pointed to his head outside her house in the town of Rothbury in Northumbria this evening.

Police in the UK hunting for Raoul Moat urged people to be “extra vigilant” today after warning he could now pose a threat to the wider public.

Fugitive gunman Raoul Moat has threatened the public as well as the police, it emerged today.

Fugitive gunman Raoul Moat has written another letter while on the run – this time to his ex-girlfriend, police in the UK revealed today.

Police in the UK were facing questions over the handling of the hunt for fugitive gunman Raoul Moat today after it emerged that several opportunities were missed to intercept the former nightclub bouncer.

FUGITIVE gunman Raoul Moat was believed to be hiding out in remote countryside last night awaiting his final stand with armed police.

Armed police were scouring miles of countryside in England today as the net closed in on suspected killer Raoul Moat.

The “net was closing” on gunman Raoul Moat today after police in the UK detained two men they had feared he was holding hostage.

Fugitive Raoul Moat vowed not to stop killing "till I'm dead" as he declared "war" on the police in a letter passed to a newspaper.

BRITISH police were warned by prison staff that suspected gunman Raoul Moat may have been planning to harm his ex-girlfriend the day before he allegedly shot her and killed her new boyfriend.

Police in the UK were warned by prison staff that suspected gunman Raoul Moat may have been planning to harm his ex-girlfriend the day before he allegedly shot her and killed her new boyfriend.