Executed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein once gave a £840,000 (€1.4m) fortune to the father of a Briton who was murdered in an Alps massacre, it has been claimed.

An RAF cyclist said that he came across the horrific French Alps killings to find a little girl "stumbling" around, bleeding and "moaning", it has emerged today.

The families of three Britons killed in a shooting spree in the French Alps said they were “heartbroken” by their deaths but “touched by the expressions of sympathy from people all over the world”.

A walker who came upon the aftermath of a massacre in the French Alps has likened the carnage to a horrific film scene.

Four people shot dead in the French Alps were killed with the same gun, police say, fuelling speculation they were targeted by a contract killer.

A schoolgirl whose parents were murdered in a shooting spree during a family holiday in the French Alps has spoken to police.

A seven-year-old school girl from England whose parents were murdered in a shooting spree during a family holiday in the French Alps has spoken to police.

Police investigating the French Alps shooting spree today evacuated an area around the victims’ home in Surrey due to “concerns” about items found at the address.

A girl of four who survived the French Alps shooting spree has returned to the UK, while her seriously injured older sister has come out of a coma following the attack that left their parents dead.

A young girl who was in a coma after her parents were gunned down in the French Alps today recovered consciousness, while her four-year-old sister returned to the UK with relatives.

A four-year-old girl who witnessed her parents gunned down in the French Alps has returned to the UK, while her older sister is no longer in a coma, investigators said today.

British police today resumed their search at the home of the family gunned down in the French Alps.

Four people gunned down in the French Alps had each been shot twice in the head, prosecutors have revealed today.

French police officers are arriving in Britain today to find out more about the victims of the multiple shooting in the Alps.

Post mortems are due to be carried out today on the three members of a British-Iraqi family - and another man - who were shot dead in the French Alps yesterday.

Nearly 24 hours later, there is still no idea why three members of a British family were gunned down in an act of “savagery” in the French Alps.

Three of the four people shot dead when a gunman opened fire on a British family in the French Alps were hit in the middle of the head, it was revealed today

A seven-year-old British girl was violently beaten and is now fighting for her life after series of killings in the Alps, French authorities have said.

A four-year-old British girl has been found alive underneath the bodies of her family hours after a gunman opened fire on their car in the French Alps.

A four-year-old girl was found alive inside a car containing three victims of a fatal shooting spree in the French Alps that is thought to have involved a British family.

A French restaurant was celebrating its elevation to the aristocracy of the country’s cuisine with the award of its third Michelin star today.

ALBERTO CONTADOR strengthened his position at the top of the general classification by powering to victory in yesterday’s individual time trial in stage 18 of the Tour de France.

Alberto Contador powered to victory in the individual time trial in the 18th stage of the Tour de France to retain a vice-like grip on the yellow jersey on a day Lance Armstrong returned to the podium positions.