CUMBRIA taxi driver Derrick Bird shot his twin brother 11 times in his bedroom before going on to gun down 11 other victims, an inquest into their deaths has heard.

THE inquests into the deaths of mass killer Derrick Bird and the 12 victims he gunned down begin this week.

Buildings wobbled and the ground rumbled after an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale shook neighbouring counties in the UK.

A change in the law in Britain to prevent criminals who receive suspended jail terms from holding a gun licence for five years should be introduced, a report into the killings of Derrick Bird recommended today.

SOME of the wealthy residents of luxury liner The World were treated to a private reception last night, hosted by the Port of Cork and Cork Chamber, during which the city’s attractions were showcased.

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.

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.

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.

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.

MANY victims of the rampage were blasted in the face, a senior medic who dealt with casualties said yesterday.

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.

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.

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

One of the children who was killed when a school bus crashed into a car was celebrating her birthday, police revealed today.

Crimefighters have frozen homes, businesses and boats in a Co Down coast village as part of a crackdown on a fish quota scam, they revealed today.

EMMA THOMASON took spectacular revenge on her fiance after a row — by loading his company van with his belongings and dumping it in a harbour.

Millions of video and DVD recorders will become “obsolete” after the digital switchover, a TV firm warned today.

Michael O'Connor has concluded his close-season dealings by adding another three players to his 2007 Athlone Town squad.

United Utilities today said an expansion of the home shopping business of Marks & Spencer will deliver a £35m (€52m) revenues boost to its outsourcing arm.

Four Irish environment campaigners have been released on bail after chaining themselves to the roof of a visitor's centre at the Sellafield nuclear plant.