Gunman dies after stand-off

A GUNMAN died yesterday after apparently shooting himself in the head following a 16-hour stand-off with British police.

Paramedics spent more than three hours trying to save the man after at least one shot was fired on Leagrave Common, in Luton.

Witnesses had reported that the man was holding a sawn-off shotgun to his chin, before the blast rang out shortly before midday.