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• Cumbria shootings: force stretched by major crime
• Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird was the silent twin who resented brother's popularity
• Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird had family row night before killing spree, admits relative
• Cumbria shootings: concern mounts over loopholes in gun licence rules
• Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird called over unsuspecting friends, then shot them
• Cumbria shootings: cabbies rowed over customers
• Cumbria shootings: Beautiful byways that were stained with blood
• Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird, his twin and the £60,000 tax inquiry
• Woman magistrate shot dead in Brussels courtroom
• Gaza flotilla: Benjamin Netanyahu resists demand for inquiry
• Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird's 'grudges' against massacre victims
• Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird 'was settling scores'
• Cumbria shootings: Alan Johnson calls for review of gun laws
• Cumbria shootings: experts say gun checks must be tightened
• Cumbrian GP Dr Barry Walker: "We're not equipped to deal with major trauma"
• Cumbria shootings: unanswered questions
• Cumbria shootings: Survivors tell of encounters with Derrick Bird in Whitehaven
• Cumbria shootings: killer Derrick Bird licensed to carry guns

Cumbria shootings: force stretched by major crime Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:54 PM PDT The Cumbria shootings may raise fresh questions about the ability of smaller police forces to deal with major incidents, putting police mergers back on the political agenda.

Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird was the silent twin who resented brother's popularity Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:26 PM PDT For 52 years they had steadily grown apart - one laid-back and well-liked, the other introverted and quietly resentful.

Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird had family row night before killing spree, admits relative Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:39 PM PDT Derrick Bird's cousin admits there had been an argument, as it emerged he had clashed with his brother over the will of his father.

Cumbria shootings: concern mounts over loopholes in gun licence rules Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:57 PM PDT David Cameron promised that there would be no "knee-jerk reaction" to gun laws in response to the massacre, despite growing concerns over how Derrick Bird, the Cumbria gunman, managed to get a firearms licence.

Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird called over unsuspecting friends, then shot them Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:25 PM PDT The gunman who carried out the Cumbria massacre is thought to have called name of victim before firing.

Cumbria shootings: cabbies rowed over customers Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:24 PM PDT A simmering row may have contributed to Derrick Bird's breakdown and the subsequent massacre, according to some of his fellow taxi drivers.

Cumbria shootings: Beautiful byways that were stained with blood Posted: 03 Jun 2010 04:00 PM PDT Derrick Bird took a scenic route from Whitehaven to Seascale on Wednesday - but thoughts of beauty never entered his head.

Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird, his twin and the £60,000 tax inquiry Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:33 PM PDT Detectives working on theory that Derrick Bird harboured grudges against several of his victims following disputes over money.

Woman magistrate shot dead in Brussels courtroom Posted: 03 Jun 2010 01:20 PM PDT A woman magistrate was shot dead and her clerk killed with an axe by a lone attacker in an open Belgian courtroom yesterday.

Gaza flotilla: Benjamin Netanyahu resists demand for inquiry Posted: 03 Jun 2010 10:29 AM PDT Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is resisting demands to allow international experts participate in an inquiry into the lethal Gaza flotilla raid.

Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird's 'grudges' against massacre victims Posted: 03 Jun 2010 10:05 AM PDT Derrick Bird, the gunman behind the Cumbria shootings, appeared to have selected some of his victims deliberately because of his "grudge" against them, police said.

Cumbria shootings: Derrick Bird 'was settling scores' Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:34 AM PDT Derrick Bird goes on a three-hour shooting rampage in rural Cumbria in one of the worst mass killings in British history.

Cumbria shootings: Alan Johnson calls for review of gun laws Posted: 03 Jun 2010 06:27 AM PDT Britain's gun laws should be examined after Cumbria massacre which saw 12 people killed, says shadow home secretary.

Cumbria shootings: experts say gun checks must be tightened Posted: 03 Jun 2010 04:05 AM PDT Experts have called for Britain's gun licensees to be more tightly monitored after Derrick Bird, who held a firearms licence for 20 years, embarked on his killing spree in Cumbria.

Cumbrian GP Dr Barry Walker: "We're not equipped to deal with major trauma" Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:31 AM PDT Dr Barry Walker, a GP who tended to the wounded in Seascale, west Cumbria during Wednesday's shootings, said in a Radio four interview that an explanation of why the tragedy happened would help people to "understand".

Cumbria shootings: unanswered questions Posted: 03 Jun 2010 01:43 AM PDT What caused taxi driver Derrick Bird to go on a murderous rampage, shooting 12 people dead before turning his gun on himself, was still unclear 24 hours after the massacre began in the rural town of Whitehaven, Cumbria.

Cumbria shootings: Survivors tell of encounters with Derrick Bird in Whitehaven Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:55 AM PDT Survivors from Derrick Bird's killing spree in Cumbria have described their experiences of coming close to death at the hands of the mass murderer.

Cumbria shootings: killer Derrick Bird licensed to carry guns Posted: 03 Jun 2010 01:19 AM PDT Taxi driver who massacred 12 people including his brother across a series of Cumbrian towns had held gun licence for 15 years.

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