Statement from the Government today, at 12:15pm:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_8718000/8718834.stm

You just dont know what to say all killings just senseless

Whitehaven Bri/Art....sorry to hear about the loss of one of your family members...my thoughts are with your family x

Here's the latest news from the police... it's shocking reading...

Police investigating the fatal shootings in West Cumbria have released details of where they believe shots were fired to help encourage witnesses to come forward.

Below is a list of locations where police believe shots were fired and where people were believed to have been killed:

(Note: This list is not in chronological order as police are currently working to establish exact timings of each incident)

Duke Street, Whitehaven - shots fired and a man killed
Orgill, Haggard End, Egremont - shots fired and one person killed
Town End Farm, Wilton - a man and a woman were killed after shots fired
Woodbank, Egremont - shots discharged
Bridge End, Egremont - shots fired and one person killed
Coach Road, Whitehaven - shots fired
Scotch Street, Whitehaven - shots fired
Gosforth, Red Admiral - shots fired and one man killed
Seascale Railway Station - shots fired
Yeat House Road, Frizington - 60-year-old Kevin Joseph Commons found dead on driveway of his home suffering shotgun wounds.
Shaw Road, Drigg - shots fired
Between Hale and Egremont near Carleton Wood - shots fired and one man killed
Drigg Road, Seascale - shots fired and one man and one woman killed
Gosforth Road, Seascale - shots fired and one man killed
Unident, Seascale - shots fired
High Trees, Lamplugh - shots fired and one man killed
Eskdale Green - shots fired
Outside Hollins Cottage Camp Site - shots fired
Wooded area in Boot - Derrick Bird found dead

In total 13 people were killed including the offender Derrick Bird and 11 others were injured. We have now concluded a 150 km land and air search of the known and possible routes he could have used and as a result we are not expecting to find any further victims.

Of those who were injured seven remain in hospital in Cumbria, three are described as stable and four are comfortable. One person is still being treated in hospital in Newcastle and are described as stable.
Officers are now working to establish exact timings of shootings and piecing together the precise sequence of events and Mr Bird's movements in the run up to and during the incidents.

Our priority is now on formally identifying the people who have died, informing family members and supporting them alongside those who are injured. Helping and supporting the many families effected by this tragedy as of the utmost importance to us so we have committed more than thirty Family Liaison Officers who will be dedicated to the victims and their close relatives.

The focus of the 100 strong squad of detectives investigating the incident is firmly on finding out why someone would want to take so many lives in such a short space of time. Officers and staff are conducting forensic evidential searches and tests across the area at each location.

Information from the public and witnesses will be vital to our full and thorough investigation so officers are appealing for anyone who thinks they may have seen or heard anything which could help them with their enquiries to call them on the Police Helpline number: 0800 096 0095.

Latest from the WC Hospital... staff responded to second major incident in ten days... all performed faultlessly... 5 had gunshots to faces.. two patients had gunshots to backs... one had gunshots to back and arm... one had gunshot to chest.. 6 patients still remain under the care of the NHS trust.

I am very sorry to hear about your loss Whitehaven Bri /art my thoughts and prayers are with you.

I just wanted to add that I hope tourists take the same view as us & still visit this particularly stunning part of the world...we have booked this week to come up for a holiday next month

I too hope that people aren't put off by what happened - it was a extraordinary day that shouldn't have happened.

I got the impression that it didn't put people off as there were radio warnings this morning about heavy traffic on the M6 heading to Cumbria.

That's probably the bloody press!

People being nosey and i agree and press if they are coming for hols fair enough.

Press go home:
http://www.mywhitehaven.net/1/post/2010/06/press-go-home.html

They ared sitting in pubs, standing about in shops and on street corners, listening in to conversations, trying to latch on to any story to drag their newspapers further into the gutter.

Let's all ignore them.. shun the press.

When you see the number of contradictions in the same report by some of these reporters it makes you wonder how much of article is true and how much is made up.