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Guardian Daily: Twelve killed in Cumbria shooting spree

What made a lone gunman embark on a horrific series of shootings in Cumbria? We hear from reporter Helen Carter how taxi driver Derrick Bird opened fire at scores of people before his body was found following a major police manhunt.

Sean King, landlord of the Boot Inn, tells how he sheltered shocked tourists in his pub until he heard the shot that ended Bird's life.

Diana Strong works at the Brooke House Inn, also in Boot. She describes how a group of tourists tried to help Bird, who appeared to have crashed his car.

We hear from Matthew Connolly, a journalist who was camping near Boot with his wife and two young children.

Police advised members of the public to remain indoors while they tracked the gunman down. Celia MacKenzie is chief executive of the Whitehaven Harbour Commission, which runs The Rum Story, a local tourist attraction. She was in a meeting when the emergency happened.

Rod Davies is landlord of a pub in Gosforth called the Gosforth Hall Inn. He says the local community in West Cumbria has been left deeply shocked by today's events.

The Guardian's home affairs editor, Alan Travis, says today's horrific killings have echoes of previous multiple murders.

Michael White is in Westminster with the highlights of David Cameron's first test at the new season of prime ministers questions.

He was put through his paces by Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman who took the government to task on plans to give defendants in rape trials anonymity.

And we hear from MPs including the new Conservative justice secretary, Ken Clarke, on what they made of it.

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