Residents of Cumbria in north-west England are in shock after a lone gunman killed 12 people in a rampage.

Police received reports of shots being fired in the town of Whitehaven on Wednesday morning. A man's body was found on Duke Street.

The gunman drove through Whitehaven with a gun hanging out of his car window, witnesses say. He then headed south through Gosforth and Seascale before turning inland, leaving a trail of bloodshed. Here a damaged car stands under tarpaulin in Seascale.

Police declared 30 separate crime scenes in England's picturesque Lake District.

Police identified the gunman as Derrick Bird, 52, who lived in the Cumbrian town of Rowrah.