:00:09. > :00:12.Good afternoon. The bodies of three women and a man
:00:12. > :00:15.have been found in a house in Peterlee in County Durham. It's
:00:15. > :00:25.believed they died from gunshot wounds. Our reporter is in Peterlee
:00:25. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :00:31.now. All day, this normally quiet street
:00:31. > :00:34.has been cordoned off. You can see there is a police investigation.
:00:34. > :00:39.The family in the house had been out with friends and returned just
:00:39. > :00:47.before midnight. A short time later, neighbours said they heard shots
:00:47. > :00:51.being fired and friends running away. At that point they called the
:00:51. > :00:58.police. This morning, the task of examining the scene and removing
:00:58. > :01:03.the bodies began. Police believe a man, named as Michael Atherton,
:01:03. > :01:07.turned a gun on himself after shooting three women. He owned a
:01:07. > :01:11.firearms licence. Friends and neighbours describe a happy and
:01:11. > :01:18.friendly family. They were normal people who got on with their today
:01:18. > :01:28.things. The would not think it. Their mother has always worked to
:01:28. > :01:29.
:01:29. > :01:36.provide an she is lovely. It is a shop. I don't understand it at all,
:01:36. > :01:41.I don't. They all seemed to be all right, you know? I just knew her to
:01:41. > :01:45.talk to. They seemed like a lovely couple, they did. Three other
:01:45. > :01:49.people were inside the house when the shooting started but managed to
:01:49. > :01:54.escape. Once jumped out of an upstairs window. Detectives are
:01:54. > :01:57.speaking to them all as they try and find out what led to the attack.
:01:57. > :02:02.This is a murder investigation and we have deployed a homicide
:02:02. > :02:07.investigation team. Our thoughts go to the family. We have officers
:02:07. > :02:10.with the family now. We need to understand what happened.
:02:10. > :02:15.Detectives had described the shootings as a tragedy and wild
:02:15. > :02:22.horrific, they stressed this is an isolated act. They are not looking
:02:22. > :02:27.for anyone else in connection with the murders. This evening, Durham
:02:27. > :02:31.Police says it has a 70 officers working on the investigation. They
:02:31. > :02:34.said they will not release the names of the four people who died
:02:34. > :02:36.last night until of relatives have been informed.
:02:36. > :02:39.Tributes are being paid to a soldier from Darlington who was
:02:39. > :02:42.killed in an explosion in Afghanistan. Private John King was
:02:42. > :02:47.19 and from 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed
:02:47. > :02:52.in a blast in Helmand Province last Friday. His family say he died
:02:52. > :02:55.doing the job he adored. Mountain rescuers have been thanked
:02:55. > :02:58.for their efforts in recovering the body of the a 19 year-old
:02:58. > :03:07.Derbyshire man who died while climbing Scafell Pike over the
:03:07. > :03:10.weekend. -- Northern Rock is now officially
:03:10. > :03:13.back in the private sector. Its acquisition by Virgin money has
:03:13. > :03:16.been completed in a deal worth up to �8 billion. Labour had called
:03:16. > :03:19.for the deal to be put on hold while the national auditor
:03:19. > :03:21.investigates whether it's good value for money. The Newcastle-
:03:21. > :03:23.based bank was nationalised three years ago after a massive public
:03:23. > :03:25.bail-out. In the Football League Championship
:03:25. > :03:28.today, Middlesbrough lost 3-0 at Blackpool this afternoon. In League
:03:28. > :03:31.One, Carlisle beat Sheffield United 3-2 at home, while Hartlepool were
:03:31. > :03:35.beaten at home by Scunthorpe, 2-1. In Scottish League Division Two,
:03:35. > :03:37.Berwick Rangers drew 2 - 2 at home to Montrose.
:03:37. > :03:40.Meanwhile, Sunderland fans are celebrating a dramatic last-gasp
:03:40. > :03:44.winner in their match against Manchester City yesterday.
:03:44. > :03:49.Substitute Ji Dong-Won came off the bench to score in the 4th minute of
:03:49. > :03:52.injury-time, giving the Black Cats a fine start to 2012. The game
:03:52. > :04:01.ended 1-0 and the result leaves Sunderland in 13th place in the
:04:01. > :04:10.table, six points clear of the bottom three.
:04:10. > :04:15.There is a Met Office warning for a strong wind over the next 24 hours
:04:15. > :04:21.accompanied by wet weather. Most places where and windy by the end
:04:21. > :04:26.of the night. Temperatures temporarily down to two or three
:04:26. > :04:31.Celsius. Tomorrow morning the wind turns westerly. There will be every
:04:31. > :04:35.bit as strong. There will be scattered wintry showers. It was a
:04:35. > :04:40.windy throughout the day. Temperatures feeling cold in the