A gunman going on a murderous shooting spree in and around a small English town is hardly an everyday occurrence but unfortunately we have been here before. Twenty-three years ago Britain woke up to ...

It was the start of Britain’s worst gun massacre. By the end of the day 16 people were dead and several others were wounded by bullets as Ryan rampaged through the area shooting people at random.

THE Hungerford Massacre was a crime that sent shock waves across Britain in 1987. The horrific crime led to changes in the UK’s gun laws. Michael Robert Ryan was born on May 18, 1960, in Wiltshire. He ...

"People just want to forget about it, but they can't," says Bryan Geater, whose daughter was nearly killed by gunman Michael Ryan 25 years ago. Say the name Hungerford and most people will associate ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. THE reaction to the 1987 Hungerford and 1996 Dunblane massacres has left Britain with a well-entrenched ''anti-gun culture'' and some of ...

Today's killings in the Lake District bring back horrific memories of the massacres in Hungerford and Dunblane. It was on August 19 1987 that loner and gun fanatic Michael Ryan went on a shooting ...

Aftermath is a new series which explores what happens to a community after it has been at the centre of a nationally significant event. This week, the Hungerford shootings. In August 1987, Hungerford ...

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August 17, 1987 was a bright warm sunny day. In the Berkshire market town of Hungerford, Sue Godfrey packed a picnic and her two children into her car and headed for nearby Savernake Forest. In ...