Another fucking spree shooting. Great.

Paul Gascoigne. Former England footballer, now beset with mental health problems. No idea why he is trying to talk to him though (possibly related to mental health problems)

xxp Armed police have Moat surrounded by a riverbank in Rothbury. He's holding a sawn-off shotgun to his neck. One of Moat's friends is being brought up to talk him into surrendering. Also Gazza - yes that Gazza - is trying to get to see Moat because he knows him.

gazza interview from real radio broadcast on sky news now

Gazza
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/02/22/gazza3_narrowweb__300x442,2.jpg

For Goole: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne

Sky News just played a clip of an interview he gave to a local radio station. he sounds somewhat incoherent.

it was like a 5 second clip sky presenter says "that was all that was coherent"

Sounds pissed. Police say he doesn't know Moat and is causing a fuss.

Trying to get to see Moat because he SAYS he knows him surely?

lol xp

Shouldn't they arrest him if he's driven up from Newcastle pissed?

uh so crazy ex-footballer is trying to horn in on the action? wtf that's... crazy

maybe jimmy fivebellies drove him? (seriously, whatever happened to him?)

it's not crazy, it's perfect

Maybe Jimmy Greaves drove him?

is there any chance gazza gets shot on tv? any chance at all?

The media would LOVE that!

Especially if he weren't killed and burst into tears

(sb-ing myself for checking my dead pool picks and seeing I didn't pick him this year)

gazza shoudl always be on the dead pool list, tbf you've missed a trick there

In case goole wonders about Jimmy Five Bellies:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_'Five_Bellies'_Gardner

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/02/article-1040871-001DE36C00000258-116_233x288.jpg

hahaha lad asking copper for the time, JUST TO GET IN TV SHOT OBV

(side view)
http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/feb2009/4/3/6AD7F865-DF7C-E7C9-5F91BC916340ACBB.jpg

Wtf is Gazza wearing?

that is the least of his problems

xp seems to be some kind of curtains/car seat cover combo.

Gazza's agent: "He's doing *what*? I'm in Majorca."

That would seem to be the standard reply from Gazza's agent; "Oh now WTF is he doing?".

okay this is fucking surreal, what with the gazza element and all

TS: Being Gazza's agent vs Being Lohan's lawyer

ha was a gnomic wiki that is

"maybe he'll fall asleep"

explains everything and nothing

poll: gazza vs lebron

fancies a bit of the Flamengo goalie guy action.

the bbc site has live coverage on the main page now. Im watching sky news though.

gascoigne's webcam photo in the wiki page

discarded pringles tubes

they now think the guy has been hiding out in a drain (where local kids often hang out in or play in) which is where he is lying near just now. And was going out at night breaking in to places to get food.
Noone thought to check there?

Tom@Sky:
"He's probably already tired and worn-down and hungry... Psychologically he's probably quite weak at this time," he said.

But that's enough about Gazza, what about Moaty?

This is still going to be going on tomorrow isn't it?

I have borne witness to the traveling Gazza/Five Bellies extravaganza, in Pharmacy, where they were on the piss with Chris Evans. Sat there cringing into my sleeve because I couldn't exactly get up and leave my own birthday drink.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/360189/webz/Mobile%20Photo%209%20Jul%202010%2023%2003%2019.jpg

Mind you, at this point, more people seem to want more Gazza news.

Nice quick work there :)

flippin heck stet good work!

What's John Locke doing there?

Wasn't me, the internet provided as always

INTERNET WIZARD IS YOU

Po-po with POLICE helmet looks like Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes.

Do people really want Gazza news, or is it just Friday night zinging because basically police stand-offs with murderers are weird as fuck and the presence of a mentally ill figure of fun gives an easy diversionary tactic to make it seem surreal rather than actually uneasily real?

Police source says they're ready to "go on all night" according to Sky News, which is nice of them. I thought they'd just nip off home for a kip and come back after a nice fry-up tomorrow morning.