Another fucking spree shooting. Great.

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.

haha, John Locke spot OTM. Based on the other photo earlier, I had him pegged as cross between Phil "The Power" Taylor and Minty off EastEnders.

I was thinking that if it wasn't over in time for Newsnight we'd be here awhile. Can't they just shoot him with a tranquilizer dart a la Wild Kingdom?

The Gazza involvement is just another add-on layer of WTF, that's all.

does gazza really know him?

What do you think? You don't think he'd have mentioned it before now to anyone rather than just rocking up in the glare of the media?

"it's like something in Waco Texas drafted up to Northumberland" STFU, Sky News guy, we get it, nothing's happening, you just have to make shit up to keep people watching.

The C4 producer's Twitter feed I posted earlier claims that Gazza knew Moat from around Newcastle clubs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncv1SyKj2Fk

Just got home, read this, thought you were all doing this hilarious made-up Gazza gag but then it's on the Sky News ticker.

# Gazza: "I would like him to talk to me 1 to 1. I will visit him in prison. I've been through it and he will get through it." #moat 35 minutes ago via HootSuite

# Gazza: "I was going to walk through the moors and shout Moaty it's me. As far as I'm concerned he is a nice guy." 36 minutes ago via HootSuite

# Gazza: "I jumped in a taxi with broken ribs and brought some food for him, lager. I know he won't shoot me." 37 minutes ago via HootSuite

# Gazza live on local radio: "I didn't come here for a publicity stunt. I felt sorry for him beause he has been a good friend of min." #moat 39 minutes ago via HootSuite

james, you couldn't make this up

ESP not him turning up with a chicken and a fishing rod. Was he going to dangle the tasty treat out to Moaty?

What would Gazza actually be promoting, if it's a promotional stunt? Maybe they should let him through, I reckon it would bring the standoff to an end one way or another.

I was going to walk through the moors and shout Moaty it's me

This will be the highlight of the subsequent motion picture

I'm sure he's aware of the guy, but come on, a mentally ill man turning up pished thinking he's the guy to talk down a suicidal gunman with a KFC bargain bucket and a six-pack of beer? Having never mentioned his connection to him before right now? Don't think he's promoting anything, he's already been sectioned under the mental health act for delusionary behaviour.

You know Gazza's mental. If he had his wits about him he'd have turned up earlier this evening in time to get on the front page of all tomorrow's papers.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48313000/jpg/_48313102_009775526-2.jpg

Police cutbacks mean that armed police are issued with water pistols...

some photographer's in real trouble!
also, shouldn't that copper be looking elsewhere?

arshavin please
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48312000/jpg/_48312872_009775538-1.jpg

dont think i'd like a 50,000 volt taser gun fired at me

better that that what other copper's holding.

Old guy looks like he's wandered in from an episode of Heartbeat...

Kudos to person on Digital Spy for this: "Not sure why Gazza has turned up. England players are historically shit in shoot outs"

Oh hooray, Kay Burley's on dis ting now.

Eyewitness Susan Ballantyne, from Riverside, who is 100 yards from the scene and watching the drama unfold from an upstairs window in her house, said: "Everyone's going on like I should be frightened but it's very exciting. It's normally boring around here. First I see the ginger lad lying around for 2 hours with a shotgun in his mouth, and then I see Gazza being sick on my garden gnome. This is absolutely immense."

Gazza's had problems with hie elf...

Where's that from? Xp

Susan Ballantyne both sad and lolworthy in the space of a sentence.