There is a well known saying, 'no pain, no gain' and that will be ringing true in the minds of Milk Link’s 1,600 producers, who are on the brink of reaping just reward for 12 years of loyalty and investment.Farmer shot dead by Cumbrian gunman
A FARMER is among those shot dead in a series of shootings in Cumbria, according to reports.
The BBC’s reporter in Whitehaven said the farmer is understood to have been shot dead at point blank range in a field at 11.30am near the village of Gosforth.
There are believed to have been a number of fatalities from the shooting spree, which began just after 10.30am in Whitehaven.
Police have now found a body believed to be of Derrick Bird, who was being hunted over the shootings. The body was found in a wooded area near Boot, where he had earlier abandoned his car, it is being reported.
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