Northumbria Police are searching the countryside around Rothbury for Raoul Moat. Here is how events have unfolded:
Thursday, 1 July
Raoul Moat, 37, from Newcastle, is freed from Durham Prison after serving a jail term for assault.
Friday, 2 July
Durham Prison warns Northumbria Police that Mr Moat may intend to cause serious harm to his former partner, Samantha Stobbart, 22.
19.30 - Moat is caught on CCTV in a shop in Newcastle. He is pictured with a distinctive Mohican-style haircut, wearing an orange t-shirt.
Saturday, 3 July
02.40 - Ms Stobbart's boyfriend, Chris Brown, 29, is shot dead outside a house in the Scafell area of Birtley, Gateshead. Shots are then fired through the living room window. Ms Stobbart is hit twice and left in a critical condition.
Mr Moat is believed to have taken two men hostage around the time of the shooting. With a news blackout put in place due to a ‘significant risk’ to the lives of the men, police do not reveal this until a press conference the following Tuesday.
11.30 - Detective Superintendent Steve Howes, of Northumbria Police, launches a manhunt, telling the media: ‘I would like to stress that this is not a random attack and that the people involved are all known to each other.’
14.20 - Police announce that they are trying to trace Mr Moat in connection with the shootings. Mr Howes says the attacker knew his victims, adding: ‘We believe the offender targeted his victims because of a grudge he held against them.’
Sunday, 4 July
00.45 - A police officer, later identified as married father-of-two Pc David Rathband, 42, is shot in an ‘unprovoked attack’ at a roundabout joining the A1 and A69 in East Denton, Newcastle.
The officer is rushed to Newcastle General Hospital and undergoes surgery. His condition is described as critical but stable.
06.00 - Northumbria Police announce that the shooting is linked to the Birtley inquiry and Temporary Chief Constable Sue Sim names Mr Moat as a wanted man who is very dangerous and should not be approached by the public.
Detectives say they believe Mr Moat may also hold a grudge against the police.
14.30 - Northumbria Police appeal directly to Mr Moat, pleading with him to give himself up.
Monday, 5 July
Northumbria Police confirm firearms officers from other forces have been drafted in to help with the manhunt.
11.10 - Ms Sim reveals, during a press conference, that Northumbria Police have referred their response to the information passed on by Durham Prison to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
During the press conference, police also reveal they received a handwritten letter purportedly from Mr Moat setting out a ‘general grievance’ with the police.
Mr Adamson says there are indications that other people may be at risk and a number of them have been given police protection.
11.00 - Police give details of a car connected to Mr Moat, which officers are trying to trace. The vehicle is a black Lexus.
Tuesday, 6 July
06.45 - People living in Springwell Road, Gateshead, see a police helicopter hovering overhead. It remains in the area until around 8.30am.
11.15 - Police announce they have set up a two-mile exclusion zone on the ground around Rothbury and a five-mile zone in the air.
People are warned to stay indoors and locals say schools are closed as a precaution.
11.45 - At a police press conference, Mr Adamson says that shortly after 10am, following information from the public, a police operation in the Rothbury area led officers to the black Lexus car, which was unoccupied.
He says two men, believed to be the hostages, were seen walking along a road near Rothbury and were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
The detective also tells reporters a man was arrested during a raid on the home of a former bouncer in Wrekenton, Gateshead.
12.30 - Police surround Pike House, a disused Grade II listed farm building near Rothbury. Armed officers are seen searching the two-storey premises after a window is forced open to allow a police dog to enter.
Wednesday, 7 July
Karl Ness, 26, and Qhuram Awan, 23, are named as the two men being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
Police had treated the men as hostages but when they were found walking in Rothbury, near where Mr Moat's Lexus was dumped, they were arrested as possible accomplices.
11am - Police reveal that another letter from Mr Moat was found in a tent in a secluded spot near Rothbury.
Police offer a £10,000 reward for information, which leads to Mr Moat being captured.
Mr Adamson says they believe Mr Moat has access to weapons and ammunition, and others may be helping him stay on the run.
He also gives a new description of Moat.
The PSNI says it has sent 20 armoured cars to assist Northumbria Police, while Scotland Yard has also sent 40 armed officers to help.
Around 18.00 - A further two men are arrested in the vicinity of Rothbury on suspicion of assisting an offender.
19.00 - A team of armed officers escort a man near Rothbury as the search for the suspected gunman intensifies.
Thursday, 8 July
02.50 - Two men arrested in connection with the hunt for Mr Moat are charged with conspiracy to commit murder and possessing a firearm with intent.
10.00 - Karl Ness, 26, from Dudley in North Tyneside, and Qhuram Awan, 23, from Blyth in Northumberland, appear at Newcastle Magistrates' Court. Both men are remanded in custody.
13.00 - Police say information has emerged that Moat has made threats towards the wider public.
