Gun licence applicants in UK face social media checks after Plymouth attack

Police asked to review firearm application processes, as minute's silence to be held in Plymouth

Applicants for permission to own a firearm or shotgun will be subject to social media checks after the Plymouth mass shooting, ministers have said.

Questions have been asked about how the Keyham gunman Jake Davison, 22, obtained a firearms licence and carried out his attack, in which he killed five people before turning the gun on himself.