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With sally nugent and ben thompson. a vigil has been held in nottingham for people to pay their respects to the victims of yesterday's knife and van attack. 19—year—old students barnaby webber and grace kumar were fatally stabbed, along with a man in his fifties, who has not yet been named. let's take a look at how this major incident unfolded. just after aam yesterday two young people were found dead by police on ilkeston road in nottingham, following a call from a member of the public. at 5.30am a van believed to have been stolen from the older victim drove at three people on milton stre...

But he backed up after he hit the man and the woman, and then drove up upper parliament street. and the police followed him? yes. and this was at 5.30 this morning? yes. if one of my colleagues had been there earlier, she would have been knocked over. i took her to university and then i went back to work. did you see what happened to the man and woman who were hit? the woman was sitting up on the kerb. she looked ok. the man was lying down, but then he got up and sat on the side, waiting for an ambulance. i can't believe he was able to get up. he was bleeding quite a lot?

I wish i never saw it, it's really shaken me up. i went over. perhaps i shouldn't have gone over, but i wanted to see if i could help. that's it, really. but he backed up after he hit the man and the woman, and then drove up upper parliament street. and the police followed him? yes. and this was at 5.30 this morning? yes. if one of my colleagues had been there earlier, she would have been knocked over. i took her to university and then i went back to work. did you see what happened to the man and woman who were hit? the woman was sitting up on the kerb. she looked ok.

Eyewitnesses. our correspondent caught up with an eyewitness called lynne. let's take a listen, and a warning, you may find some of the details distressing. what did you see, where and when? 5.30, i was going to work and a white van pulled up alongside me. i thought, that's weird. this was at the theatre royal, just at the corner? yeah, just on the corner. and he looked in his mirror and saw a police car behind him. he then... quickened up. there were two people turning the corner. he went straight into these two people. the woman went on the kerb, the man went up in the air and there was such...

Sentiments echoed by the leader of the opposition. i'm sure i speak for everybody in this room in saying that we'd like to just send our thoughts to all those affected, and to the emergency services who are responding to this as we speak. this is where, at 5.30 in the morning, police arrested a 31—year—old man on suspicion of murder. he is now being held in custody. there is still a heavy police presence in nottingham this lunchtime as the city begins the search for answers. joe inwood, bbc news. the city centre is a strange place today. virtually empty on the streets around me. there is a...