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well, the vigil will begin with some words from the vice chancellor of the university of nottingham, shearer west, who spoke to the bbc earlier, and when she spoke to us, she talked about how shocking this entire episode is for notjust the university, but the city of nottingham a city that of course has crime hotspots, but nothing like what happened yesterday, it was something that they were never expecting. so, the vigil will begin with words from shearer west, and then, to my understanding, we will also hearfrom some then, to my understanding, we will also hear from some faith leaders as well. from what we have been told, the parents of the two students who were killed in yesterday s attacks are also expected to be attending this vigil, although they are unlikely to speak. and we are also told that it is very unlikely that any students also will be speaking. the vice chancellor said that the university is offering all the support it can to the students here, some who ....
Has been hard to comprehend what has happened to this city and to our students in the last 36 hours. what should have been one of the biggest celebrations for the student body has turned into one of our darkest days, but the messaging and support i have seen from so many of you, the way you have stuck together, held each other up and shared support has been both inspiring and heartbreaking to witness. barney and grace are a monumental loss, they were both first years with ambitions, potentialand were both first years with ambitions, potential and dreams. what was taken from us yesterday will never be given back, and the shockwaves echo through our student community. to the school of medicine and the department of history i send my love and thoughts to all of your students and staff who have suffered the loss of two intelligent, enthusiastic and passionate students. to all of the friends and ....
Ofthe of the afternoon, you saw the course of the afternoon, you saw groups of students in twos and threes are sitting on the grassy bank here, it s a beautiful day and they re all sitting outside but they re all sitting outside but they re dealing with some of the most difficult trauma, at such a young age, and groups of students were sitting, staring out into the distance, they ve nothing to say, it s still a process for them. yesterday, two of their fellow students were stabbed to death in an attack which just doesn t make sense to people here, and as i mentioned before, i spoke to a couple of friends of barney, as he is known here, who was aching cricketer, and they don t know what to say because it doesn t even feel real, that this has happened, and we can now see that the video is about to get under way. ....