killed in the nottingham attacks have addressed thousands at a vigil in the city centre. a minute s silence was held to remember students grace o malley kumar and barnaby webber, as well as ian coates, who was 65. police have been given more time to question a 31 year old man, who was arrested on suspicion of murder. our midlands correspondent navteonhal reports. bell tolls. silent, defiant, united. the people of nottingham chose to stand together in pain and love. for the first time since the tragic events of tuesday, at this vigil, we heard from all three families of those who died. starting with james coates, one of school caretaker ian coates three sons. it feels like he has touched a lot of hearts over the years, more than what we assumed and knew he had. so it has been really nice and heart warming to see the messages and that people come out and talk about how he was when they were younger and how he has helped them. some beautiful comments. my dad was an avid fisherm
more ways to cope with it, ways to become more hopeful, more determined to make more hopeful, more determined to make our more hopeful, more determined to make our society caring. and safer. and i make our society caring. and safer. and i think that is probably what grace and i think that is probably what grace and and i think that is probably what grace and barney would want to. we are going grace and barney would want to. we are going to grace and barney would want to. we are going to go into a brief time of reflection. are going to go into a brief time of reflection, starting with a minute s silence reflection, starting with a minute s silence at reflection, starting with a minute s silence. at the end of that, daisy and sean silence. at the end of that, daisy and sean from the sports centre will li-ht and sean from the sports centre will light each and sean from the sports centre will light each of these candles. in memory light each of these candles.
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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 were
correspondent was there from the campus and nodding in and really moving half an hour of this vigil. take us through some the things you ve been hearing the last while. indeed, an incredibly moving vigil in honour of two of the three victims here in the british city of nottingham. an individual, we heard from the university vice chancellor and you heard from the chaplain from the students union, all of them, on the students union, all of them, on the verge of tears and as the vigil was wrapping up, unexpectedly, you also heard from the parents of both of the victims who were students here, 19 year old chris o malley, grace kumarand here, 19 year old chris o malley, grace kumar and barnaby webber. known to his friends is barney. i think many things stood out as deeply emotional moments and i think the thing that struck me and really hit home for the students and across the city and perhaps even across the country is that this is the end of the academic year. this was a time wh