MPs have been released from inside the Chamber and I’ve just spoken to Green MP Caroline Lucas who was locked in along with many other MPs. She told me:
I was in the voting lobby and the doors slammed quite firmly and then we were told to stay inside. Everyone was mostly quiet, on their phones or iPads watching the news. A lot of people were thanking the chamber staff, security staff who we see every day who keep us safe.
We were told the House will sit as normal and then it was asked if we’ll be given a chance to pay tribute tomorrow and we were told that we would. And everyone filed out.
Travis Frain, a politics student at Edge Hill University, was one of those injured on Westminster Bridge, his family have confirmed.
Travis’s mother, Angela Frain, told the Guardian he was in “good spirits” and was in hospital. He reportedly suffered a cracked rib and minor injuries to his hand and arm in the attack.
Angela Frain, from Darwen in Lancashire, said: “I have spoken to him at 3.20pm and I know he’s OK. I’m waiting to hear back; his phone’s actually dead at the moment. He’s at the hospital with a police officer and his phone’s on charge so I haven’t spoken to him properly.
“The police officer just said he was in good spirits and he’s waiting to be x-rayed. I think that’s just for minor injuries. I haven’t got any information at all [about his injuries]; when I spoke to him at 3.20pm it was just a quick call to say that he was OK. I’m hoping to hear back from him in the next few hours but at this point that’s the only information I have.”
The flag above Scotland Yard is being flown at half mast to honour the heroism of its fallen officer and other victims of today’s attack.
Flag at half-mast over Scotland Yard tonight to mark the death of our officer & the other victims of this afternoon’s attack in #Westminsterpic.twitter.com/NqaGSqJtmt
Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood (centre) helps emergency services attend to a police officer outside the Palace of Westminster, London, after a policeman was stabbed and his apparent attacker shot by officers in a major security incident at the Houses of Parliament. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Foreign minister Tobias Ellwood attempted to resuscitate the police officer fatally attacked outside parliament and stemmed the blood from the multiple stab wounds.
Ellwood, a former soldier, was pictured kneeling over the policeman’s body as he gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in a bid to save the officer’s life.
Ellwood was surrounded by paramedics, police officers and doctors as he tried to treat the injuries, and remained with the victim until the air ambulance arrived. The officer was later confirmed dead.
The minister was later pictured with bloodied hands and forehead being comforted by officers in New Palace Yard.
Ellwood, a former captain in the Royal Green Jackets who served in Kuwait, has personal experience of terrorism after his brother Jonathan was killed in the 2002 Bali bombings.
A source told the Telegraph: “[Ellwood] tried to give mouth-to-mouth and stem blood flow from multiple stab wounds to the officer until the chopper and medics arrived.”
The police officer is among four who had been confirmed dead as part of the incident which is being treated as a terror attack, while at least twenty have been injured.
Ellwood has been a Conservative MP for Bournemouth East since 2005 and was appointed parliamentary under-secretary at the Foreign Office in July 2014.
