A 52-year-old man's been arrested after a British Labour MP was shot and stabbed in West Yorkshire.
Jo Cox is in a critical condition in Leeds General Infirmary after the attack in Birstall, close to where the 41-year-old holds advice surgeries.
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Meanwhile, both sides in next week's referendum have cut short their plans for the rest of the day.
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the British Prime Minister David Cameron have cancelled campaigning this afternoon.
Here, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, says 'the fact that Ms Cox was attacked in this vicious way in the course of carrying out her duties for her constituents is deeply shocking'.
Harborough MP Edward Garnier gave his reaction:
