THE list of names of those murdered in the Manchester bombing on Monday night grew throughout the day yesterday, including 14-year-old Eilidh MacLeod from Barra.

Her friend Laura MacIntyre, 15, was confirmed as being seriously ill in hospital in Manchester, reportedly with severe burns.

School friends of the two girls are being offered support as the 1000 people on the island of Barra struggle to come to terms with events.

The girls were leaving the Ariana Grande concert when the explosion killed 22 people and left at least 59 injured.

Both attended Castlebay Community School, and their headteacher said the incident had left everyone in shock.

Annag Maclean said: “The recent incident in Manchester was a planned and violent act targeted at young people enjoying a social event.

“Our school and island community are in shock, feeling numb and struggling to come to terms with it.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Eilidh and Laura, their family and friends as they struggle to cope.

“As headteacher, I am confident that our school and our community will continue to support Eilidh and Laura’s families.

“I have worked with my colleagues in the authority and other agencies to ensure that all necessary support is available to staff and pupils.”

Barra’s population is largely Catholic and the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, Brian McGee, has travelled to the island to visit the families of Eilidh and Laura.

He said: “This is a time of terrible anguish for the MacLeod and MacIntyre families. Spending time with the relatives of both girls was a reminder of the human cost of acts of terror.

“Such acts leave families broken, lives scarred and innocence destroyed. My thoughts and prayers are with the families at this traumatic time.”

Rev John Paul MacKinnon, the parish priest of Our Lady Star of the Sea church in Castlebay, the island’s largest settlement, said a “dark cloud” had come down on Barra.

He said: “People are in a daze. We are at the edge of the world here. We are just a small island and the world has somehow come to our little island and it is suddenly at the centre of the world now.”

Barra and South Uist Church of Scotland minister Rev Dr Lindsay Schluter said no-one on the island had been unaffected by the terrorist attack.

She said: “People have been numbed by what has happened to the two girls and everybody continues to be very anxious about their welfare.

“People in the community have been very supportive of the families, deeply prayerfully so. As one person here has said, Manchester and its people are so much closer to Barra than anyone ever had realised.”

In the Scottish Parliament, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told MSPs that Police Scotland family liaison officers were providing support to the MacIntyre and MacLeod families.

The First Minister said: “The families have requested privacy at this very difficult time and for that reason I do not intend to go into further detail.”

Six other people were taken to hospitals in Scotland after returning home from the concert on Monday night. Four of the patients were quickly discharged and two were kept in care overnight but their injuries are not life-threatening.

The names of more of those killed were released yesterday, adding to the four named on Tuesday. They included a 14-year-old girl and a mother of three young children.

It was also confirmed that an off-duty female police officer from Cheshire had been killed, though her name has not yet been released.

Those confirmed to have been killed included Sorrell Leczkowski from Leeds, a 14-year-old pupil at the city’s Allerton High School. Her mother and grandmother were with her and were caught in the blast. Both are critically ill in hospital.

Also aged 14 was Nell Jones from Cheshire, whose death was announced by Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School.

Her form tutor David Wheeler said she was a “popular girl, always smiling”, adding: “Her tutor group have been together since the transition from primary school. It feels like they have lost a sister not a classmate.”

Alison Howe, 45, from Royton, and Lisa Lees, 47, from Oldham near Manchester, were both killed while waiting in the foyer to pick up their daughters. The girls, both aged 15, are believed to be safe.

Jane Tweddle-Taylor, 51, from Blackpool, was also killed in the foyer as she waited with a friend to pick up the friend’s daughter.

Her husband Mark said she was “a very good mother to her three daughters”.

He added: She was liked by everybody, especially in the community in Blackpool where she worked.”

Polish couple Marcin and Angelika Klis, who were living in York, were killed while collecting their daughters from the venue.

PR manager Martyn Hett, 29, from Stockport, was also killed. Friends described him as “wonderful, iconic and beautiful”.

Others named include Kelly Brewster, 32, who died while shielding her niece, and mother-of-three Michelle Kiss. Those named earlier were Georgina Callendar, 18, Saffie Rose Roussos, eight, John Atkinson, 26, and Olivia Campbell, 15.

Cheshire Police confirmed that one of their female officers tragically died while off-duty at the Manchester Arena on Monday. They were unable to release any further details.