A paramedic is being questioned by police on suspicion of murdering his ex-girlfriend in an hospital car park.
Nurse Jane Clough, and the suspect, named locally as Jonathan Vass, had lived and worked together before the fatal stabbing on Sunday night.
Miss Clough, 26, had just finished her shift in the Accident and Emergency unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital and was walking to her car when she was stabbed by an attacker who then left the scene on a bicycle.
Police were called to the scene in the staff car park at about 8.30pm on Sunday and the nurse was rushed to the A&E unit where she worked, just 100 yards away. Her colleagues battled to save her but she was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
Vass, 30, was arrested at about 7.30am on Monday in his ex-partner's village of Barrowford, near Nelson, Lancashire. He is understood to have worked alongside Miss Clough at the hospital until he was recently transferred elsewhere within the health trust.
A Lancashire Police spokesman said: "A post-mortem examination to establish the cause of death is due to take place later today. A 30-year-old man from Preston was arrested on suspicion of murder in Barrowford this morning and is currently in police custody."
It is understood Mr Vass left his wife and the marital home in Fulwood, Preston, to move in with Miss Clough in Barrowford before they also separated.
Tributes to the nurse were posted on a Blackpool FC fans' website, Another View From The Tower.
Pooljimbo wrote: "Absolute tragedy. A fantastic, funny, bright girl who recently became a mother.
"My thoughts go out to all her family. RIP Jane."
