withdrawing life support for archie battersbee, the 12 year old who was found unconscious at his home in essex in april. the judges said treatment should not continue beyond midday, although the boy s parents could take the case back to the supreme court, as ellie price reports. another court hearing, another crushing disappointment for the family of archie battersbee. doctors say the 12 year old is brainstem dead and judges from the high court and court of appeal have repeatedly maintained it s in his best interests to switch off life support. but his mother fights on. i have got my son s best interests at heart, and paul, and the siblings. nobody else has got archie s best interests at heart and i say, and i still stand by it, archie s best interests would be to allow that child time to recover. if he doesn t recover, he doesn t recover, but give him time to recover. archie was injured during an incident at home and taken to southend hospital on the 7th of april. after a series of te
an incident at home and taken to southend hospital on the 7th of april. after a series of tests, a high courtjudge ruled on the 13th ofjune that archie is dead, based on mri scan results, and that treatment could be withdrawn. 0n the 20th ofjune, the family asked the court of appeal to reconsider the case and it ruled that a new hearing should take place. that new hearing was held on the 15th ofjuly, and a judge ruled that life support treatment should end. a decision supported by the court of appeal. thejudge in yesterday s hearing has said that there should be no further postponement of the withdrawal of life support beyond midday today. for archie s parents, their last hope now lies with the supreme court. ellie price, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. president biden confirms the head of al qaeda, ayman al zawahiri has been killed by a us drone strike in kabul. life support is expected to be withdrawn from 12 year old archie battersbee today, after court of appeal judges said hi
for the un commission for the rights of people with disability to consider their complaint. that withdrawal of life sustaining treatment is a breach of that convention. the supreme court is aware of the urgency of this matter, it s a panel of three judges who will consider an application for permission to appeal on paper, in the usual way, and as soon as we have more details on this, we will bring it to you. archie battersbee who has been in a coma since the 7th of april, and there is an appeal, permission to appeal, application thatis permission to appeal, application that is now being considered in his case. more as and when we get it. i m just going to add here, we may have had a statement from his family. they have
through some breaking news concerning alfie battersby. i am going to take this slowly ijust need to get the wording right. the supreme court has received permission to appeal, application to appeal in the case of archie battersby. he is 12 years old and has been in a deep coma since the 7th of april of this year and his parents holly dance and paul wish to challenge thejudgment parents holly dance and paul wish to challenge the judgment to restore life supporting treatment. the proposed stay is to allow more time
the judges said treatment should not continue beyond midday, although the boy s parents could take the case back to the supreme court, as ellie price reports. another court hearing, another crushing disappointment for the family of archie battersbee. doctors say the 12 year old is brainstem dead and judges from the high court and court of appeal have repeatedly maintained it s in his best interests to switch off life support. but his mother fights on. i have got my son s best interests at heart, and paul, and the siblings. nobody else has got archie s best interests at heart and i say, and i still stand by it, archie s best interests would be to allow that child time to recover. if he doesn t recover, he doesn t recover, but give him time to recover. archie was injured during an incident at home and taken to southend hospital on the 7th of april. after a series of tests, a high courtjudge ruled on the 13th