civil rights campaigners, who s died at the age of 93. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the european court of human rights has tonight refused an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support, effectively ending the family s legal battle. doctors who say archie is brain stem dead were waiting for a decision from the court before beginning the withdrawal of his treatment. the 12 year old has been in a coma since an accident at his home in essex in april. let s go live now to the royal london hospital in east london, where archie has been receiving his life support treatment since april. charlotte gallacher is there.
through and then has another battle just to have their case heard. justice agencies in northern ireland agree the system needs to speed up. a watchdog report four years ago said cases here typically took twice as long as in england and wales. figures we ve obtained through the freedom of information act show the longest cases relate to sexual offences, which take almost two years on average. the issue would usually be on the agenda at the stormont assembly, but it isn t even sitting at the moment, and the power sharing crisis means there s no first minister or deputy. 0ther ministers have remained in theirjobs, but only in a caretaker capacity, so they can t take any major decisions that require new legislation or a fresh budget. the leader of the cross community alliance party is the justice minister. she says extra money was helping to reduce the court delays after lockdown, but the funding is gone now. unless we get that additional
the two leadership candidates are taking part in the latest hustings with party members this evening this time in cardiff. you are watching bbc news. i am lewis vaughanjones. let s take a look at the headlines. the european court of human rights refuses an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support, effectively ending the family s legal battle. china says it will carry out live fire military drills around taiwan in the wake of the high level us visit to the island. and as we ve just heard the former conservative leadership hopeful, sajid javid, has announced he s supporting liz truss in the party leadership contest. right, time for a bit of sport now. we can head over to birmingham. jane
hello this is bbc news with lewis vaughanjones. the headlines. the european court of human rights has refused an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support effectively ending the family s legal battle. foreign ministers from g7 countries are calling on china not to escalate military action near taiwan. beijing announced four days of military exercises in response to a visit by the us house of representatives speaker, nancy pelosi. the former health secretary, sajid javid, has announced he s backing liz truss in her bid to become the next prime minister. he criticised her rival, rishi sunak, for ruling out immediate tax cuts saying they re essential now. a second water company has said it ll impose a hosepipe ban after the driestjuly on record for some parts of england. south east water says the restrictions will affect
saying in croydon on the 7th of july. metropolitan into work. the headlines on bbc news. the european court of human rights refuses an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support effectively ending the family s legal battle. china says it will carry out live fire military drills around taiwan in the wake of the high level us visit to the island. the former conservative leadership hopeful, sajid javid, has announced he s supporting liz truss in the party leadership contest. northern ireland has been without a working government for six months, because of political arguments about the post brexit trade border. the impact of the stalemate is felt particularly in the legal system the caretakerjustice minister told the bbc that the covid backlog in the courts may not