good afternoon. archie battersbee, the 12 year old who s been at the centre of a legal battle between his parents and hospital doctors, has died. the high court ruled that archie could not be transferred to a hospice, and the royal london hospital was given permission to withdraw his treatment this morning. speaking outside the hospital a short while ago, archie s mother hollie dance paid an emotional tribute to her son. it is with my deepest sympathy and sadness to tell you all that archie passed at 1215 today. can ijust say, i am the proudest mum in the world. such a beautiful little boy. and he fought right until the very end. and i m so proud to be his mum. he was taken off of all medication at ten o clock and his entire stats remained completely stable for two hours, untilthey removed ventilation. we ve also had a statement from the hospital trust treating archie. it says he passed away on saturday afternoon at the royal london after treatment was withdrawn in line with
killed in the gaza strip where the israeli military is targeting members of the palestinian group islamic jihad. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catholic pilgrimage has crashed in northern croatia killing twelve polish people and injuring more than thirty others. the effects from a cyber attack on the nhs 111 system could take until next week to resolve after phone lines and electronic gp referrals were disrupted. thank you very much for your company does afternoon. chris rogers takes up does afternoon. chris rogers takes up the baton at seven o clock. but now, appropriately enough, it s off to the commonwealth games and sportsday. welcome to sportsday, i mjane dougall, live from birmingham where 33 gold medals were available to be won today, some have already been claimed. let s tell you about them. northern ireland have their best ever commonwealth games medal haul as they win a second gold. it s hammer time england s nick miller defends his title and takes the
hello this is bbc news i m chris rogers the headlines. the family of 12 year old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn. conservative leadership contenders set out their approaches to dealing with the economic downturn forecast by the bank of england. the palestinian health ministry says 15 palestinians have been killed in the gaza strip where the israeli military is targeting members of the palestinian group islamic jihad. a bus carrying passengers to a roman catholic pilgrimage has crashed in northern croatia killing twelve polish people and injuring more than 30 others. the effects from a cyber attack on the nhs 111 system could take until next week to resolve after phone lines and electronic gp referrals were disrupted. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. welcome to sportsday, i mjane dougall, live from birmingham where 33 gold medals were available to be won today some have already been claimed let s tell you about t
from five different continents through the magic of our video link, as well as a large audience here in the gallery for a programme that will be broadcast on bbc world service, on radio and television. the climate catastrophe and the sheer weight of traffic on our roads and the horrific rate of accidents that they cause has forced a revolution in the way we think about cars. with me today are three engineers who are at the forefront of that revolution. we have arjo van der ham from the netherlands who is the chief technical officer at a company called lightyear. he has developed the world s first family sized solar powered car. jamie shotton, an expert in al and in autonomous vehicles. he is the chief scientist at a company called wayve and he is here to tell us about autonomous driving vehicles and, last but not least we have linda zhang from the united states. she is the chief engineer for the f150 lightning and has managed somehow to electrify one of america s most iconic
in nearly 50 years, it would take weeks worth of rain to replenish water sources, while experts warn england s drought could last into the next year. now on bbc news: three engineers at the forefront of reimagining the carjoin kevin fong at the science museum in london. applause hello and welcome to the science museum. i am kevin fong and this is the engineers, the future of cars. i am in the information age gallery set in front of an object called the rugby tuning coil and 100 years ago this big wheel of copper wrap in wood was the most powerful transmitter in the world. so it is an appropriate place for us to have this broadcast which brings in an audience from five different continents through the magic of our video link as well as a large audience here in the gallery for a programme that will be broadcast on bbc world service, on radio and television. the climate catastrophe and the sheer weight of traffic on our roads and the horrific rate of accidents that they cause