Archie Battersbee’s parents have lost a High Court bid to have him transferred to a hospice to die.

The parents of the 12-year-old wanted him transferred from the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, to a hospice which had agreed to take him.

However Mrs Justice Theis ruled on Friday that Archie should stay under the case of the hospital while life support is withdrawn, so that he can “die in peaceful circumstances”.

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