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Alice Peacock & Ryan Merrifield & Alahna Kindred

Archie Battersbee dies after life support is switched off following legal battle

Tragic schoolboy Archie Battersbee has died after having his life support switched off today.

The 12-year-old had been in hospital since April after he suffered a catastrophic brain injury, with his parents launching a desperate bid to continue his treatment.

Mum Hollie Dance said outside the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, this afternoon that Archie "fought right until the very end".

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