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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane and Barney Davis

Archie Battersbee’s mum vows to fight on with life suport deadline approaching after High Court bid fails

Archie Battersbee’s mother has vowed to continue to fight for her son despite the Court of Appeal’s refusal to postpone the withdrawal of the 12-year-old’s life-sustaining treatment beyond 12pm on Tuesday.

The youngster was due to have his life-support at the Royal London Hospital in east London ended at 2pm on Monday, after a High Court judge ruled this to be in his best interests and the family exhausted all routes of appeal.

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