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Alahna Kindred

Archie Battersbee's mum ends fight for treatment and wants 'dignified' death in hospice

The mum of Archie Battersbee has ended her fight for treatment as she moved to give her son a "dignified" death in hospice.

Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee have insisted they should be allowed to choose where the 12-year-old takes his last moments.

This morning, the separated parents submitted an application to move him to a hospice after the European Court of Human Rights rejected their 11th-hour bid to postpone the withdrawal of treatment.

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