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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Alice Peacock

Archie Battersbee's parents lose Supreme Court bid to keep life support on

Archie Battersbee's parents have lost their last Supreme Court bid to keep his life support on.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay, intervened in the case of 12-year-old Archie, calling on the families’ urgent permission to appeal to the Supreme Court to be refused.

Archie's family filed the urgent appeal at midday, just moments before his life-support was due to end, and later lost their case.

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