civil rights campaigners, who s died at the age of 93. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the european court of human rights has tonight refused an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support, effectively ending the family s legal battle. doctors who say archie is brain stem dead were waiting for a decision from the court before beginning the withdrawal of his treatment. the 12 year old has been in a coma since an accident at his home in essex in april. let s go live now to the royal london hospital in east london, where archie has been receiving his life support treatment since april. charlotte gallacher is there. charlotte, can you bring us up to speed with these latest developments?- speed with these latest developments? speed with these latest develoments? , . , , speed with these latest develoments? , , . developments? this was the news that archie battersbee s developments? this was the news that archie battersbee
who they described as their beautiful daughter. in a statement, her mother and stepfather said. charmaine worked for the british heart foundation and had been due to return to work from furlough in the week after she had died. on facebook, she d written about how she had been looking forward to lockdown being over, eriting. being over, writing. the 23rd of april last year was a sunny day, and charmaine and herfriend caitlin mctaggart decided to go to helensburgh pier. they chose to go there rather than largs when they were at glasgow central station. there were people on the pier fishing and teenagers jumping into the water. jacob foster, who s from helensburgh, was also on the pier with another man. he had never met charmaine or herfriend before. they were complete strangers. caitlin mctaggart told the court