thom evans albie evans has been withdrawn. thom eva ns says albie evans has been withdrawn. he still breathing now, it's come to a point for his mum is sitting next to him so she can go to sleep, should be as co mforta ble can go to sleep, should be as comfortable with him. his sats were sitting below 70. how long after it became obvious, after a fewer hours, he was breathing on his own but at what point did the doctors intervene and say... i sat them down and said it was becoming a crime and unlawful in my opinion, it wasn't on the court order he could be starved of food or hydration and there were potentially starving him of oxygen from nutrients and water so i sat down with the doctor, plus a lengthy talk, about 40 minutes, he ended up saying i was right and i have always been right and they say alfie is suffering and look at him now, he's not even on a ventilator and his not suffering. have the doctors intervened again, have they given... from they left for six hours without food, water, and oxygen. and i to be honest with you, they were going to give him water and he is

he met thom evans earlier this month in support of the campaign.esign. amber rudd apologised last night for being unaware that the home office had targets for removing illegal immigrants from the uk. this morning cabinet ministers offered her their support. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. day after day of questions for the home secretary. was her department to blame for the mistreatment of legal migrants? were there targets for removing those here illegally? and inevitably, would she quit? but it was a question about the broader approach to immigration and her answer that led to even more pressure on amber rudd. targets for removals, when were they set? we don't have targets for removals. an apology in parliament — the targets did exist, but she hadn't been aware. it was announced that they'd be scrapped. and then the guardian reported that a memo was sent to the home secretary lastjune, specifying a target for the number of deportations in the coming year. silence at first from the home office, then a series of tweets from am

thom evans and kate james wa nt to ta ke treatment.rday. they were given 24 hours to make a further appeal and vowed to keep on fighting. up to a third of people born in the 1980s and 90s may never on the run home, according to a new report. research by the resolution foundation, a think tank, says one third of the millennium generation could be renting when they retire. the government says it is already putting policies in place to attempt to improve the housing market. an update on something from yesterday, the launch of nasa's planet hunter has been postponed until tomorrow. the telescope was due to leave from cape canaveral in florida last night. it was called off three hours before liftoff. you have been looking at that. something to do with the saponara? yeah, i believe they call of the navigational system. that's more sophisticated. and some sort of leader but not a serious one. but they are ok. that is your nasa update. and glad it is notjust me who has problems with the sad now. going in the wrong direction as well, stoke. so

meanwhile, kate and thom evans were inside with ourfeet meanwhile, kate and thom evans were inside witht kind of treatment could be offered to them there in their view. there is a large paediatric hospital in rome, within the holy see. they they are offering palliative end of life care. every medical expert has now said that alfie's brain is so badly damage, there is no real prospect of recovery. alder hey argue he had no quality of life and it's cruel and inhumane to treat him any further. his parents believe against the odds that there might be some hope of improvement. they argue that as long as he's kept alive, there is still hope. let's look at some of today's other developing stories. former fbi director james comey has compared president trump to a mafia boss. in a new book written after he was fired last year, mr comey accuses the president of being "un—tethered to truth" and driven by a need for "personal loyalty". he also claims the president wanted the fbi to prove lewd allegations against him were untrue. labour says it will refer the health secretary, jeremy hunt, to the pa

this morning, thom evans, alfie's father, came out of the hospital early on and spoke to reporters, and the fact that he is now hoping to ta ke the fact that he is now hoping to take his son, perhaps not to rome but instead to the family home in liverpool, but before that can happen, they need to have a meeting with doctors. and what he said was that if the meeting doesn't go the way the family wants, that he would then look at other legal options. if the meeting doesn't go well today, i will go back to court and i will do it all the way back, for the simple reason i am right, and so is alfie. so why should ijust sit back and allow alfie to lie in this bed when he shouldn't be in this bed. he has laid there for long enough and he has fought hard for long enough, and now it is all about getting him home. we have been denied the chance of italy by the court of appeal, and i don't know whether human rights will change their minds. it is a question for us to ask, whether we will go through that again. whether we do it or not, alfie will still be here, so we canjust explore and reach out to

at 9.17 last night, thom evans said the hospital withdrew oxygen and the nutrient drip from the littlehim all the way through to keep an eye on him and they had given some intervention. tom evans said this was because he had argued that at that point they would have been in breach of an existing court order, this whole battle has been consumed by legal arguments and legal battles. only last night, the court hearing was held in private in chambers, where he judge hearing was held in private in chambers, where hejudge listened to arguments from both sides and again rejected the case that the family has tried to bring, which is that they care is maintained. the essence of this whole case is that the hospital wants to remove the care and allow alfie to die, the family wa nt and allow alfie to die, the family want it maintained. there is no solution to this, there is no winner in this and the impasse continues. at the moment, the hospital is saying nothing. all we know is what is coming from the father and the family and they say that alfie is still alive and able to breathe on his own. thi

one of the things thom evans said to reporters this morning was that he thinks the family can look afterme. the family have already been trained in some of the simpler procedures that have been keeping alfie alive. so, we willjust have to wait and see what doctors say. the hospital's attitude so far has not really been one where i would think they would wa nt one where i would think they would want alfie evans to go home. ican hear want alfie evans to go home. i can hear people chanting alfie's name not too far from you. a i can hear people chanting alfie's name not too farfrom you. a group of people who have been there for some days. the hospital chairman described them as impeding medical professionals getting into hospital and doing their work? well, last night the chief executive and chair of the trust here at alder hey released a very strongly worded open letter. he said the doctors, nurses and staff have been subject to a barrage of abuse on social media, in person and online. merseyside police are looking at some of these social media post that have been posted about this matter.

the area is also heavily policed, but speaking tonight, thom evans said he was confident they will succeedder to say that alfie has to stay in southport right now. we will take full responsibility and taken to our transportation down there with full agreement, with doctors who have full duty of care. and they are not allowing us, so we are hoping that my solicitor will get us out. alfie evansis my solicitor will get us out. alfie evans is 23 months old. most of his life he has been in here suffering from this cruel disease which has relentlessly attacked his brain. doctors here say it is cruel and inhumane to treat him any further. the family disagree. they say they will not give up until they remove alfie from the hospital. the royal college of emergency medicine says a chronic shortage of nurses has left some hospitals closing down wards despite rising patient demand. research by the labour party suggests the number of beds in wards which have been put out of service at some trusts in england has tripled over four years. the department of health said that trusts control the number of bed

thom evans connections to the vatican. thom eva ns was connections to the vatican.case, and alfie was granted italian citizenship. there was also support from poland, a tweet from the president and a hospital visit from these polish woman. i saw the post yesterday from alfie's father saying thank you so much, thank you to the international community for being with me. we are human. outside the hospital, campaigners had kept vigil, united behind their common cause. while inside, after his ventilation was switched off, alfie hung on fridays. his family clung to hope, as he held on to life. until eventually, there was no more fight. and with his parents by his side, the little boy slipped away. that's alfie evans there, who has died at the age of 23 months. his pa rents died at the age of 23 months. his parents reported that news this morning on social media. mencap says its vision is a world where people with a learning disability are valued equally, listened to and included. but today questions are being raised about the standards of care that they offer. it comes af

thom evans, alfie's dad, said he had a private plane on stand—by and he wanted to take his son to romes, the news is that on mondayjudges at the court of appeal will examine more detail around this case. drinking as little as five pints of beer or glasses of wine a week could shorten your life, according to a major new study. researchers looked at the health of 600,000 people globally who consume alcohol — and found that having between five and ten alcoholic units a week could cut life expectancy by up to six months. charlotte gallagher has the details. a glass of wine or a pint of beer is how many people like to relax after a long, stressful day. but new research says regularly drinking more than the recommended amount of alcohol could take years off your life. researchers compared the health and drinking habits of around 600,000 drinkers in 19 countries across the world. they concluded that people shouldn't have more than five pints of beer or five 175 millilitre glasses of wine each week. drinking more than that was linked to lower life expectancy. having ten or more drinks could ta