on social media, alfie's father tom evans said he was "absolutely heartbroken", at 2.30 this morning "lay down his shield and gained his wings." judith moritz reports. for the first weeks of alfie evans' life, he seemed healthy, happy and well, but he soon started to develop problems and he was admitted to hospital, where scans showed his brain was being destroyed. the little boy spent a year in intensive care before doctors said they felt his life support should be stopped. alfie's parents, kate and tom, strongly disagreed with the medical view that their son could not be helped. he has shown the biggest fight, and that is what is getting us through this. it is heartbreaking, just because the doctors cannot find a diagnosis, think it is ok that they say they think it is time to give up on him. if you're going to give up on him, reassure us and please refer him. the couple began a long legal battle, taking their case through all the available courts — several times in the uk, and twice to europe. they changed their lawyers more than six times. alfie's father tom, 21, even representing

as calm as possible but ultimately it was decided that alfie should be taken off life support and tom evans the father has asked people now for the common to go back to their lives right charlotte chelsea thanks for joining us here in the studio with the update on the evans and his fate. well one of the wonderfully his biggest clubs is headed to the second division next season cologne they needed to win their remaining games and hope for some other results break their way but it wasn't to be the militants lost to freiburg on saturday by a score of three to two cemented their fate as the first team to be relegated this season. and you know that football is something of a religion for many around the world and in argentina one club has recreated michelangelo's famous painting in the sistine chapel in their jhoom using the likeness of superstars like diego matter donna and you know messi now fans and players who worship the football legends can also look up to him. mesi any merit dawna to trade as the iconic figures of adam and god in michelangelo's masterpiece argentina's two football stars a

this morning alfie's father, tom evans, said his son had been breathing without a ventilator for nine his still breathing now. it's come to a point where his mum is actually sleeping next to him so she can actually go to sleep. she feels comfortable with him. we did check his sats, and his sats aren't his best, they're seven below 70, because he's working. with me now is nick garnett, who's outside alder hey children's hospital. bring us up to date. at 917 last night, tom evans, alfie evans's father, said the hospital withdrew oxygen and nutrients from the little boy. this morning, he came out and spoke to reporters and said that overnight, he had maintained breathing and colour and had been ok forup to breathing and colour and had been ok for up to six hours and said at that point the hospital intervened. doctors had been with him all the way through to keep an eye on him and they had intervened. tom evans said this was because he had argued that at that point they would be in breach of an existing court order, this whole battle has been consumed by legal arguments and legal battles.

in the past few hours, pope francis, who met tom evans at the vatican earlier this month in support oftter. he said... i am deeply moved by the death of little alfie. today i pray especially for his parents, as god the father receives him in his tender embrace. well, let's cross live to alder hey and speak to our correspondent, alison freeman. we can see some of those balloons behind you, tied into the trees and the lamp post. just talk us through the lamp post. just talk us through the events around alder hey today. it has been a much more subdued day that has been over the past week. as we got closer to that release of the balloons, the crowds really started to grow again. there were several hundred people who made their way from in front of the hospital into the park around the side of the hospital there. the balloons were due to be released at 2:30pm but there was a slight delay as they waited for more of alfie evans's family to arrive it was about 2:50pm admits that are of purple and blue balloons, chosen to be alfie's colours, were let up into the sky. there was such a wide range

cases to allow him to receive further treatment by the courts agreed with the doctors his father tom evans finally bowed to the inevitable together we recognize the strains of recent events puppet partners or were no wish for privacy concerns. and all feeds into as we look we were aware what this to think about our boy with dignity call for thirty minutes. off his life support was was drawn on monday that he continued living for longer than doctors had expected gave his parents renewed hope but the end came early on saturday. the starting grid is set for sunday's as a voyage on a grump reinforced in qualifying on the streets of back who was ferrari's sebastian fettle who secured his third pole position in a row with a lap time of one minute forty one point four nine eight in second place on the grid is lewis hamilton of mclaren miss avies followed by his teammate about terry botha's last year's winner in baku daniel rick yaddo starts from fourth with fellow red bull driver max for a stop in fifth and ferrari's kimi or i can in six moving on to brenda's league of football saturday afternoon

cases to allow him to receive further treatment by the courts agreed with the doctors his father tom evans finally bowed to the inevitable together we recognize the strains of recent events puppets policy or no wish for privacy concerns. and all of these insights we look we will work for just what this . point with dignity call for thought in its. alpha's life support was withdrawn on monday night he continued living for longer than doctors had expected gave his parents renewed hope of the end came early on saturday. one of the blunders league is older traditional clubs is heading to the second division next season cologne needed to win their remaining games and hope for other results to break their way but it wasn't to be billy goats just lost a fiber by a score of three to cementing their fate as the first team to be relegated this season. now let's take a look at one is a good action so far on match day thirty two hamburg boosted their chances for survival by beating roseburg there's that cologne result in high book by munich beat frankfurt head to bellini drew with our spec as did shal

cases to allow him to receive further treatment by the courts agreed with the doctors his father tom evans finally bowed to the inevitable together we recognize the strains of recent events puppets upon us or were no worse for privacy concerns. and offers insight as we look we will work for just what this plan that provides our boys with dignity call for thirty minutes. off his life support was withdrawn on monday that he continued living for longer than doctors had expected gave his parents renewed hope of the end came early on saturday. one of the windows legal one does niggas old traditional clubs is heading into the second division next season cologne needed to win their remaining games and the other results to break in that favor but it wasn't to be the billy goats just lost a five zero by a school a free to cementing their fate is the first team to be relegated this season. now let's take a look at all the windows legal action so far on match day thirty two hamburg boosted their chances for survival by beating wall of spoke as a result in five book by munich the frankfurt have to bel

cases to allow him to receive further treatment by the courts agreed with the doctors his father tom evans finally bowed so you never took together we recognize the strains of recent events property partners or were not always for privacy concerns. but offers insight as we look we will work for just what this plan that provides our boy with dignity call for thirty minutes. off is life support which was drawn on monday he continued living for longer than doctors had expected gave his parents renewed hope but the end came early on saturday. moving on now to going does lead to football and in the friday night game hoffenheim can throw thanks and they can moderate the class trick for keeping their champions league dreams alive with a three one win against hanover now the croatian began with the simplest attack in sixty minutes followed that with as much of a volley in the fiftieth and then sealed a victory for hoffenheim with a delicate lob in the eighty six minutes all that makes him a man all so much. this is d w news from more coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime why don't head

today i pray especially for his parents as god the father received him in his tender embrace now tom evans the father of little alfie actually went to the vatican last week to appeal to the pope for help for support in trying to keep his young son on life support the pope has granted his support in fact italy as well waited in this case it's a granted citizenship and said that it hopes that he could be brought. away he could still be kept on life support the hospice of the courts in the u.k. decided that wasn't in the child's best interests and it was ruled that he should be taken off life support so emphatic reaction there coming from raw emotional response from other countries as well other people tell us more about that's right this is a case is really divided opinion who is right is that the parents who are fighting desperately to keep their son alive or is at the hospital they simply say. i very sadly this this child isn't going to make it and they even said it's cruel thoughts for them to try to spread long to prolong his life a lot of people very very angry at the way that the hosts

tom evans met the pope last week to ask for help. life to continue. last night, the pontiff tweeted his support stating, "i renew my appeal that the suffering of his parents may be heard and that their desire to seek new forms of treatment may be granted." at the court hearing this evening, a judge ruled that taking alfie abroad was not in his best interests. the judge said that the hospital and alfie's parents must now discuss his end of life care, either here at alder hey, in a hospice or possibly even at home. staff here say a hostile atmosphere, from some of alfie's supporters, isn't helping. they are trying to do their best for him. all of the things that they can do to support alfie, in terms of his wellbeing, will be done, but they're supportive measures rather than new treatments or cures at this stage. tonight, alfie's father suggested another court hearing will take place. alfie's fighting, so i'm going to remain at his bedside with his mum all night, and i'm going to fight. he is not giving up his legal battle to get his s

a passionate appeal from tom a passionate appealfrom tom evans.n 2017. emma nottingham is a member of the institute of medical ethics‘ research committee, and lecturer in law at the university of winchester that specialises in child law. and peter—marc fortune is the head of the paediatric intensive care society. thank you all for coming on the programme. steph, iwould thank you all for coming on the programme. steph, i would like to ask you how you made that decision? obviously it is the most unimaginable decision any parent should have to make. you would hope asa should have to make. you would hope as a parent you never have to make that decision. i think i was in in some ways a fortunate position that daisy was 12 when we switched off her life support, but we had had many years of conversations with the palliative care team. i think that was the most important thing. palliative care intervention started early and we were open to it. we had open and honest conversations, knowing that daisy had a finite life. and in fact, if i'm correct, she wasn

also had confirmation something heard a hearing yesterday, that lawyers acting for tom evans have soughtn for conspiracy to murder against three named doctors at alder hey hospital. thejudges said today, named doctors at alder hey hospital. the judges said today, how is that compatible with the claim made in court today that the father was happy with the treatment he was getting from the nhs? thejudges we re very getting from the nhs? thejudges were very sceptical about the claims that, on the one hand, he was happy with treatments, on the other hand, his legal representatives were taking out this private prosecution. we heard yesterday from the high court judge, we heard yesterday from the high courtjudge, he talked about the malign influence, he thought, that was being exercised on the father tom was being exercised on the father to m eva ns was being exercised on the father tom evans by some of his legal team from the christian legal centre. but the appeal here is still ongoing. i imagine, in view of the seriousness of the case, we will get a decision this afternoon. but of several ho

this morning alfie's father, tom evans, said his son had been breathing without a ventilator for niners had given some oxygen. nine hours alfie's been breathing, his still breathing now. it's come to a point where his mum is actually sleeping next to him so she can actually go to sleep. she feels comfortable with him. we did check his sats, and his sats aren't his best, they're sitting below 70, because he's working. labour leaderjeremy corbyn will meet leaders from the jewish community later today, to assure them that he's tackling anti—semitism within the party. he has already apologised for the pain caused by the allegations made. the board of deputies of britishjews and thejewish leadership council will urge mr corbyn to take "strong and consistent" action. unwanted horses are being fly—tipped and left to die by irresponsible owners, the rspca has told this programme. the charity said it was regularly being called out to help animals dumped by their owners and had rescued 1,000 horses in england and wales last year. it said prosecution cases involving horses had risen by 25% since

alfie's father, tom evans, met his holiness earlier this month. the vatican hospital even offered their services. emotions have run high over the case, with supporters staging angry protests regularly outside the hospital, at times trying to storm its entrance. >> alfie! alfie! >> reporter: in the final days of alfie's life, his father called for a truce in the divisive case, thanking the hospital for their dignity and professionalism. this morning, after alfie took his last breath, the hospital released balloons in his honor. alfie's father wrote on facebook, "my gladiator lay down his shield and gained his wings." the pope also honored alfie, writing on twitter this morning he was deeply moved by the death. it's the second time in less than a year a u.k. judge ruled a child be taken off life support. the parents of one-year-old charlie gard, who also had a rare brain condition, are proposing legislation to give parents more rights. reena. >> ninan: jonathan, thank you very much. well, the feel-good story at the n.f.l. draft today. >> the seattle

tom evans and kate james failed to persuade the supreme court that their son was being unlawfully detainedl in liverpool. the court also refused permission for the parents to appeal the decision. the couple say they will now make an urgent application to the european court of human rights. european and us airline regulators have ordered emergency inspections ofjet engines like the one that blew up during a flight earlier this week. the engine explosion on a southwest airlines flight was caused by a broken fan blade. the blast shattered a window and killed a passenger. now, the federal aviation administration has ordered that the engines of 700 aircraft be checked within the next 20 days. the us democratic party has filed a lawsuit against russia, president trump's election campaign and wikileaks, accusing them of conspiring to shift the 2016 election in mr trump's favour. it claims his campaign accepted russian help to win the election. russia and the trump campaign have repeatedly denied colluding. the trump campaign said the lawsuit was without merit and would be dismissed. tributes have

tom evans and kate james failed to persuade the supreme court that their son was being unlawfully detainedchildren's hospital in liverpool. the court also refused permission for the parents to appeal the decision. the couple say they will now make an urgent application to the european court of human rights. european and us airline regulators have ordered emergency inspections of some boeing 737 jet engines like the one that blew up during a flight earlier this week. the engine explosion on a southwest airlines flight was caused by a broken fan blade. the blast shattered a window and killed a passenger. now, the federal aviation administration has ordered that the engines of 700 aircraft be checked within the next 20 days. men still receive on average 28 pounds more a week in the state pension than women because they have patchy national insurance records after caring for children and the elderly according to a new study. the consumer group which says reforms introduced two years ago are starting to narrow the gap but more needs to be done. here's our personal finance correspondent, simon g

tom evans and kate james failed to persuade the supreme court that their son was being unlawfully detainedy children's hospital in liverpool. the court also refused permission for the parents to appeal the decision. the couple say they will now make an urgent application to the european court of human rights. us and european aviation authorities have ordered emergency inspections ofjet engines similar to the one involved in a fatal accident earlier this week. a woman died after she was nearly sucked from the cabin of a southwest airlines flight on tuesday. investigators say there was a fault with the engine's fan blades. regulators say almost 700 boeing 737 engines will need to be inspected over the next 20 days. men still receive on average £28 more a week in the state pension than women who have temporarily left the workforce in order to care for children, or elderly parents, which has led to inconsistentcies in national insurance payments according to a new study. the consumer group which? claims that this is narrowed the gap before retiring, but they have failed to bridge the gap the e

tom evans and kate james failed to persuade the supreme court that their son was being unlawfully detainedin liverpool. the court also refused permission for the parents to appeal the decision. the couple say they will now make an urgent application to the european court of human rights. us and european aviation authorities have ordered emergency inspections ofjet engines similar to the one involved in a fatal accident earlier this week. a woman died after she was nearly sucked from the cabin of a southwest airlines flight on tuesday. investigators say there was a fault with the engine's fan blades. regulators say almost 700 boeing 737 engines will need to be inspected over the next 20 days. men receive, on average, £28 more a week from the state pension than women — this according to a new study. women who have temporarily left the workforce in order to care for children or elderly parents have led to gaps in their national insurance payments. the consumer group which? says reforms introduced two years ago are starting to narrow the gap but more needs to be done. tributes have been paid t

tom evans and kate james failed to persuade the supreme court that their son was being unlawfully detainedliverpool. the court also refused permission for the parents to appeal the decision. the couple say they will now make an urgent application to the european court of human rights. tributes have been paid to one of the world's biggest electronic dance music stars, swedish dj avicii, who's died in oman at the age of 28. he was best known for his million—selling uk number one single, wake me up. avicii had retired from touring in 2016 due to health problems. here's andrew plant. # so wake me up when it's all over. ..# the dance music dj avicii, whose club anthems made him famous worldwide. tim bergling began making music in his bedroom in sweden, before his talent caught hold, taking him on a ten—year career that saw him filling hundreds of venues with thousands of fans. there are very few genuine megastars from my world, and avicii was one of the handful of them, with a really distinctive melodic sound, a classicjourney up from the underground through to the extreme mainstream, avicii wo

tom evans and kate james failed to persuade the supreme court that their son was being unlawfully detainedool. the court also refused permission for the parents to appeal the decision. the couple say they will now make an urgent application to the european court of human rights. the headlines on bbc news: ahead of south korea talks next week, kim jong—un suspends all north korea's nuclear and missile tests. the prime minister promises to do whatever it takes to help the windrush generation, including paying compensation. tributes are paid to the swedish dj avicii, who has died at the age of 28. a major supplier to the nhs is set to file for protection from its creditors due to what it describes as a highly challenging environment. allied healthcare operates the nhs 111 service and cares for 13,500 elderly and vulnerable people in their own homes. it says no services will be directly affected by the move. earlier our business correspondent, joe lynam, explained what was behind the money troubles. local authorities, councils, boroughs and so one have had their budgets squeezed in order to ge

tom evans was granted an audience with the pope, who backed his case, and alfie was granted italian citizenshipsident and a hospital visit from these polish women. i saw the post yesterday from alfie's father, like, thank you so much, thank you for all the different international communities for being with me. outside the hospital, campaigners kept vigil whilst inside, after his ventilation was switched off, alfie hung on forfour days. but this morning, in a facebook post, alfie's father tom said his son had laid down his shield and gained his wings. outside alder hey this morning, supporters came to leave flowers. alfie's parents say they are heartbroken. they battled for months. now their fight has given way to grief. judith moritz, bbc news, liverpool. in the past few hours, pope francis has given his reaction on twitter. he met thom evans earlier this month in support of the campaign. labour has intensified its calls for the home secretary to resign. amber rudd apologised last night for being unaware that the home office had targets for removing illegal immigrants from the uk. this morning

in an open letter, they have said: alfie's father, tom evans, has initiated a private prosecution againstoctors for conspiracy to murder. alfie is said to be struggling, now off life—support for a third day, with his parents by his side. alder hey hospital soap said its staff felt deeply for alfie and shared its hearts heartbreak when a child can be cured. keith doyle, bbc news. more than a0 companies responsible for about eight out of io plastics sold in uk supermarkets have signed up to a new pledge to reduce pollution. the firms are promising to make all plastic packaging suitable for recycling or composting within seven years. victoria is here to explain how it will work. this is a big move, we have been calling for this and finally action is being taken. finally, and this was stemmed by some of those shocking images we saw if you saw the blue planet to series that was out a little while ago. this has been spurred by consumers and businesses have been pretty quick to react to this and the big pledges to aim for70% of react to this and the big pledges to aim for 70% of all packaging to

alfie's father, tom evans, is now understood to have begun a private prosecution against three doctorsiracy to murder. judith moritz is outside alder hey hospital in liverpool, the agony of this case seems to get worse with each day. yes, the agony and the complications and unaware of it all inside, of the eva ns, and unaware of it all inside, of the evans, with his parents this afternoon. they sent their lawyers back into court this afternoon. alfie's instructions to the solicitor, his father, to leave no stone unturned. the lawyer said his client is increasingly desperate and clutching at straws. the little boy at the centre of a big battle. the plight of lvf is now attracting worldwide attention as his parents continue to fight the hospital where he had been treated for most of his life. on monday night his father told reporters doctors had withdrawn his life support. his family say alfie has now survived for almost two days without artificial ventilation. we believe this could be a dramatic change or twist in the case and we hope it is. thejudges in the court of appeal have got to

but tom evans says the 23—month—old is breathing on his own and has been given oxygen.g that life support could be withdrawn. danny savage reports. alfie evans in the arms of his mum. after the courts and doctors concluded further treatment was futile, his father says ongoing care was withdrawn last night. he then breathed for hours, unassisted. his father, who has campaigned for his son's life and treatment to continue, feels vindicated and wants him transferred to a hospital in italy. it's nine hours alfie's been breathing for now. he's still breathing now. it's come to a point where his mum's actually sleeping next to him, so she can actually go to sleep, she feels comfortable with him. as it stands, i was right by my son. so respect me now and give alfie this transfer to italy, because he's clearly shown the life, and that's all it is now, it's down to alfie. the strong italian connection is partly down to support from the pope. alfie's father had an audience with him last week. last night, the pope tweeted further support, saying, "i renew my appeal that the suffer

tom evans has flown to rome to ask the pope to intervene in the legal battle over switching off lifed. it comes after alfie's family lost the latest appeal for his treatment to continue at alder hey children's hospital in liverpool. a hairdresser who said he was "riddled" with hiv and convicted of trying to infect 10 men has beenjailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years. daryll rowe, who's 27, infected five men with whom he'd had unprotected sex. he also sabotaged the condoms of anotherfive in brighton and northumberland. president trump has confirmed that the head of the cia, mike pompeo, travelled to north korea last week to hold secret talks with the country's leader, kim jong—un. the meeting has raised hopes of a breakthrough over north korea's nuclear programme. meanwhile, south korea says it's considering how to change a decades—old armistice with the north into a peace treaty. laura bicker‘s report from seoul contains some flash photography. south korea never feels like a country still at war. instead, the young claim the streets after work and ignore any threat from the

. >> reporter: pope francis intervened, meeting dad tom evans in rome. a vatican hospital, offering to treat the toddler. but those efforts rejected by courts who ruled there is no prospect of recovery. alfie was taken off life support on monday. the family working with doctors to make him comfortable. supporters who kept vigil as alfie hung on for four days, now in mourning. the case, similar to that of baby charlie gard, who died in london last year. a court denying his parents' petition to take him to america for experimental treatment. alfie's parents battled for months in hopes of saving their son. now as they mourn, crowds are gathering to remember and celebrate alfie's short life. lucy kafanov, nbc news, london. >>> there is an update tonight on the migrant caravan targeted by president trump on twitter. hundreds of central americans who say they are fleeing danger in their country, have now reached their final stop, in tijuana, mexico, before approaching the u.s. border, where they say they'll be asking for asylum. but as nbc's gadi schwartz tell

tom evans met the pope last week to ask for help.e pontiff tweeted his support stating, "i renew my appeal that the suffering of his parents may be heard and that their desire to seek new forms of treatment may be granted." at the court hearing this evening, a judge ruled that taking alfie abroad was not in his best interests. the judge said that the hospital and alfie's parents must now discuss his end of life care, either here at alder hey, in a hospice or possibly even at home. staff here say a hostile atmosphere, from some of alfie's supporters, isn't helping. they are trying to do their best for him. all of the things that they can do to support alfie, in terms of his wellbeing, will be done, but they're supportive measures rather than new treatments or cures at this stage. tonight, alfie's father suggested another court hearing will take place. alfie's fighting, so i'm going to remain at his bedside with his mum all night, and i'm going to fight. he is not giving up his legal battle to get his son moved out of the country. dann

earlier today, tom evans and kate james lost a case at the supreme court, which approved a plan for withdrawingk of flats for adults with learning disabilities in chingford, in essex. more than 70 firefighters were called to the blaze, which took hold in the early hours of this morning. it's still not clear what caused the fire. police investigating a burglary that led to one suspect being stabbed to death have arrested a second man in connection with the crime. 28—year—old billyjeeves was detained in north kent. two men are believed to have broken into the home of pensioner richard osborn—brooks in hither green on april the 4th. there could still be dangerous levels of nerve agent in salisbury after the poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal last month. at a public meeting last night, a senior government scientist told residents that nine locations had yet to be decontaminated. but he insisted that salisbury is safe, and residents need take no extra precautions, as daniel sandford reports. almost seven weeks on from the salisbury poisoning, the city is still sprinkled with no—go areas — cordone

alfie's father tom heard directly from alfie's father to m eva ns heard directly from alfie's father tom evansmation. he's inside the hospital with his son and the paediatric intensive care unit. there is an expectation that he will be due to come out and speak to the media and to to his supporters were still outside. that is clear that within the next are the court of appeal has listed a hearing the threejudges for the case appeal has listed a hearing the three judges for the case to be heard should the family choose to 90, heard should the family choose to go, to send an orator leased to that hearing in london to present their arguments. if they do sell a mansion they would follow the same arguments that they have presented all the way along, that always said they wanted alfie to be taken to the hospital in rome for his care to be continued there. that is what they want to argue again this afternoon we understand. but at the moment we do not know precisely what the current condition of our features. we had appeals on social media this morning for ventilation equipment to be brought to the ho

his father, tom evans, who has been fighting to take his 23—month—old son for treatment in italy, haship with the hospital, and provide alfie with the dignity and comfort he needs. there is more criticism of the home office this morning, with 35 nhs trusts accusing immigration officials of putting patient safety at risk by blocking visas for around 100 indian trainee doctors. the medics were due to start work this september, but the their visa applications were rejected because the quota for skilled migrants was already filled. the home office says that around a third of available visas already go to the nhs. the number of parking tickets issued to drivers on private land has risen to a record high. of 5.7 million in the uk — a million more than the previous year. new figures from the rac foundation shows firms are issuing a parking notice every six seconds, which means they could be demanding more than £500 million in totalfrom drivers. the government has promised a new code of practice. plans are being made for donald trump to meet the queen when he visits the uk on 13july. while ta

for more than the year, tom evans and kate james have been waging a legal battle against the hospital in the u.k. health care system. the court continually citing with the hospital in liverpool that alfie's condition warranted no more treatment and that alfie should be allowed to die with dignity. he was removed from oxygen monday but instead of dying within minutes as expected, alfie began breathing on his own. >> has proved to be resilient. i would say he is a living miracle. >> alfie's father turned to pope francis. >> i am moved by your courage. speak of this week the pope renewed his support in a tweet asking in part to the parents' desire to seek new forms of treatment be granted. there was also a petition appealing to queen elizabeth who intervened with nearly 200,000 signatures and counting. alfie's fight is nearly a carbon copy of the charlie gard case last year, the british toddler was taken off life support after his parents lost all appeals to bring him to the u.s. for treatment. charlie died last july. in both cases, the bigger issue became who has the ultimate authority

the latest we heard from tom evans this morning, speaking, he said, iagree to getting us home becausert case is being denied. so there may have been a change of heart from the father. his lawyers, from the christian centre, they are here in court ready to argue the case if the father wants to go ahead with it. but they are taking instructions from him so we willjust have to wait and see if there is any argument in the court this afternoon. as we have heard all along, as these legal steps, the options run out, at the heart of the case is alfie's best interests. that is right. this court and all the courts will not be ruling in the interests of the hospital or in the interests of the hospital or in the interests of the parents, it is the child himself whose interests they will be ruling game. and it is worth making the point that alfie has a court—appointed guardian who will argue the case for him, irrespective of what the hospital think is best for him or what his parents think is best for him. but the attitude of the high court, the appeal court has been the same all along. since this

his father, tom evans, who has been fighting to take his 23—month—old son to italy for treatment, hasnship with the hospital, and provide alfie with the dignity and comfort he needs. plans are being made for donald trump to meet the queen when he visits the uk onjuly 13th. while talks with theresa may will be high on the agenda, it's his audience with the queen that is likely to grab the most attention. the bbc understands that they will meet either at buckingham palace or windsor castle. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9:30am. in the next few minutes we will be talking about the changes to the law surrounding accessing online pawn, $0011 surrounding accessing online pawn, soon you surrounding accessing online pawn, soon you will have to prove you are over 18. the idea is to protect children. james and facebook says censorship via the back door in the name of protecting children, who can bypass must age restrictions. fiona says i think it is a great idea. i do not want my kids to access porn because it is proven to affect relationships and warp young brains. those wh

tom evans and kate james want to take alfie to rome for treatment, but doctors at alder hey children's he's too ill. a court rejected their case yesterday but they were given 24 hours to make a further appeal. we wa nt we want them to know they can't break us and we are never going to back down. alfie and the family and all of us are stronger than ever and we will keep fighting all the way. we are here for you, alfie. the car giant vauxhall and its sister company 0pel has announced plans to scale down its franchised dealerships across the uk and europe. vauxhall was taken over by the french psa group last year. the firms says the decision is in response to changing consumer habits. it saw an 18 percent drop in sales of new cars in the last three months. the launch of nasa's planet—hunter known as tess has been postponed on a spacex falcon 9 rocket at around 11:30 last night. excuse me, i sneezed. apologies. but it was called off three hours before lift—off. i've got to get better at recognising your hand gestures. you are recognising your hand gestures. you a re really recognising your

tom evans was granted an audience with the pope, who backed his case, and alfie was granted italian citizenshipital, campaigners have kept vigil, united behind their common cause. inside, after his ventilation was switched off, alfie hung on for days. his family clung to hope as he held to life until until eventually there was no more fight. with his parents by his side, the little boy slipped away. alfie evans, who died at 23 months this morning. let us have a look at the other stories this morning. the home secretary amber rudd has apologised for being unaware of "specific" targets to remove illegal migrants. amid mounting pressure from labour for her to quit, amber rudd issued a series of tweets. she said she hadn't seen a memo detailing figures for the number of deportations but accepted that she should have. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. days of damning headlines about the treatment of caribbean migrants who lived and worked in britain for decades. and increasing pressure for amber rudd to quit over her handling of the saga. but on wednesday, mps quizzed the home secr

for the past few weeks, tom evans has given some emotional and often anguished statements to journalistsalfie, his son. tonight, he said his little family and the hospital had become the centre of attention around the world, and that's meant they've not been able to live in their lives the way they would like. he's expressed appreciation for the support people have given him, but now he says he wants everyone to take a step back, go back to their everyday lives so that he and the hospital can work together on what's best for alfie. we also wish to thank alder hey staff at all levels for their level of dignity and professionalism during what must‘ve been an incredibly difficult time for them, too. together, we recognise the strains that recent events have put upon us all. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: the us comedian bill cosby has been found guilty of sexual assault for drugging and molesting a woman more than ten years ago. he faces 30 years in prison. some other stories we are monitoring here. bbc hindi report on a crash in uttar pradesh that has

but tom evans says the 23—month—old is breathing on his own and has been given oxygen.e high court to argue that it cannot be in the interests of the child to be left to die in hospital. danny savage reports. alfie evans in the arms of his mum. after the courts and doctors concluded further treatment was futile, his father says ongoing care was withdrawn last night. he then breathed for hours, unassisted. his father, who has campaigned for his son's life and treatment to continue, feels vindicated and wants him transferred to a hospital in italy. it's nine hours alfie's been breathing for now. he's still breathing now. it's come to a point where his mum's actually sleeping next to him, so she can actually go to sleep, she feels comfortable with him. as it stands, i was right by my son. so respect me now and give alfie this transfer to italy, because he's clearly shown the life, and that's all it is now, it's down to alfie. the strong italian connection is partly down to support from the pope. alfie's father had an audience with him last week. last night, the pope tweete

tom evans has flown to rome to ask the pope to intervene in the legal battle over switching off lifetest appeal for his treatment to continue at alder hey children's hospital in liverpool. a hairdresser who said he was "riddled" with hiv and convicted of trying to infect 10 men has beenjailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years. daryll rowe, who's 27, infected five men with whom he'd had unprotected sex. he also sabotaged the condoms of anotherfive in brighton and northumberland. the bbcjournalist who broke the story about a police investigation into sir cliff richard has told the high court that he acted in a "professional and fair" way. danjohnson said he was sorry that sir cliff had been "through such a difficult time". the bbc says its report on south yorkshire police's sexual assault inquiry was of public interest. sir cliff was not arrested or charged. our special correspondent, lucy manning, was in court. sir cliff richard finally heard from the bbcjournalist who broke the exclusive story that the singer was being investigated and his flat searched by police in 2014. yes,

tom fallis was at the evans police station, answering questions. >> i don't know what's going on. no idea and that's why i'm asking to speak with you. >> reporter: it was 2:00 a.m. and tom was still wearing blood stained clothes. the ones a sheriff's deputy thought said should already have been bagged as evidence. >> how is your relationship with your wife? >> really good. >> reporter: but tom said ashley was devastated when she miscarried the very day of her new years eve party. >> it was hard for ashley, it was hard for me, but i didn't think that there was getting to this point. >> reporter: still, at the just -- >> still at the party she said she seemed all right. they got on fine until the argument about the marijuana. tom admitted he was furious that ashley's family said he was trying to protect her and they weren't. >> i said if -- whatever happened with the miscarriage, it happened. you know what, [ bleep ] your mom, [ bleep ] everyone. >> so there was no love lost between tom and ashley's parents. that is clear. they kept arguing as they get ready for bed. then he turpd a

. >> tom evans who became the fairs of anguish during the months of legal struggles.y gladiator laid down his shield and laid down his wings, heartbroken. and we heard from all over the world, including pope francis, who the father met with to pressure them to let him go for care. the pope talks about the importance of like-minded care for all of creation. >> in this situation, it is fundamental that we improve our awareness of the ethical responsibility in respect of mankind, and the environment in which we live. >> and earlier, the pope tweeted, i am deeply moved by the death of little alfi and hopes that god the father takes him in his embrace. he suffered from an inunnamed neurological condition. and he spent a year and a half at the doctor in liverpool. and the doctors said his condition was hopeless and he should be allowed to die. the british court system ruled on behalf of the staff. and they said the british authorities had the authority to usurp the parents' wishes. and they made piece with the hospital staff so alfie's stay could be in peace. >> bill cosby

his father, tom evans, who has been fighting to take his 23—month—old son to italy for treatment, saidtion. the bbc understands that they will meet, either at buckingham palace or windsor castle. train passengers in certain parts of the country are suffering "untold misery", according to a group of mps. the public accounts committee said there had been a "catalogue of failures" in the management of the thameslink, southern and great northern franchises. the department of transport said the report was "imbalanced" and made "inaccurate claims". the comedian bill cosby, once one of the most loved figures on american tv, has been convicted of sexual assault. andrea constand told the court how cosby — who is now 80 — drugged her at his home in 2004, and then assaulted her. she's one of around 60 women who've accused cosby of molesting them over a period spanning half a century. cosby‘s lawyers claimed his encounters were consensual, as nada tawfik reports. bill cosby‘s accusers were overcome with emotion after the verdict was read. this moment was once unthinkable, but now a reality. they r

the area is also heavily policed, but speaking tonight tom evans said he was confident they'd succeedy in this hospital right now. the truth of the matter is me and kate hold full responsibilities, and we can take him to our transportation down there, with full equipment, with the doctors who have full duty of care, and they're not allowing us, so we're hoping now that my solicitor will spin this and get us out. alfie evans is 23 months old. for 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. drinking more than five pints of beer or glasses of wine a week could shorten your life according to a major new study. researchers looked into the health of more than half a million drinkers around the world and found that consuming between five and ten alcoholic drinks a week was likely to shorten a person's life by up to six months. our correspondent charlotte gallag

his father tom evans posted on facebook the update. he has been starved for nutrition for 23 hours.ith the national health service the patient has rights but the parents don't. and if the patient is 23 months old and is unconscious, it is the state. for very long time we talked about death panels in this country. is that what this is? >> that is exactly what this is. that is exactly what this is. this is a judge deciding that this child, his life is noing lower worth living, so we're going to kill him. no point keeping him alive. that is what a death panel is. now, when we talk about -- steve: matt, you're calling this murder? >> this is murder. they are actively killing this child, when there are other options. there is opt that will take him. these parents are not trying to force the hospital in london to do anything it doesn't want to do. all they're saying let go of our kid, let us bring him to the other hospital and judge in the hospital saying no, he has to die. when we talk about the rights of a patient, part of problem in europe they're big on this concept of a right to die.