tony hudgell taking the final few steps of his extraordinary challenge last year. lion for the hospital that saved his life. tony hudgell taking the final few steps of his extraordinary challenge last year. tony was just a few weeks old when he suffered horrific life—threatening injuries. the evelina worked on him for three months. they never expected him to survive. paula hudgell, a foster carer, was asked to take tony in. presented in front of me was this tiny, broken, shut down, underweight, legs in plasterfour—month—old baby. i broke down in tears, absolutely sobbed, and thought, "i can't do this." but within two hours of being with him, there was no way i was going to leave him, he was coming home with us. tony's injuries were inflicted by his biological parents. he suffered multiple organ failure, septicaemia and fractures to both thighs, lower legs, ankles, toes and thumbs. this is tony with his natural parents, tony smith and jodie simpson. in 2018, they were convicted of causing serious physical harm to a child and cruelty to a person under 16. they were se

inspirational young fundraiser tony hudgell lost both his legs after he was badly beaten by his birth

tony hudgell taking the final few steps of his extraordinary challenge last year. etres on his new legs and raised more than £1 million for the hospital that saved his life. tony was just a few weeks old when he suffered horrific life—threatening injuries. the evelina worked on him for three months. they never expected him to survive. paula hudgell, a foster carer, was asked to take tony in. presented in front of me was this tiny, broken, shut down, underweight, legs—in—plaster four month—old baby. i broke down in tears, absolutely sobbed, and thought, "i can't do this." but within two hours of being with him, there was no way i was going to leave him, he was coming home with us. tony's injuries were inflicted by his biological parents. he suffered multiple organ failure, septicaemia and fractures to both thighs, lower legs, ankles, toes and thumbs. this is tony with his natural parents, tony smith and jodie simpson. in 2018, they were convicted of causing serious physical harm to a child and cruelty to a person under 16. they were sentenced to ten years each, the m

tony hudgell taking the final few steps of his extraordinary challenge last year. the same as serious offences against an adult, a life sentence. it's impossible for us to know the pain tony must have suffered in those first few weeks of his life. tom tugendhat in the house of commons last year. today he's introducing an amendment to the government's policing bill that would give judges the discretion to give life sentences for serious child cruelty. the purpose of tony's law is to increase the maximum sentence possible forjudges to resort to in the most serious cases to life imprisonment. serious physical harm to a child is relatively rare. between 2014 and 2018, for example, 114 offenders received an immediate custodial sentence for cruelty to children. hi. my name's tony and i'm walking 100 steps for captain tom. in recent weeks, tony has started walking without his crutches. he is a remarkable, inspirational little boy. good boy. keep going. his family now say people who abuse children in the future should face the most serious punishment. graham satchell, bbc

superstar six—year—old tony hudgell wanted to walk 100 steps without his crutches as part of the captain. this is the officer's signature on both reports. this is the officer's signature on both reports-— this is the officer's signature on both reorts. ., .p s, ., both reports. come off it, no wave. this can't be _ both reports. come off it, no wave. this can't be right. _ both reports. come off it, no wave. this can't be right. it _ both reports. come off it, no wave. this can't be right. it can. - and we'll speak to one of the stars of last night's line of duty grand finale about being part of the biggest tv phenomenon of the year. 0ur our next guest was watching but that is not why she is here. care home residents in england will be able to leave their home for low—risk trips without having to self—isolate for 14 days afterwards from tomorrow. it means that after months of being confined indoors, residents will be allowed to go for walks or garden visits. let's talk about this with our gp, dr nighat arif. good morning. iwill get good morning. i will get your verdict on line of duty in