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

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READ MORE: Surgeon successfully separates conjoined twins with fused brains after 27-hour operationNews from the Supreme Court comes 24 hours after a Court of Appeal hearing ruled Archie's life support to be switched off on Tuesday.

Refusing to give up and fighting to the very end, Archie's parents took their legal challenge further but have been handed the same heart-breaking verdict.Archie had initially been due to have his life support switched off at the Royal London Hospital at 2pm on Monday after a High Court judge ruled it was in his best interests.But the Government asked the court to “urgently consider” a request from the UN to continue the 12-year-old's treatment.Archie was found unconscious with a ligature over his head on April 7 by his mother Hollie Dance.Hollie thinks he may have been taking part in the Blackout Challenge, a disturbing online trend that sees young people try different destructive methods to cause themselves to become unconscious.Doctors believe Archie is brain-stem dead and say continued life support is not in his best interests.Barts Health NHS Trust told the family this weekend that they planned on ending Archie's treatment today.Hollie said the family have had “no support whatsoever” from the trust.Hollie previously told Sky News before today's hearing: "I know they come across to the media as supportive and compassionate.

It’s very much the opposite. It’s very misleading."There was no meeting, sat down and broken to gently."It’s just caused so much stress.

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