Press office

Media contacts
Press office:
020 3327 1120
Out-of-hours:
07712 591 164
Send us an email

Family statement following Archie’s death

7 August 2022

Tragically, Archie Battersbee's life-support was removed yesterday at 10.00am yesterday at the Royal London Hospital. His mum, Hollie Dance, confirmed that he died at 12.15pm and that he fought until the end.

Read more    

Archie: Last-minute High Court application filed to allow hospice move and palliative oxygen

4 August 2022

The parents of Archie Battersbee have filed another last-ditch application this time to the High Court over allowing them to move Archie to a hospice and for him to be allowed palliative oxygen when attempting breathe.

Read more    

Archie: High Court hearing at 3.30pm

4 August 2022

A remote and in-person hearing for family members and accredited journalists will take place at Court 42 at the High Court from 3.30pm before Mrs Justice Theis.

Read more    

Archie: Parents submit 11th hour application to European Court of Human Rights

3 August 2022

Just before 9am, the parents of Archie Battersbee have dramatically submitted an 11th hour application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

Read more    

Archie: European Court of Human Rights rejects families’ application

3 August 2022

This evening, the European Court of Humans Rights (ECHR) has rejected the urgent legal application from the parents of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee.

Read more    
All content has been loaded.

Contact our media team
Privacy settings

Our website uses cookies, usage analysis and other technologies. We use these tools because they help us to run our website, provide you with content (including video and audio clips), understand how people use our website, make improvements to our services, and promote our work more effectively. This means that we and selected third-party services may store cookies and other similar information on your device, and may analyse how you use our website. Some of these tools are necessary for our website to function as intended but others are optional, and you can choose whether or not to allow them. You can find out more here.

Core functionality

Certain cookies and other technologies are used on our website to provide core functionality. You can read more about this here. You may be able to use your browser settings to block these tools but if you do, our website may not function as intended.

Embedded content

To enrich your experience of this website, we embed carefully selected content from other platforms. For example, we embed video clips from our YouTube channel, and audio clips from our SoundCloud channel. These third-party platforms may store and use cookies (or similar technology) on your device, and may analyse your use of this site or the embedded content. We do not directly control what technologies they use. You can find out more here. If embedded content is disabled it may affect your experience of this website.

Analytics and promotion

This website uses tools from selected third-party providers (Google and Facebook) to help us understand how people arrive at and use our website, and to measure and improve the effectiveness of some of our promotional activity. These tools may store and use cookies (and similar information) on your device, and analyse your use of this website, and other sites and platforms. These tools help us to improve our services, reach people who may be interested in our work and make better use of our resources but information may be shared with these third-party providers and may be used for their own purposes. You can find out more here.