Alfie Evans case to be heard AGAIN this afternoon as tot survives 15 hours at Alder Hey hospital without life support

Tom Evans, 21, told supporters his 23-month-old son was taken off his ventilator at 9.17pm yesterday, with doctors "gobsmacked" that the little boy was still fighting and breathing on his own 15 hours later.

A High Court judge is this afternoon set to oversee a further hearing - with the case to be discussed about 3.30pm at Manchester.

It could be another glimmer of hope for the tot's family after they lost their last-ditch appeal at the High Court on Monday, having hoped that the tot would be permitted to travel overseas for a possible diagnosis and treatment of his degenerative neurological condition.

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