A High Court judge has given Charlie Gard's parents until midday tomorrow to reach an agreement with Great Ormond Street Hospital on arrangements for the end of his life.

Mr Justice Francis said the 11-month-old will be transferred to a hospice where his ventilation tube will be removed if doctors and his parents fail to reach a compromise about how he should be cared for in his final moments.

Charlie's parents Connie Yates and Chris Gard had said it was their final wish to take him home to 'slip away' in his cot before his first birthday.

Both his parents and doctors have now conceded that he should move to a hospice - but continue to disagree over the detail of care plans.

Miss Yates and Mr Gard wanted to spend a week at a hospice with Charlie before he died.

But Great Ormond Street bosses said they were not satisfied that a properly-qualified specialist would be in control under the parents' plan, and said life-support treatment should end shortly after Charlie arrived at a hospice.

A family friend said the pair, 'will be devastated they have not been granted their final wishes as parents.'  

Charlie is only expected to spend a few hours in a hospice because they are not licensed to be able to look after him for more than a few hours once the ventilator is taken off.