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		</div><p>A High Court judge asked to decide where terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard will end his life has started hearing proposals put forward by the boy&#8217;s parents.</p>
<p>Connie Yates and Chris Gard want their 11-month-old son to spend his last days with them at home before dying.</p>
<p>But doctors caring for Charlie at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London say it is not practical to provide life-support treatment to Charlie at the couple&#8217;s home for days.</p>
<p>They say a better plan would be for Charlie to move to a hospice.</p>
<p>Mr Justice Francis analysed the dispute at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court on Tuesday and says he will make a decision on Wednesday if agreement cannot be reached.</p>
<p>Barrister Grant Armstrong, who leads Charlie&#8217;s parents&#8217; legal team, indicated that a doctor with intensive care experience had been found.</p>
<p>He told Mr Justice Francis that Great Ormond Street nurses had volunteered to help.</p>
<p>Mr Armstrong said the plan was for the doctor to have discussions with Great Ormond Street staff shortly.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;There is a doctor currently travelling&#8230; to be here at court,&#8221;</i> said Mr Armstrong. <i>&#8220;Several of the nurses at Great Ormond Street have volunteered to assist in the care of Charlie.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Mr Armstrong had on Tuesday suggested to Mr Justice Francis that hospital bosses were placing obstacles in Charlie&#8217;s parents&#8217; way. <i>&#8220;The parents wish for a few days of tranquillity outside of a hospital setting,&#8221; </i>Mr Armstrong said.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;The parents had hoped that Great Ormond Street would work with them.&#8221;</p>
<figure id="attachment_115928" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-115928" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/charlieGardBabyLifeSupport_large.jpg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/charlieGardBabyLifeSupport_large.jpg" alt="Baby Charlie Gard" width="600" height="325" class="size-full wp-image-115928" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-115928" class="wp-caption-text">Charlie Gard</figcaption></figure>
<p>He said the couple felt there was a &#8220;brutality&#8221; in taking Charlie to a hospice.</p>
<p>Barrister Katie Gollop QC, who led Great Ormond Street&#8217;s legal team, said staff were not creating obstacles.</p>
<p>She said nothing could be further from the truth &#8211; she said staff moved heaven and earth for Charlie.</p>
<p>But she said the couple&#8217;s needs must be balanced against Charlie&#8217;s best interests.</p>
<p>She said Great Ormond Street staff had found an excellent hospice which would give Charlie and his parents the space, privacy and protection they needed.</p>
<p>Mr Gard and Ms Yates, who are in their 30s and come from Bedfont, west London, had asked Mr Justice Francis to rule that Charlie should be allowed to undergo a therapy trial in New York.</p>
<p>Doctors at Great Ormond Street said the therapy would not help and that life-support treatment should stop.</p>
<p>Mr Justice Francis in April ruled in favour of Great Ormond Street and said Charlie should be allowed to die with dignity.</p>
<p>Charlie&#8217;s parents subsequently failed to overturn his ruling in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in London.</p>
<p>They also failed to persuade European Court of Human Rights judges to intervene.</p>
<p>But the couple returned to court recently, saying they had new evidence, and they asked Mr Justice Francis to change his mind.</p>
<p>They abandoned their legal fight on Monday after concluding that Charlie had deteriorated to the &#8220;point of no return&#8221;.</p>
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