Couple in new legal fight to win treatment for son

A couple who want to take their sick baby son abroad for treatment they hope will save his life are preparing to mount the latest stage of a legal fight.

Chris Gard and Connie Yates want permission to take son Charlie to America for a therapy trial and are due to ask Court of Appeal judges to consider their case after a High Court judge ruled last month that doctors could stop providing life-support treatment for their son.

Charlie has a rare genetic condition and has brain damage.