The American doctor at the heart of legal arguments over Charlie Gard has denied having any financial interest in the experimental treatment considered for the baby.

Dr Michio Hirano, professor of neurology at Columbia University Medical Centre in New York, travelled to London last week to examine the youngster. He also discussed the case with Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) doctors.

On Monday, Charlie's mother Connie Yates and father Chris Gard abandoned attempts to persuade a judge to let him travel to America for experimental treatment.