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Yesterday, the Court of Appeal upheld a ruling preventing Alfie from travelling to Italy for medical treatment. Now Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan has backed the case for the

ill toddler to live out his final days at home. The 53-year-old wrote on Twitter: “Let. Them. Take. Him. Home. #AlfieEvans.” Piers previously backed the call for Alfie to be taken home

earlier this week and had commented: “At least let his parents take him home to die, for goodness sake. He’s THEIR little boy, nobody else’s. #AlfieEvans.” Alfie’s parents Tom Evans and Kate

James are now trying all they can to take their son home and said they were meeting with doctors today. Speaking outside Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool earlier today, Tom told the press:

"We got rejected yesterday to go to Italy unfortunately. “We could take it further but would that be the right thing to do, would there be more criticism? "So what we do today is

we have a meeting with the doctors at Alder Hey and we now start asking to go home." He did not rule out further legal action and said the family has "appeals to explore". The

latest update comes three days after Alfie’s life support was switched off. Doctors say the toddler has a rare degenerative neurological condition and is considered to be in a

semi-vegetative state. But Tom claimed his son has been “misdiagnosed” as he is breathing with just an oxygen mask. He said: ”Alfie doesn't need intensive care any more. Alfie is lying

on the bed with one litre of oxygen going into his lungs and the rest is him. “Some people say it's a miracle, it's not a miracle, it's a misdiagnosis." Tom said his son

has been off a ventilator for three days and is showing no signs of deterioration. He added: ”He hasn't woke up, he's still a little bit weak but what we ask for is to go home to

sustain his life.” Tom and Kate had originally wanted to take Alfie to the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù Children’s hospital in Rome for treatment. Tom had travelled to Italy to meet Pop

Francis this month and pleaded with him to grant the tot asylum so he could be moved to the hospital. Their claim was rejected as doctors argued it was in Alfie’s interest to end his life

support rather than be taken to Italy, with the courts backing this view.