Laura's life support switched off

Holby City star Laura Sadler has had her life-support machine switched off after doctors established she had no hope of recovery.

The actress, 22, had been critically ill since falling 40 feet from the balcony of her boyfriend's Holland Park flat early on Sunday morning.

Her mother and friends were at her bedside at Charing Cross Hospital today as her life ebbed away. A BBC spokesman said: "Our prayers go out to the family."

Boyfriend George Calil told police Sadler had gone on to the balcony to watch the sunrise.