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Liverpool stripped of its World Heritage site status

Discussion in 'Sport Talk' started by Mattecube, Jul 21, 2021.

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    bigmac Well-Known Member Trusted Member

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  2. Anon220806
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    However, as Liverpool gets demoted, the slate heaps of North Wales have been promoted…

    An area famed for its slate industry has joined Egypt's Pyramids, India's Taj Mahal and the Grand Canyon to become a Unesco World Heritage Site.

    The slate landscape of north-west Wales has become the UK's 32nd site on the prestigious list after the World Heritage Committee approved the UK bid.

    They have awarded more than 30 new inscriptions to cultural and natural bids worldwide already this week.

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson had backed the area's "remarkable uniqueness".

    It comes after Liverpool lost its World Heritage status earlier in July when the Unesco committee meeting in China ruled development threatened the value of its waterfront.



    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-57986167

    The UKs 32 world heritage sites:
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    We were there yesterday. When we left at 8pm the traffic was crawling along. They do need to do something. The guide mentioned the judicial review which has fallen in favour of no tunnel.

    The media were also there.

    https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&r...ire-58024139&usg=AOvVaw0fnTctmulQXhPmqCWdv1FM
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    Mattecube face the sunshine so shadows fall behind you Trusted Member

    the trouble is that the medieval sites fall both sides of the road that goes through there (a303) main drag between London/Southampton areas and the south west
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    It’s a very delicate and sensitive situation down there. I wonder how they will deal with it in the end. The whole region is littered in Neolithic / prehistoric artefacts and monuments. I can see where UNESCO are coming from but whatever is done to deal with the local traffic, it has to suit the locals too?

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