Liverpool’s World Heritage status could be scrapped as soon as next month after a Unesco committee said that too many modern developments had been built in the city’s historic waterfront.

A new report by the World Heritage Committee has recommended the city lose its World Heritage status ahead of a meeting in July when a final decision will be made.

The report said “with deep regret” that new developments around the listed waterfront had caused a “significant loss to its authenticity and integrity” and that the process of further deterioration is “irreversible”.

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