Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeStonehenge could be on the verge of losings its World Heritage status, if a planned £1.7bn road tunnel goes ahead. The news comes just days after Liverpool was stripped of its Unesco status, one of just three places to have the ranking removed in almost 50 years. Being placed on the "in danger" list is seen as a precursor to losing the world heritage status. (Image: Getty Images)Chris Blandford, the president of World Heritage UK, has said there was a “low awareness at the government level” of the importance of the country’s Unesco sites. He said many were "critically underfunded" and ministers had shown a “great reluctance to want to make the most of our World Heritage offer”.

Source: Daily Mirror July 24, 2021 22:03 UTC