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Toxic waste may be leaking into Unesco World Heritage site, say campaigners

An old landfill in the West Midlands thought to contain toxic waste may be leaking into a Unesco World Heritage Site, local Green Party members have said. Stoneyhill is in the south-east of Telford, Shropshire, above the Ironbridge Gorge, which is ...

29 Jun 2023 at 07:18

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Venice again avoids inclusion on Unesco list of heritage sites in danger

The Italian lagoon city of Venice has escaped inclusion on Unesco’s list of world heritage in danger during a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Saudi Arabia. Member states commended preservation efforts, including a pilot project that ...

14 Sept 2023 at 18:06

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Sites in Yemen and Lebanon added to Unesco world heritage danger list

An ancient Yemeni kingdom and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park have been added to Unesco’s list of World Heritage Sites in danger. The seven major landmarks of the Ancient Yemenite Kingdom of Saba and the Rachid Karami International ...

25 Jan 2023 at 17:31

Stonehenge ‘risks losing world heritage status because of road project’

Stonehenge faces the risk of being “de-listed” as a Unesco world heritage site if plans for a nearby road project featuring a tunnel go ahead, the High Court has been told. Campaigners, who are bringing a second legal bid to block the ...

12 Dec 2023 at 16:38

Plan for two-mile tunnel near Stonehenge scrapped after Court of Appeal ruling

Campaigners bidding to stop a planned but now scrapped road near Stonehenge would have lost a legal bid over the proposals, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) was appealing against a decision ...

16 Oct 2024 at 18:19

Remote peatland granted world heritage status

A large area of peatland in the north of Scotland has been granted world heritage status – a decision hailed as a “momentous moment”. The area known as the Flow Country has become the UK’s newest Unesco world heritage site, and is ...

26 Jul 2024 at 12:45

Gracehill honoured with Unesco World Heritage Site status

A village in Northern Ireland has become the UK’s newest Unesco World Heritage Site. The Moravian Church settlement in Co Antrim is the region’s second Unesco World Heritage Site following recognition of the Giant’s Causeway. It ...

26 Jul 2024 at 10:10

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