Unesco says Liverpool waterfront should lose heritage status

Committee report says city should be removed from world heritage list after ignoring advice on skyscrapers

Unesco has recommended Liverpool waterfront be removed from the list of world heritage sites after the city ignored its advice over the development of skyscrapers.

The United Nations heritage organisation will vote at its 44th annual conference next month as to whether to delist the historic port, which was granted Unesco world heritage status in 2004.