"Nearly 30 figures from politics, football and academia have signed a letter urging Unesco not to strip Liverpool of its World Heritage status.

The threat of demotion has rumbled on for more than a decade after modern developments on the city's waterfront.

There are concerns the World Heritage committee will recommend the city should lose the status in a Unesco report expected on Monday.

Regional mayor Steve Rotheram is among those who said it would be a "setback"."

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