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Why three glorious Shetland settlements are being considered for Unesco status

“OUR prehistoric treasures on Shetland are absolutely amazing, up there with Orkney,” beams Laurie Goodlad, passionate Shetland tour guide and…

The National (Scotland)

The New York style-park an hour from Greater Manchester backed to win world heritage status

The park is among seven sites the Government has put forward for UNESCO world heritage status

Manchester Evening News

Historic Scottish island site in running for UNESCO World Heritage Status

The UK Government has announced that seven sites across the nation are 'in the running' to receive UNESCO World Heritage Status, with one historic destination in Shetland dating back to the Iron Age.

Daily Record

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Birkenhead Park among seven sites aiming to win World Heritage status

The park was a blueprint for city parks around the world including New York's Central Park

Liverpool Echo

Food historian claims pizza and carbonara are American not Italian foods

Food history professor Alberto Grandi made some polarizing claims in a recent interview, saying many Italian dishes are actually more American in heritage.

Tribune News Service

African film-makers reimagine folktales as dark fantasy dramas for Netflix

The six films include the tale of an ogre who preys on women, a sci-fi Nigeria taken over by AI, and a girl on a mission to end drought

The Guardian - UK

York and Shetland sites join UK bids for Unesco world heritage status

The list of hopefuls also includes sites in Birkenhead, Northern Ireland and the Cayman Islands

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Scottish site gets backing for Unesco World Heritage status

AN Iron Age settlement in Scotland is among seven sites to have received backing to win Unesco World Heritage Status.

The National (Scotland)

Seven sites receive Government backing to gain Unesco World Heritage status

York City Centre, Birkenhead Park and an iron age settlement in Scotland could be in the running to join the prestigious list.

The Independent UK

Scots campaigners claim 65ft mast will block views of Edinburgh castle

Telecoms company CK Hutchison Networks have proposed building the structure on Johnston Terrace which is located near the iconic tourist attraction.

Daily Record

Edinburgh residents launch campaign against 65ft mast they say will block castle

So far the application has received 71 objections on the Edinburgh Council website with only one individual supporting it. Comments for the proposals are supposed to finished at midnight April 7.

Edinburgh Live

International Literature Festival coming to Dublin this Spring

The festival is the perfect family friendly activity to kick start the summer season

Dublin Live

Helicopter carrying five crashes in northern Vietnam, kills two

A helicopter piloted by a soldier, carrying four tourists, crashed on Wednesday, killing two people, near UNESCO World Heritage site Ha Long Bay in northeast Vietnam, military-run newspaper People's Army reported.

Reuters

Weird world heritage sites: How a site is selected by Unesco

A location must be of universal importance and satisfy one of the selection criteria established by Unesco to be designated a world heritage site

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Bangkok Post

Invasion damages $2.6bn worth of Ukraine's heritage, culture: UN

PARIS: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused some $2.6 billion worth of damage to the country's heritage and cultural sites, a United Nations agency said on Monday.

Evening Standard

Give London’s 11 bus Unesco world heritage status, say Tory MPs

The 11 route is due to be ‘restructured’ on April 29

Bangkok Post

Park shortlisted for Unesco honour

Phangnga: Thailand has convinced the World Heritage commitee to accept its nomination of the Andaman Sea Natural Reserves of Thailand to be named on Unesco's World Heritage list by the year 2025.

Liverpool Echo

Everton have been the butt of jokes for too long but Sean Dyche can give them the last laugh

This week's Royal Blue column sees Chris Beesley reflect on a headline-grabbing fortnight off the pitch for Everton during the international break

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Hunter Valley vineyard owners rally for UNESCO heritage listing for vines among world's oldest

When a pest epidemic destroyed most vineyards across Europe in the late 1800s, Australia's untouched syrah, or shiraz, vines became the oldest remaining vine rootstock. Now something new threatens them again.

The Conversation

Women occupy very few academic jobs in Ghana. Culture and society's expectations are to blame

In many parts of the world, men dominate the higher education sector. A 2022 UNESCO report found that, globally, fewer than two out of five senior academics are women. In an earlier report it showed that less than 30% of the world’s researchers are women.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemeni Activists Urge Int'l Intervention to Stop Houthi Plan to Demolish 500 Buildings in Old Sanaa

Yemeni intellectuals and activists urged interventions to stop the Houthi militia's plan to demolish 500 archaeological buildings in the Old City of Sanaa, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. They warned that the planned demolition includes four crucial markets intending to establish a sectarian shrine in the city. Yemeni…

Radio France Internationale

'Vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use' risk global water crisis

Opening the first major UN meeting on water resources in nearly half a century, Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres told nearly 6.500 participants, including a hundred ministers and a dozen heads of state and government, that humanity has "broken the water cycle, destroyed ecosystems and contaminated groundwater".

The Independent UK

The world’s coolest second cities, from Milan to Mumbai

Skip the headline act and opt for a more stimulating stay in one of these underrated second cities

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway councillors fear loss of biosphere status would be a "travesty"

The Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere has submitted a periodic review, with a decision due in the summer

Al Jazeera

What is Nowruz and how is the Persian New Year celebrated?

Some 300 million people celebrate Nowruz, which has been observed for more than 3,000 years in different regions.

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