Fears over Port of Tyne cruise ship future
MINISTERS have been warned they are threatening Tyneside jobs as they consider allowing Liverpool port chiefs to take trade away from the North East.
Merseyside council bosses have told the Government they want to pay back some of the £21m in public cash used to help them build a new terminal four years ago so it can sidestep state aid rules and compete with other ports.
It is feared that allowing Liverpool to try to start and end cruise journeys at its Pier Head terminal will hand Merseyside an unfair advantage and damage trade at ports such as Tyneside. Liverpool has proposed repaying up to £9m, but has insisted it does not need to repay a similar amount in European cash.
Having cruises start or finish their journey at the Port of Tyne brings in around £33m a year to the region and underpins 1,400 jobs.
Last night Euro MP Martin Callanan said he was worried by news that the Government was now in talks with Liverpool over a new consultation on lifting cruise restrictions.
Mr Callanan, who has again written to the Department for Transport with his concerns, said: “Legitimate concerns about how public money is used clearly need to be properly and thoroughly addressed.
“All taxpayers, including those in the North East whose jobs may be threatened, will expect this.
“It does not seem right to me that the City of Liverpool cruise terminal should be made an exception and that is exactly why I have written to the minister for a second time and also alerted the European Commission.” The MEP said he wanted the Government to establish if Liverpool City Council received £21m of public money to build the City of Liverpool Cruise Terminal by making a promise it did not intend to keep.
“I have also written to remind the minister that it would be unfair to allow any change of use before the full £21m million grant has been repaid,” he said.
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It is feared that allowing Liverpool to try to start and end cruise journeys at its Pier Head terminal will hand Merseyside an unfair advantage and damage trade at ports such as Tyneside. Liverpool has proposed repaying up to £9m, but has insisted it
LIVERPOOL'S flagship Pride festival is to move to the Pier Head from the city's gay quarter. Last year's inaugural event for the Merseyside gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community attracted around 21000 people to the city centre around Dale
He adds, “It's fantastic to see how Liverpool's Pier Head is being transformed, This exciting summer of events will see the area buzzing with life, and we hope many locals and visitors to the city alike, will join us to enjoy what promises to be a
THE Government has agreed to review the case for cruises to start and end at Liverpool's Pier Head. The city council has passed the tests necessary to trigger a review of the restrictions imposed when the Princes
The Mersey city has submitted a plan to pay back part of a £21m public handout so it can start and end cruises at its Pier Head terminal. The terminal was built with public cash, including £9m in European Union grants, on the condition it would be used
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Liverpool Pride is to move its main festival site for 2011 to the city’s Pier Head. The move comes after organisers agreed that the site was more financially viable in the current economic climate and also that it was better suited to this year’s ‘Summer of Love’ theme. Moving to the city’s waterfront will allow Liverpool Pride to deliver a festival which the city’s LGBT community deserve and can be proud of.
Tommy McIlravey Chair of Liverpool Pride said: ‘ We are delighted to be able to use the Pier Head for Liverpool Pride 2011. It is a wonderful space and part of the iconic waterfront of Liverpool that is recognisable throughout the world. Being there is a real symbol of how much Merseyside is behind the Liverpool Pride event. We have always strived to make lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people more visible and more valued, and this feels like the perfect place to do both.
Obviously, we were disappointed to have to move out of Dale Street and the gay quarter but, like just about every charity at the moment, we have had to tighten our belts in order to survive. Closing such a huge area of the city centre is a difficult and expensive operation, so we had to look at a range of alternative spaces for Liverpool Pride, including some outside the city centre. None of the other options even came close to the Pier Head in terms of accessibility, grandeur and, dare I say, fabulousness! It is a nice big space to so there is room for tens of thousands of people to come and celebrate the Summer of Love with us on the 6th August – please make sure you are one of them. '
The route of the Liverpool Pride March has been finalised, with organisers confirming that it will start at St George’s Plateau at 12pm and process through the city’s streets, taking in Lime Street, Queen Square bus station and Whitechapel before turning into Lord Street and carrying on along Castle Street, turning left at the Town Hall and continuing down Water Street, crossing The Strand and arriving at the new festival site on the Waterfront at around 1.30pm. Organisations and individuals who wish to take part in the march are encouraged to sign up at www.liverpoolpride.co.uk/march
Despite the main festival site, which was to be located on Dale Street, being moved to the Pier Head, there will still be some activity taking place in and around the Gay Quarter. All of the Gay Bars and venues including those on Stanley Street, Victoria Street and Cumberland Street will remain open throughout the day and night for revellers to enjoy and Gbar and Garlands are to join forces, producing a dance area that will be situated in close proximity to the Eberle Street venues.
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RT : Royal Liver name to disappear tonight // So the Pier Head will just have "The Building" now?
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