Green light for new Pool stadium

LIVERPOOL have finally been granted planning permission to build a new 60,000-seater stadium in Stanley Park to replace their current Anfield home.

The decision was taken today by Liverpool Council’s planning committee after a five-hour debate into the future of the £80m plan.

But although the new ground - whose cost could eventually top £100m - has been given the green light, the plans will be referred to deputy prime minister John Prescott for his approval due to its magnitude and due to opposition to the plan.