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A Manx development company is being been dubbed the 'White Knight of the Wirral' after it was given the go-ahead to invest £4.5 billion in Birkenhead's docklands.
The Peel Group will completely transform the derelict area, next to the 12 Quays ferry terminal the Steam Packet ferries use in winter.
The company, headed by Manx resident John Whittaker, says the huge office, retail and residential development can go ahead, after the United Kingdom government said a public inquiry wouldn't have to be held.
Andy Ball of BBC Radio Merseyside says local people are jubilant as the plans could create up to 20,000 jobs over the coming years:
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