WORK has started on a sailing club destroyed in an arson attack, thanks to a £500,000 grant.

Liverpool Sailing Club has been homeless since the blaze five years ago at its boathouse near the old Speke Airport.



Now groundwork has begun on rebuilding it after Sport England handed over cash for the ambitious project. Added to European funding it means the club has raised the £1.25m it needs for its plans for a new building on the banks of the Mersey.

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