内容摘要：Commenting on the outcome, Mr Merricks said he started this case because he believed that "Mastercard's fees paid by retailers for processing card transactions had been unlawfully high".

Commenting on the outcome, Mr Merricks said he started this case because he believed that "Mastercard's fees paid by retailers for processing card transactions had been unlawfully high".

"It is a very touristic place as well and to keep ensuring quality we need to have investment."He added: "I find it (a levy) correct. You are going to be hosting me. It's not a big amount. I think it is a fair thing."

Maria, from the Netherlands, also thinks it is a good idea."It is good to pay something," she said. "When you go to Spain in a hotel you pay taxes so why not on a cruise ship. It is not so much."So why not a little bit of taxes?"

But the operators of Invergordon's Port of Cromarty Firth are strongly opposed to a new tax.The port expects to welcome almost 100 liners this year, carrying a total of 150,000 passengers.

Cruise ships already pay charges for berthing at Invergordon's wharfs and quays, and port bosses any extra burden might put cruises off from visiting.

The port's research suggests a levy of £5 per passenger, for example, would increase the cost to those ships by 23%.A giant mural has been painted on the side of a former bingo hall in Castleford.

The artwork in Welbeck Street is part of a project to transform key routes between the train station and the town centre.It has been created by Jay Gilleard, an internationally renowned street artist from Yorkshire, who has worked across the region as well as in Los Angeles, Mexico and the Mojave Desert.

Michael Graham, Wakefield Council's cabinet member for regeneration and economic growth, said he hoped the work would "quickly become a much-loved feature of the town".The piece, which pays homage to the history of Castleford, will be visible when using the Welbeck Street route to Carlton Street in the town.