A cinema that opened after youngsters campaigned for somewhere to watch films in their Lancashire town, has closed down less than a year after it opened.
The Premiere Cinema in Accrington shut on Tuesday after its parent company, GSX Leisure, went into liquidation.
The four-screen cinema, on Hyndburn Road, was the first picture house in the town for 12 years.
Hyndburn Council said it hoped a new operator could be found quickly, so the facility could be re-opened.
700 signatures
The £3m cinema closed its doors on Tuesday after GSX got into financial difficulties.
It opened in October 2002 after a successful campaign by local teenager Emma Allardice.
She presented the Mayor with over 700 signatures asking for young people in the town to be provided with a cinema.
It is not clear how the company has got into financial trouble.
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