Flora Cinema, Helston, has become the latest business to temporarily close its doors.

The decision was taken in order "to provide a safe and healthy environment" for employees and customers.

"At Merlin Cinemas we are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our employees and customers.

"With this in mind and following government guidelines we have made the difficult decision to shut our cinemas as of the close of business today, Tuesday 17th March, until further notice.

"We would like to thank all of our customers and staff for their support recently in these very difficult times.

"We plan to have an urgent management meeting tomorrow and will aim to provide a full update within 48 hours. This will include details regarding advance cinema and theatre bookings.

"In the meantime, you can make contact with us using any of our social media platforms or via the email [email protected] and we will respond as soon as we can."

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