REGARDING your report (LET, December 8) about the proposed new multiplex cinema in Blackburn being in doubt, I and many of my friends would like it to open.

It would be an advantage to movie-goers as more movies would be available and it would boost the town's economy as many cinema-goers end up going out of town to places like Preston and Bolton, which have better facilities all round.

I think it's about time it was sorted out. There has been talk about this new scheme for years now and it's about time something is done to improve Blackburn.

SHAISTA YOUNIS, Leamington Road, Blackburn.