This week's unalloyed good news, that Sunderland's cinema has reopened, has been met with stony silence by the elders of the city's online whinging community; for now. Following the 2023 collapse of the Empire chain, the council acquired the premises, leased it to Omniplex and the flicks has reopened, complete with posh new seats after 10 months standing idle. Not bad going, considering. It has created jobs, has free parking and 12 screens. We can now see the new sci-fi film Kingdom of the... Read this story
