Bafta honours cinema that World War Two shut on opening day

A cinema on Merseyside that World War Two forced to close on its opening day is being honoured at the Bafta Awards.

The Plaza in Crosby, run as a community cinema since 1997, originally opened its doors in September 1939.

The team behind it – mostly made up of volunteers – has won a For The Love of Film prize and will attend the glizty Bafta ceremony, which starts at 21:00 GMT.

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