内容摘要：A former University of Warwick student said getting to the final of BBC Two's University Challenge, one of the UK's most prestigious quiz contests, was a dream come true.

A former University of Warwick student said getting to the final of BBC Two's University Challenge, one of the UK's most prestigious quiz contests, was a dream come true.

For cinemas to stay open, "people need to come to them", he added.Mr Morris, who runs several cinemas, said: "I've been depressed about it for quite some time.

"I've put a lot of time and money into the cinema, we moved up here to take over the Royalty and our principal reason for our being here is no longer."So it's lots of sad things all rolled into one, really."A spokesman from Westmorland and Furness Council said: "The council would like to thank Charles Morris and all the team for the service they have provided to the community over many years.

"The Royalty is a venue that is highly valued by locals and visitors alike."It added that it would update the public on developments as soon as it was able to do so.

The contents of a historic country mansion where band Girls Aloud went ghost hunting are to be auctioned off.

Plas Teg near Mold, Flintshire, has a more than 400-year history - it was constructed in 1610 as was said to be one of the most advanced houses in Wales at the time."We want to do 50% affordable because you need to be breathing new life in to areas that are really struggling to get youngsters to come in," he said.

"It's horrifically expensive as an area."Concerns raised by residents via the council's planning portal included the "very bad precedent" that the development could set in the village given the site's green belt classification.

Others mentioned the "horrendous" traffic situation in Leatherhead Road, with both the M25 and the A3 nearby, and that the new homes may "considerably worsen the situation".Mr Estwick said he understood frustrations regarding transport and that plans would include mitigations like car clubs, cycle paths and better footpaths to the village.