BOLTON'S new town centre cinema is now due to open next week.

It had been hoped that the nine-screen complex in the Market Place Shopping Centre would be ready for this Friday, but The Light Cinema Experience has now confirmed that it will open on Wednesday, October 5.

Scaffolding around the cinema, which has already employed 19 staff, was removed on Friday as builders put the finishing touches on the latest addition to the redeveloped shopping centre.