Leicester Square’s Odeon cinema to be demolished

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Plans to knock down one of Leicester Square’s oldest cinemas to make way for a hotel have been approved.

The Edwardian Group will replace the Odeon Cinema West End with a ten-storey block comprising a hotel, spa and a two-screen cinema.

Objectors had claimed the scheme would damage the “cherished heritage” of Leicester Square.

But Westminster City Council said the development would create 400 jobs.