As I anticipate the Wiltshire Times will be receiving considerable correspondence on the opening of the new Odeon cinema, I would like to take this early opportunity to be the first to congratulate both Legal and General and the Odeon for what appears to have been a well conducted build.

I am sure I speak for many residents when I offer my thanks for the investment afforded to our wonderful county town and the addition of the cinematic experience to our rapidly burgeoning arts scene.

I would also like to thank the numerous council officers who have worked behind the scenes, for many years, to bring this project to fruition and who have kept the vision of a cinema alive.

This is a red letter day for Trowbridge and one of which our town can be most proud.

Cllr Andrew Bryant, Chair of Town Development, Trowbridge Town Council.