Twelve cinemas in Cornwall are among more than 200 nationally to be receiving a share of £30 million in grants after they were hit hard by the pandemic closures. It is part of the government s Culture Recovery Fund, designed to offer support to organisations in the arts, theatre and entertainment industry that have lost money over the past year as a result of social distancing restrictions and enforced closures. The money has been allocated by the British Film Institute, on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Of the cinemas in Cornwall, ones owned by WTW will each be receiving £171,566, including Plaza Truro, the Lighthouse Newquay and the White River Cinema in St Austell.