Plans to demolish a historic cinema in Cardiff have been approved.
The Gaiety Grand Cinema on City Road opened in 1912, later housing bingo halls, a bowling alley and even anarchist squatters.
Cardiff councillors have backed plans to replace the building with 114 student bedsits over five floors, above a ground-floor cafe or restaurant.
Planning officers said the site needed redeveloping, and rejected claims of an “oversupply” of student rooms locally.