Lorraine Gaskell from the Community union said the historic carpet company was "there to be saved".

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Also known as Event Cinema or Greater Union, the movie house features a carpet so aggressively ugly it almost qualifies as modern art and is worth the cost of admission alone.

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If Britain did decide to leave the European Union, France would roll out the red carpet for business leaders, Fabius added.

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