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Cinema ban on unaccompanied under-16s over damaged seats and disruption
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- Danielle Herbert BBC Wales BBCGaleri says audience members reported teens damaging seats, shouting at customers and filming in the screens.
- Galeri in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, announced the change following increasing reports of anti-social behaviour from "some young people" visiting the cinema.
- Complaints included teens shouting at customers and damaging seats, filming on mobile phones during screenings and acting in a disruptive manner.
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Danielle Herbert BBC Wales BBCGaleri says audience members reported teens damaging seats, shouting at customers and filming in the screens. A cinema has banned under-16s from screenings after 19:00 BST unless they are accompanied by a "responsible adult".
Galeri in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, announced the change following increasing reports of anti-social behaviour from "some young people" visiting the cinema.
Complaints included teens shouting at customers and damaging seats, filming on mobile phones during screenings and acting in a disruptive manner.
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