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BBC News
03-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Wheelie bins set for roll-out to nearly 6,000 homes in York
Almost 6,000 households in York will soon be able to put their rubbish out in wheelie bins for the first of York Council said it had begun writing to the 2,835 homes in the Micklegate and Heworth wards, ahead of the delivery of bins from 16 One of the Bags to Bins scheme, which will see people switch from using bin bags to dispose of waste, would be followed by deliveries to almost 2,800 homes in Clifton, Fishergate, Guildhall and Holgate in August, the council home is set to get a 180-litre grey wheelie bin as standard. Figures show about 2,000 of the city's 95,000 households would remain without bins following the roll-out, according to the Local Democracy Reporting business manager for environmental services, Rebecca Copley, said the council would consider sending bins to households not currently set to get them, if they could show collections would be said: "We're happy to reassess some homes, but there are some streets that are very unlikely to get a bin in the future."It comes as the council's Economy, Place, Access and Transport Committee was told the roll-out was set to get under way following delays earlier this Hoult, environmental services lead, told councillors competing budget priorities and issues with buying the bins had led to the delays. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Calgary Herald
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
Calgary Expo: Nicholas Hoult talks Mad Max, Lex Luthor and transitioning from child star to adult actor
Article content When Nicholas Hoult took on the role of Nux in Mad Max: Fury Road, some of the prep work was a bit strange. Article content Article content For anyone who has seen the chaotic, super-charged 2015 blockbuster by George Miller, this may not be too surprising. At Calgary Expo Friday afternoon, Hoult stressed that the film — an exhilarating two-hours of high-octane stunts and car chases through a desert — did not have a chaotic set, of course. Action scenes that are this over-the-top needs to be produced with precision. But some of the prep work the British actor did for Nux, the bald-headed, sickly warrior who finds his devotion to his boss Immortan Joe tested as he tries to help track down the warlord's runaway wives, was a little strange. Article content Article content Miller and actor Hugh Keays-Bryne, who played the imposing Immortan Joe, would gather some of the actors and 150 stunt people in a gym. Article content Article content 'We would sing nursery rhymes together and pray to Immortan Joe,' says Hoult. 'He would put photos of himself up around the set. It was kind of like a cult, I suppose. Then you'd learn the different lingo and a way of communicate to people because obviously over the noise of the engine you couldn't hear each other so you'd be banging on the roofs of the cars.' Article content Hoult's hairless, emaciated character is meant to be sick, presumably due to the living in a radioactive wasteland. So Miller asked him to lose weight. When cameras rolled, Hoult had shed 27 pounds. Again, the prep work for this seems a little strange. Article content Article content He would the Food Network show Chopped, which has competitors cooking various meals, as he worked out. Article content 'It was kind of like torture,' he said. 'I would jump rope watching Chopped. I'd be like 'That looks so good! I'm so hungry!'' Article content Nux was one of many milestones for Hoult that helped establish the former child actor as someone capable of taking on a wide variety of character roles. While Hoult has done indie films — including the Calgary-shot thriller The Order that had him playing real-life white supremacist Bob Mathews — he is also known for participating in franchise blockbusters and cult films, which makes him a perfect guest for a fan convention. Since entering the spotlight as the socially awkward 12 year old in 2002's About A Boy, Hoult has played brave soldier Eusebios in Clash of the Titans, a lovestruck zombie in Warm Bodies, X-Men member Beast in numerous Marvel Universe films, Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien in the biopic Tolkien and Thomas Hutter in last year's Nosferatu. In July, he will make his debut as another iconic character when he plays supervillain Lex Luthor in the umpteenth remake of Superman.
