Christopher Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian TV series Home and Away (2004–07) before beginning a film career in Hollywood by taking on parts in the science fiction film Star Trek (2009) and the thriller A Perfect Getaway (2009).
Hemsworth went on to star in the fantasy film Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), the war film Red Dawn (2012), the action thriller Blackhat (2015), the biographical thriller In the Heart of the Sea (2015), the comedy Ghostbusters (2016), and the Men in Black film series spin-off Men in Black: International (2019). His most critically acclaimed roles include the comedy horror The Cabin in the Woods (2012) and the biographical sports film Rush (2013), in which he portrayed James Hunt.
Hyperinflation, Brexit, Covid and nesting falcons: The budget-busting city centre builds saddling the council with millions in debt
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe soaring, multi-million pound budgets of two key projects in Manchester city centre have laid bare the economic and specialist trade pressures being faced by organisations both private and public across the country.
At the curtain-clad Manchester Town Hall - a restoration project dubbed the largest ongoing heritage scheme in the UK - the overall impact of inflation to the works has been called 'significant' by the council.
Exact figures, however, show that description to be somewhat generous. When the project first started, an allowance for inflation was budgeted at £15m.
But since then, reveals a newly-published council report, material prices are said to have sky-rocketed by some 44 per cent. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. It has led to a quantity surveyor assessing the impact of inflation on the project from its conception to July 2025 will be in the region of £36m, more than double the figure first quoted.
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