A group of York students has won the opportunity to have their very own I-phone application developed after winning The App Challenge final, held at the Ron Cooke Hub on Wednesday, January 18.
YUSU Welfare officer Bob Hughes has warned students to be vigilant after a student loans phishing scam has been revealed.
Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting York on Maundy Thursday, 5th April, as part of the 800th anniversary of York’s Charter for the traditional “Royal Maundy” ceremony.
A flood caused by a heating system “failure” forced the university IT services to shut down many essential systems on Sunday night, causing problems for many students on the eve of their exams and assignment due-dates.
The ensuing chaos saw police horses charging the protesters, running battles between rival gangs, the torching of a guard box, an attack on Prince Charles, forced entry into the Treasury, and dozens of student protesters being caught in the crossfire.
Although the march started off peacefully on its way down to Parliament Square, once the marchers were confined within the square, gangs of youths began to attack the police with no regard to the pleas from students for a peaceful protest.
They systematically targeted the barricades alongside the Houses of Parliament, then the horses stationed at the rear of Westminster Abbey, followed by the police stationed along Whitehall, and finally the Treasury. Missiles were hurled at police, buildings and statues were scrawled with graffiti, flares were thrown at police horses, and benches and security huts were torched.
In response, the police repeatedly charged protesters on horses, attacked the “thugs” with batons, and kettled everybody, regardless of whether they were moderates or extremists, within the square. Photographs were taken of everybody within the square and many were arrested regardless of their activities.
In contrast to the violence, most student protesters chanted slogans, displayed their banners, danced to music and even gave out free tea. The majority didn’t participate in the violence and some stood up to the gangs, using megaphones to urge for a peaceful protest, and hurling abuse at them regarding the extremists’ attacks on police horses. The “thugs” responded by attacking students.
Outside of the square gangs set fire to Trafalgar’s Christmas tree, smashed the windows of Topshop in Oxford Street, and infamously attacked Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall Camilla-Parker Bowles.
A source on the ground reported that it was a group of 10-20 people who attacked the royal couple. According to the source, the attackers did not look like university students, and were between the ages of 15 to 18.
Amidst the day’s chaos and the media’s incessant coverage of it, the bill for the increase in tuition caps passed with a majority vote of 21 (323-302). Basic tuition caps have now officially been raised to £6,000, and universities in England are now also able to charge £9,000 under exceptional circumstances.
Once the result had been announced, students were informed that the only way to leave was through Whitehall. However, the “thugs” rushed to the spot and trapped students between themselves and the police, causing many students to sustain head injuries from missiles landing on them instead of the police, whilst others were crushed. According to the BBC, the London Ambulance Service treated 58 people at the protests, of whom 44 needed to be taken to the hospital.
At the time, the police made no distinctions between peaceful student demonstrators and violent extremists, and under the controversy of violent attacks, break-ins and a Royal spectacle, the protest’s initial message seems to have been all but lost in transmission.
shame that every protest seems to turn violent. crowd mob mentality?
How do you know the troublemakers were from South London?
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