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.
According to the Press, the 23 year old Goodricke College resident was caught when suspicious audio files were noticed by other students. The audio files were viewable via the university’s internal network, where audio files on other computers are available to be found.
When police were informed, they found images and videos, some of which lasted over an hour long. 50 videos were found, 25 of which rated in the some of the highest categories of hardcore pornography.
Martin Butterworth, of the Crown Prosecution Service told magistrates that some of the girls featured in the videos looked as “young as six”.
Wong pleaded guilty to 17 charges of making child pornography between July 15, 2008 and March 19, 2009.
Magistrates said that the severity of the case meant Wong could not be sentenced at crown prosecution where the maximum sentence would only be 12 months.
He will instead be sentenced at York Crown Court on December 13.
The Yorker will bring you more on this story as it comes in.
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