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.
It looks like Basshunter will be headlining Big D after all — after a six-month legal wrangle, the Swedish DJ was acquitted this week on charges of sexual assault by a Scottish court.
The star was charged with the offences after an incident involving two girls, aged 19 and 20, in a Kirkcaldy night club in December.
Basshunter, who appeared under real name Jonas Eric Altberg, faced a possible prison sentence if convicted.
But he was acquitted on Tuesday after a two-day trial, with Sheriff Maxwell Hendry describing the girls’ evidence as “neither credible or reliable”.
One of the accusers was revealed to have contacted a Scottish newspaper with her story before speaking to police.
Basshunter told the court that the girls’ story was “made up and over exaggerated”.
But he was warned by the judge that the not guilty verdict did not give him “carte blanche” for future actions.
One witness had described the star’s behaviour on the night the incident occurred as “wild and outrageous”.
"This has never happened in 1,000 shows,” Altberg told the court in his defence.
"I do this five days a week and meet 300,000 people every year and there has never been a complaint about my behaviour. I can't remember these girls, or really anything from that night”.
The verdict will come as a relief to the University of York's organisers of Big D, at which Basshunter is due to perform, alongside drum and bass DJ Sub Focus and rapper Lethal Bizzle.
Ticket sales for the 1,800-capacity event were slower than expected this year, with spaces still available two weeks after sales opened.
Although the event is now sold out, tickets in previous years were snapped up within hours.
Big D organisers have refrained from commenting on their headliner’s court case. One committee member did post a link on the York Vision website to a report of his acquittal, with the message “Cleared of all charges”.
The news comes after the university hinted that Basshunter may not have been welcome at York had he been convicted.
“The University … has a clear and unequivocal position on issues of human rights, gender equality and religious toleration,” a spokesman told The Yorker.
“Organisers of events should bear this in mind when booking acts.”
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