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Tuesday, 24th August 2010

The Yorker can confirm that Tokyo Industries have purchased Tru nightclub, ending months of speculation about the club’s future

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Sports tent granted six year extension

Thursday, 12th August 2010

The Sports Centre tent will remain open until at least 2016 after City of York Council gave the sports hall an additional six years planning permission at a meeting today.

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Parents comforted by tributes to James

Tuesday, 10th August 2010

The parents of student James Alexander Ednie Matthews, who passed away last Wednesday, have said they feel comforted by the tributes his friends have left on his Facebook page.

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Tuesday, 10th August 2010

Club Salvation will be reopening on 12th August following a fire at the club two weeks ago.

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Student caught in white van scam

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The men were in a white van
Sunday, 7th February 2010
Written by Lauren McGinty.

There has been an incident of a student living off campus being "conned" out of £200 by two males in a white van speaker scam.

The student was duped by the men who said they were from a delivery company meant to deliver 14 sets of speakers valued at £3,000, but the client had only ordered 12, leaving them with two sets to spare. A set of two speakers was offered to the student who bought them for £200, but then later found the same speakers were on eBay priced at just £50.

The van has since been seen on campus but no further incidents have been reported so it may have been a one-off event. But in the case that the same men try to scam another student, the advice from campus security is not to purchase anything unless it is from a reputable source.

YUSU Welfare Officer Ben Humphrys echoed the opinion of security, saying that if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is. He also urged students not to be taken in by door-to-door traders, claiming that they are usually out to scam you.

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#1 Anonymous
Sun, 7th Feb 2010 5:36pm

That exact scam was on 'The Real Hustle' two weeks ago!

#2 Anonymous
Sun, 7th Feb 2010 7:16pm

How embarrassing! Though I guess the temptation is always there to buy with scams like that...

#3 Natalija Sasic
Sun, 7th Feb 2010 7:56pm

I don't really get the 'scam' part of this. Just because something's valued on eBay at £50, that's not necessarily its real value. If the speakers are working fine, then it's exactly the same as buying a TV in Fenwick's only to find out it costs £100 less at John Lewis, no?

#4 Anonymous
Mon, 8th Feb 2010 8:36pm

Hahaha! OWNED!

#5 Ben Goodwin
Sat, 20th Feb 2010 3:25pm

Natalija, the scam is saying the speakers are worth 3k, when really they cost next to nothing, it's possibly the oldest trick in the book, a friend got caught out by this in York last year, no sympathy whatsoever for the mug who was stupid enough to hand over 200 quid to such an obvious scam.

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