Thousands paid tribute to victims of Vegas attack by lighting sky lanterns in the Mojave Desert

Thousands paid tribute to victims of the Vegas attack by lighting sky lanterns at a festival in the Mojave Desert. https://t.co/NHAq72Aewr http://pic.twitter.com/IeTTNb4yNy

— ABC News (@ABC) October 10, 2017

 

UPDATE: 6 dead + 40 trapped under collapsed building following Mumbai floods

A play school was also functioning in one of the rooms of the building but it is unclear how many children were inside.

The five-storey Hussain building in the south of the city had 11 families living in it when it collapsed.

“Forty people are believed to be stuck inside and a 43-member team is conducting rescue operations,” an official for India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) told AFP.

A play school was also functioning in one of the rooms of the building but it is not clear how many children were attending the school when the structure collapsed.

Emergency services and the NDRF personnel are carrying out a search and rescue operation and ambulances have taken 12 people to the nearby JJ Hospital – five of them are critically injured.

“As the incident happened at 8.30 in the morning there is the possibility of more people trapped inside,” an NDRF official said.

South Mumbai has more than 16,000 buildings built before 1940s and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) identified 791 of these buildings as dangerous in its pre-monsoon survey.

Locals have told reporters that the Hussain building was about 50 years old, however it is not clear if the building was classified as dangerous.

Source: Six dead and 40 trapped under collapsed building following Mumbai floods

GST anger builds in WA but Scott Morrison says there’s nothing he can do about fresh blow

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has ruled out intervening to stop Western Australia’s GST share taking another $2 billion hit, saying his hands are tied over updated population estimates.

Following a meeting with his WA counterpart Ben Wyatt, Mr Morrison insisted there was nothing he could do about updated population estimates that could deplete the state’s already strained finances even further.

WA Treasury has estimated the latest population data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics will cost it a further $1.9 billion over four years.

That is despite WA already receiving a much lower per capita GST share than any other jurisdiction, a situation that has sparked ongoing anger in the west.

With Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in WA for the week, the McGowan Government had urged the Commonwealth to guarantee the state’s GST share would not take another hit.

But Mr Morrison — who said he could not verify the $1.9 billion estimate — said he could not intervene.

Source: GST anger builds in WA but Scott Morrison says there’s nothing he can do about fresh blow – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Entire Melbourne rail network grinds to a halt due to computer fault

Melbourne is experiencing commuter chaos after all of its railway lines were suspended.

Metro Trains advised that people should seek alternative transport after the fault caused some trains to stop between stations.

“Our technicians are currently working to rectify the problem and we are working to have services moving soon,” Metro Trains said in a tweet.

More to come

Source: Entire Melbourne rail network grinds to a halt due to computer fault

Grotbags actor Carol Lee Scott dies aged 74

The children’s television actor Carol Lee Scott, best known as Grotbags the witch, has died aged 74.

The entertainer appeared in several children’s programmes in the 1980s and early 1990s, including the Rod Hull hit Emu’s World.

Scott’s death was announced by relatives on social media, prompting an outpouring of nostalgic tributes by fans.

Among those remembering the performer was comedian Rufus Hound, who said she was “an icon for folk of my generation”.

Many warmly remembered Scott’s Grotbags character, with one fan tweeting: “Rest in peace grotbags, another part of my childhood heaven bound.”

The Somerset-born actor’s early career saw stints as a cabaret performer touring clubs in the north of England. She worked as a London pub singer and as a Blue Coat at holiday camp Pontins.

She spent 19 years working for the holiday park company before collaborating with Hull in the 1980s.

Source: Grotbags actor Carol Lee Scott dies aged 74 | Television & radio | The Guardian

Apple Music quietly added a $99 annual subscription plan

Apple Music quietly added a $99 annual subscription plan https://t.co/ejjv8PlKZm http://pic.twitter.com/u2c4wuPJH0

— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) June 20, 2017

If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, chances are that you’re paying $9.99 every month, $14.99 for a family plan, or $4.99 per month if you’re a student.

But Apple quietly added another option as Tehnot spotted. You can now pay $99 for a 12-month subscription.

This setting is quite buried as Apple doesn’t want you to know that you can pay less than what you’re actually paying. We tried different scenarios, and it was quite hard to find the new annual plan — but it’s real.

If you’re not a current Apple Music subscriber, the Music app only lets you subscribe to a normal monthly plan as pictured above. But if you’re an existing subscriber, you can go to your membership settings and switch to an annual plan. So new users will have to buy a monthly subscription first and then switch.

Now stay with me as it’s about to get a bit complicated. Let’s hope that the upcoming App Store redesign is going to make it easier to access the subscription settings because we’re not there yet.

First, you need to open the App Store app and scroll to the very bottom of the Featured tab. Then tap on your Apple ID, enter your password and tap on “View Apple ID.” Finally, tap on the Subscriptions button and you can access your Apple Music membership settings. Here’s what it looks like (prices may vary depending on your country):

So if you think you’re going to keep using Apple Music for the foreseeable future, you can switch in a couple of taps and save around 17.5 percent.

Before this change, you could buy an Apple Music gift card for $99 to get a full year of service access. But if you’re not a gift card person, there was no way to access this discounted rate.

Source: Apple Music quietly added a $99 annual subscription plan | TechCrunch