Melbourne Express: Wednesday, June 29, 2016

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Melbourne Express: Wednesday, June 29, 2016

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I reckon I'll wind the blog down for the day now. I'll be back from 5.30am tomorrow morning and will have a brand new brainteaser for you all to solve.

The death toll from the explosions at an international airport in Turkey continues to rise:

The trains and traffic seem to be running quite smoothly this morning. I wonder if the school holidays are a factor, since there are fewer students taking the train to school or harried parents rushing to get to the scholl gates by 9am.

Do you find your commute tends to be lighter whenever the school holidays are on? Shoot me an an email and let me know.

It would be great to get some anecdotal evidence of whether it makes a difference. I'm going to see if I can pull out some stats to test the theory once I wrap up the blog for the day.

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There has been a 80 per cent surge in carjackings across Melbourne in the past year, crime statistics show.

The government is set to introduce a new offence for carjacking and aggravated carjacking in parliament, which could carry a jail term of up to 25 years.

"We're working with police to make sure we draft the most effective law," police minister Lisa Neville told 3AW.

Recap: Several shots were fired into a police impound yard in Preston late last night, while staff were still inside the building.

Nobody was injured, but Victoria Police spokeswoman Belinda Batty said staff inside were shaken up by the incident.

The shots were fired into the Raglan Street facility, which is home to vehicles seized under anti-hoon laws, just before midnight.

The shaken staff called police, and an investigation is now underway.

It is not yet clear how many shots were fired. Detectives found several shots had hit windows and penetrated the building exterior.

Police are urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000

A bullet hole at the front of a police impound yard in Preston.

A bullet hole at the front of a police impound yard in Preston. Credit: Justin McManus

A 4WD has been set on fire and anti-Islam graffiti has been scrawled on a wall outside a Perth mosque.

Footage seen by Fairfax Media shows firefighters working to extinguish a fire in a 4WD set ablaze in front of scrawled graffiti saying "F--- Islam.

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There has been a shooting in Colorado, in the US. The Denver Post reports the area has now been secured.

All lanes have reopened on Canterbury Road.

A truck diesel spill had forced the closure of one lane, but crews have managed to move the vehicle into an emergency lane.

Recap: Several shots were fired into a police impound yard in Preston late last night, while staff were still inside the building.

Nobody was injured, but Victoria Police spokeswoman Belinda Batty said staff inside were shaken up by the incident.

The shots were fired into the Raglan Street facility, which is home to vehicles seized under anti-hoon laws, just before midnight.

The shaken staff called police, and an investigation is now underway.

It is not yet clear how many shots were fired. Detectives found several shots had hit windows and penetrated the building exterior.

Police are urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000

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On this day nine years ago, the iPhone first appeared on store shelves.

The device went on sale in New York at 6pm that day.

CNN Money reported at the time that the line outside Apple's Soho stretched around the block as people waited to test out the long-awaited product.

"We've been in line for days. It's very uncomfortable out here in these chairs," Melanie Rivera, a customer near the front of the line, told CNN.

Here are some of the ads for the original iPhone. It is surprising how little the interface has changed in the past nine years.

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