Hong Kong boat crash off Lamma Island kills 36

One of the boats was carrying more than 120 people to a fireworks display when it half-sank following Monday night's collision near Lamma Island. Twenty-eight people were pronounced dead at the scene. About 100 others have been taken to hospital, eight of whom were later said to have died.A large-scale air and sea search for survivors is still continuing.

A Hong Kong government statement said: "Over 100 people were sent to five hospitals during the incident; nine of them have sustained serious injuries or are in critical condition."

Rescue work would continue, the statement added, because the fire department could not rule out that there were still people inside the vessel or missing.

The collision occurred during a busy period for passenger travel in Hong Kong, at the end of a long holiday weekend to mark the mid-autumn festival that this year coincides with China's National Day on 1 October. Power company Hong Kong Electric has confirmed to the BBC that it owned the boat which sank. It was taking staff and family members to watch National Day fireworks in Victoria Harbour.

The vessel and another boat - reportedly operated by Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry - collided, causing the HK Electric vessel to list, a company official was quoted as saying. The other boat reportedly had about 100 people on board. It was slightly damaged in the crash but returned safely to port, according to Radio Television Hong Kong. A number of passengers on board were treated for minor injuries.

Fish size may shrink by 24% as oceans get warmer

Global warming may shrink fish species in size by up to 24%, with the largest decreases in the Indian and Atlantic oceans, scientists have warned. Researchers from the University of British Columbia modelled the impact of rising temperatures on more than 600 species between 2001 and 2050. The scientists argued that failure to control greenhouse gas emissions will have a greater impact on marine ecosystems than previously thought.

Warmer waters could decrease ocean oxygen levels and significantly reduce fish body weight. Previous research has suggested that changing ocean temperatures would impact both the distribution and the reproductive abilities of many species of fish. This new work suggests that  fish size would also be heavily impacted.

The researchers built a model to see how fish would react to lower levels of oxygen in the water.

iPhone 5 camera complaints flood Apple

Users of the new Apple iPhone5 have bombard the US tech giant with complaints over a flaw in the phone camera that gives images a 'purple haze'.
Users are reporting that images taken on the camera are ringed with a 'purple haze' on any image containing a bright light.

The issue adds to a number of criticisms with the new phone, including light 'bleeding' from the edge of the screen, some phones rattling due to loose internal components, and the removal of Google Maps in favour of Apple's seemingly unfinished in-house Map app.

According to the Daily Mail, some users hope this is a software bug that can be fixed with an update.
 But some blame the sapphire crystal lens, in which case a fix would be unlikely without a product recall.According to the report, some users have taken images of the same location with the iPhone 5, iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 to highlight the drop in image quality.

Suzuki Motorcycle sales up nearly 32%.

Two-wheeler maker Suzuki Motorcycle India today reported 31.53 per cent increase in its sales at 38,267 units in September.

The company had sold 29,094 units in the same month last year, Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL) said in a statement.

Commenting on the sales growth, SMIPL Vice-President (Sales and Marketing) Atul Gupta said: "We have received a good response from the market for all our products. The growing customer satisfaction has led to positive word-of- mouth in the market."