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At least seven people have died after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday, Turkish media reported.

A man who died after a sign fell at a Christian festival was a respected pastor who was “a loving husband” and “a devoted and caring father” to his family, his church has said.

A shooting at a rave in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau left one person dead and five wounded early on Sunday, local police and media reported.

Searches are continuing for thousands missing amid the devastating flash flood in Nepal which has left more than 700 people dead.

Pc Andrew Harper’s killers will be excluded from the early release scheme after Prime Minister Andy Burnham said anyone convicted of unlawful killing would be exempt.

The death toll from the flooding in Nepal has reached more than 670 as a team arrived in the country from the UK to provide support.

Senior Conservative Sir James Cleverly has said he is quitting the shadow cabinet to stand for London mayor.

Traffic is once again travelling along the length of Princes Street in Edinburgh after the thoroughfare reopened following a fire at a historic building in early July.