Your morning briefing: What you should know for Monday, July 29

Three people have reportedly been killed and several others injured in a shooting at a food festival in California.

The shooting occurred during Gilroy’s annual garlic festival, a three-day celebration featuring food, cooking competitions and music that attracts more than 100,000 people.

Video on social media sites showed people running for safety after shots rang out.

Local councillor Dion Bracco said that three people had been killed and up to 12 injured although police were not able to immediately confirm those figures.

Preparations for a no-deal Brexit are being stepped up by the Government as Boris Johnson prepares to make his first visit to Scotland as Prime Minister.

Yesterday Mr Johnson set up a network of top-level committees to try to ensure Brexit takes place by the deadline of October 31.

He is going to announce a £300 million funding pot for communities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland during his visit north of the border.

He has called for a renewal of "the ties that bind our United Kingdom" but faces a tense encounter with Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson after she announced she would oppose a no-deal exit from the EU.

A man had to be rescued last night after being trapped in rocks for nearly four hours as water rose up to his neck.

The man had slipped after saving a toddler from the incoming tide himself near the East Promenade in Sheringham, Norfolk, a senior coastguard said.

Firefighters cut through rocks as they battled to free the man, who was given a life jacket and breathing appartus as rescuers held his head above the rising water.

The man’s injuried were reported as not being serious.

Thunderstorms are expected to hit parts of the UK with a risk of more flooding following a weekend of heavy rain, forecasters have warned.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms across much of the South West and Wales for tomorrow with the risk of floods, lightning strikes, hail and strong winds.

Just before 1am today the Environment Agency advised the Greater Manchester region had 17 flood warnings in place, meaning immediate action was required.

The Duchess of Sussex is the guest editor of September’s issue of British Vogue.

Meghan has brought together 15 women for the cover, including actress Jane Fonda and climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg, for what is considered to be the fashion bible's most important edition of the year.

The edition, entitled Forces For Change, features what is being called "trailblazing changemakers, united by their fearlessness in breaking barriers", Buckingham Palace said.

Meghan is not on the cover herself as she felt it would be "boastful", according to the magazine's editor-in-chief Edward Enninful.

1565: Mary Queen of Scots married her cousin Lord Darnley in the Old Abbey Chapel at Holyrood, Edinburgh.

1588: The Spanish Armada, sent by Philip II in an attempt to invade England, was sighted off Cornwall. It was defeated by the English fleet under Howard and Drake, the battle beginning off Plymouth.

1883: Benito Mussolini, Italian founder of the Fascist Party and ally of Hitler, was born in Predappio.

1938: The first edition of the Beano comic was published.

1948: The first post-war Olympic Games opened in London.

1981: The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer were married at St Paul's Cathedral.