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Geneva hospitals are bracing for a delayed surge as symptoms of last week's heat wave hit patients days after the temperatures dropped.

The queue at the Gotthard road tunnel stretched back ten kilometres yesterday morning, meaning a wait of one hour and forty minutes for drivers heading south.

Around 300 people gathered at Vidy beach in Lausanne on Saturday for an anti-fascist picnic, two weeks after a 35-year-old man was attacked there by neo-nazi assailants in broad daylight.

The 60th Montreux Jazz Festival drew more than 250,000 people, with paid venues averaging 91% capacity.

Lightning killed 97 blacknose sheep in the Binn valley in Valais during last week’s storms.

Vaud and Valais have called off their heatwave alerts as thunderstorms move in and temperatures drop.