Can I drive back to the UK from Italy – and avoid quarantine?

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Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle would make a magnificent pitstop (Getty)

Q I’m in Italy right now and planning to drive through Switzerland on Monday, then stay Germany overnight and fuel up in Aachen and on to the tunnel in Calais. I believe we’ll be OK if we don’t stop in Switzerland, Belgium, Holland and France?

Nick S

A As the UK government extends its web of “no-go” quarantine restrictions further across Europe, the problems for travellers are multiplying.