“She's just an incredible woman in terms of how much work she can get through in the year.”Outbreaks of the coronavirus are happening across Europe and each country has to make its own decisions on how to halt them, Spain's foreign minister said on Friday as Germany declared most of her country a risk region.Germany's decision followed a move by Britain to impose quarantine on people returning from Spain, dealing a further blow to hopes of a swift revival for tourism, which usually accounts for around 12% of the Spanish economy.“New outbreaks are the norm, they are not the exception, in Spain or any other country in the European Union,” Arancha Gonzalez Laya told Reuters in an interview.“Every country is taking measures to fight COVID … that they think are necessary to protect their citizens. According to ARDOT, an average of 2,800 vehicles crossed the Pruitt Bridge per day in 2016, with 13% of those vehicles being large trucks.

“Reciprocal arrangements are common in these situations and these are likely within days,” said the French government source.France is the world’s most popular tourist destination, and the British are one of the biggest visitor groups, meaning the quarantine will have a devastating effect.Regions such as Brittany, Normandy, the French Riviera and Paris itself are normally packed with Britons in August. Once low tide is reached at about 23:00, the warship will have to lower a mast to make it under the Forth bridges - with just a few metres to spare. According to official estimates, some 160,000 Britons are currently trying to leave France before the Saturday deadline, however.

"Submarines you can't see, but these are very visible symbols of power and power projection.

Just before midnight, the ship was able to pass under the Forth Bridge

We don't question the measures other countries take.”Brits stuck in France have today slammed the quarantine “shambles” – as the Eurotunnel boss warned trains are “fully booked” and prices were hiked.Holidaymakers attempting a mad dash out of France in a bid to avoid the two-week enforced quarantine have been hit with huge queues, with many turned away.Half a million Brits are now evacuating amid a spike in coronavirus casesAdding to the chaos, British Airways today hiked flight prices and Eurostar demand soared sparking chaos at airports and terminals.P&O Ferries also reported a surge in interest with more than 8,000 searches for tickets this morning. But travellers have been warned not to rush to ports and terminals – amid fears they will be turned away.As BA flight prices rocketed from £664 to £770, Eurotunnel Le Shuttle warned all shuttles are fully booked until tomorrow.A foreboding statement added: “Please do not arrive at the terminal unless you have a ticket valid for travel today.”Two pupils linked to a coronavirus cluster in Lanarkshire had attended their high schools for short periods of time on Wednesday before testing positive, the local health board has confirmed.NHS Lanarkshire is carrying out an investigation after three pupils from St Ambrose High School and one from St Andrew's High School, both in Coatbridge, tested positive.A fifth case, who is linked to these but is not a school pupil, has also been identified.One of the pupils at St Ambrose was in the school and “had limited contact with any other pupils” during that time, according to NHS Lanarkshire director of public health Gabe Docherty.He also said the St Andrew's pupil “attended school for a relatively short period of time” on Thursday before testing positive on Friday.Face masks have been compulsory in shops and takeaways since July.Anyone who refuses to wear one could see customers forced to fork out over £100 with staff told to report those without one to the police.Thames Valley and Devon and Cornwall forces have also said officers will only attend such incidents if they turn violent.Shops are not planning to challenge people going in without them, and will instead use signs and posters to encourage visitors to stay safe.Thousands of holidaymakers heading to France face a two-week isolation on arrival.Last night Emmanual Macron plunged thousands of sunseekers into travel chaos by vowing revenge quarantine rules on new arrivals – but no one told the Brits the details.The move follows yesterday's announced people arriving in the UK from France after 4am on Saturday will be required to spend 14 days in self-isolation due to rising numbers of coronavirus cases there.France's secretary of state for European affairs said the UK decision would lead to “reciprocal measures” across the Channel.Clement Beaune tweeted: “A British decision which we regret and which will lead to reciprocal measures, all in hoping for a return for normal as soon as possible.”The French transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari also tweeted to say France “regrets the UK decision” and “will apply reciprocal measures”.He said he wanted to have similar rules in place “to ensure a high level of protection on both sides of the Channel”.But no information was provided on when it would kick in or how strict it would be.The coronavirus R rate remained stable in the UK – with East Anglia creeping up to the crucial one mark.Areas such as London, the South East and South West have all seen a reduction in the R rate, a sign that the pandemic could be dispersing in those areas.When the value is below one, it means transmission of the virus is no longer high.But the reality is the true R rate probably lies somewhere between the upper and lower estimates.The latest figures published today by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) shows that the rate has stayed the same in many parts of the country.The rate in the East of England is 0.8-1, up from last week when it had been the only place in the country where the rate fell from 1.Moscow's health department said on Friday it had recorded 1,706 deaths related to the novel coronavirus in July, a toll it said helped account for a rise of about 7% in the city's mortality rate compared to the same month last year.Moscow, the area worst hit by the pandemic in Russia, said it had recorded 10,773 deaths in July, including 1,706 linked to the coronavirus.The department identified 742 cases in which the coronavirus had been the main cause of death and said 964 others had died of other causes while testing positive for the virus.The authorities said last month the deaths of 3,408 people were linked to the coronavirus in June.With 912,823 cases, Russia has the world's fourth highest number of infections in the world.

HMS Queen Elizabeth - one of two new carriers being built at Rosyth dockyard in Fife at a cost of more than £6bn - is to begin sea trials. It then squeezed through the narrow entrance into the Forth estuary.

The bridge … It was supposed to open over the weekend but has since been pushed back. The Ministry of Defence acknowledged "challenges" but said it was committed to being fully operational by 2026.The technical issues mean the forthcoming sea trials are three months behind schedule.The NAO predicted it would not be operational by 2020, as had been promised by the MoD.The BBC's defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said that if all went according to plan with the latest developments, HMS Queen Elizabeth would be sailing toward open waters on Monday evening.