Sat Nav News

Computers 'delaying fire engines'

Hereford & Worcester fire crews attending 999 calls are delayed 54 times in a year, mainly because of computer navigation errors.

Council showing HGVs where to go

Lorry drivers will be able to find their way across Surrey using only major routes thanks to a new council scheme.

Car thefts prompt warning to fans

Football and rugby union fans are urged to take valuables out of their cars before going to matches after a spate of thefts.

'Sat nav' stolen from ambulance

Satellite navigation equipment is stolen from an ambulance while its crew treated an elderly patient in west Belfast.

Facebook campaign against traffic

A Facebook group starts to campaign against traffic caused by an Oxfordshire shopping village.

In appreciation: Jade Goody

Hers was a modern fairytale of rags to riches - seizing on reality TV as a way out of a life begun on a sink estate, says Lucie Cave, Jade Goody's official biographer.

African view: Navigation problems

In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, Ghanaian Elizabeth Ohene considers life without maps.

Man, 70, guilty of dumping body

A Vietnamese man is convicted of dumping the body of a drug grower into a ditch to help keep his cannabis business a secret.

Warning over vehicle theft surge

Police in Derbyshire put on extra patrols after a series of thefts saw wallets and sat navs taken from vehicles.

Driver denies dumping drug grower

A 70-year-old man has told a jury he did not help dispose of the body of a fellow Vietnamese who died in a drugs factory.

Grave listed in accused's sat nav

A man who denies murdering a feamle colleague admits he put the location of her shallow grave in his sat nav.

A tale of how it turned out right

A "Great Transition" in the UK's economy could bring huge social, environmental and economic benefits.

Police warn over thefts from cars

Police warn drivers to take sat navs and valuables out of their cars after a spate of thefts in Derbyshire.

Police to rethink car crime alert

Police in Kent are to review a crime reduction scheme after being accused of advertising cars with valuable contents to thieves.

Why smartphones are not suffering in the recession

How smartphones are saving the mobile phone industry, and change the way we use computers

Make-up artist who took centre-stage

Michelle Hogg, who started off as a defendant, became the most crucial witness in the Securitas trial.

Driver fined for sat nav blunder

A driver whose car was left teetering on a cliff edge after he followed sat nav directions down a Pennine footpath is fined by a court.

Sat nav error lorry stuck in mud

A supermarket delivery lorry becomes stuck in mud on a remote road after an sat nav error by the driver.

Car thefts prompt police warning

Police warn drivers to take sat navs and valuables out of their cars after a spate of thefts in Boston.

Warning after spate of car thefts

Motorists in Leicester are warned to keep valuables out of sight after a spate of thefts from cars.