Sat Nav News

Oil, risk and technology: Choices we need to make

The Gulf of Mexico oil leak raises deep questions over the environmental cost of our "addiction" to oil.

Why a map is a window on to history

Maps tell us so much more than how to get from A to B, or where C is in relation to D. They can be tools of power, and reveal the fears and prejudices of their age, says historian Jerry Brotton.

Patrols after car theft increase

Police step up patrols after a spate of thefts from vehicles parked in a Lincolnshire town.

Volcano ash: Your stories

Most flights in the UK will remain grounded until early Sunday as ash from a volcano in Iceland continues to drift across Europe.

Political ad breakdown: Labour's The Road Ahead

Brian Wheeler reviews Labour's first in the current series of party election broadcasts - The Road Ahead.

A game of m-cat and mouse

No sooner is one legal high banned than another appears. The latest facing calls for a bar is mephedrone, or m-cat. It's part of a war of attrition between dealers and the authorities. So how does it all work?

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.