Possessive police constable, 58, fitted tracking device in boot of wife’s car, checked her phone messages and wouldn’t let her do the school run alone Mark Howell-Walmsley, 58, denied using controlling or coercive behaviour But he changed his plea to guilty after wife Sharon McCaig took to the stand She told how he forced her to make … Read more
From the point of view of everyone’s safety — not least her own — it really would have been much better if my dear late mother had been banned from driving long before she approached her 80th year. Though she would hotly deny it if she were still alive, the fact is that throughout her life … Read more
Co-op starts putting GPS satellite tracking tags on MEAT in bid to stop shoplifters Co-op has put the hi-tech boxes to house meat being sold in their stores The devices have been spotted on items including rump steak and pork loin It comes after the chain introduced body-worn cameras for some of its staff By … Read more
Vaccine expert slams EU’s ‘completely hopeless’ tracking of Covid outbreaks as he warns ‘biggest risk’ to UK is importing South African variant from Europe Professor Sir John Bell is leading member of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine team He said ‘biggest risk’ to the UK is importing South African variant from Europe He said Europe has been ‘completely … Read more
Founder of Confused.com hires City heavyweight to chair tracking business as it considers £500m London float By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 March 2021 The founder of Confused. com has hired a City heavyweight to chair her tracking business as it considers a … Read more
Company boss, 35, chases thieves down the motorway and guides police to their van after they stole digger he fitted with a tracker Sam Daniel runs business Ashley Plant Hire in Altrincham, Greater Manchester His company had recently installed tracking systems on its expensive machinery When one was stolen, he followed the tracker for 50 … Read more
Revealed: Britain’s first Amazon grocery store… where you can pick up food and walk out without stopping to pay (but hidden tracking sensors will then charge you via an app) First UK Amazon Go store is understood to be unveiled in Ealing, West London The shops have been billed as providing a glimpse into the … Read more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not have a functional central system for monitoring the safety of coronavirus vaccines, officials admitted to the New York Times. More than 48 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been given in the US, Bloomberg data shows. Yet the safety of those shots is currently tracked by a … Read more
Hospital patients could be given tracking tags using technology developed by telecoms giant BT to cut the huge bill for NHS no-shows Hospital patients could be given tracking bracelets to remember appointments Telecoms giant BT working with NHS to develop the new bracelets to tag people Doctors and nurses would also wear bracelets as well as … Read more
About seven in 10 Brits are in favour of location-tracking technology during the coronavirus pandemic – regardless of if it’s opt-in or compulsory, a study suggests. UK researchers conducted surveys of more than 3,500 British adults last spring, during the grips of the virus’s first wave, on their willingness to use such tech. 70 per … Read more