The Foreign & Commonwealth Office has launched a new service called LOCATE which will help it to track down Britons in the event of a crisis abroad, as a survey reveals that two thirds of us don’t actually know where our travelling loved ones are and over half of us go abroad without leaving details of our trip with friends and family.

From 16 May 2008 people will be able to help the FCO to find them in a crisis by registering details of their foreign trip as well as emergency friend and family contact details at LOCATE.