"The new symbol is a nice modern take on things. I think tourists will like it too." Viewers of the One Show have also designed map symbols for art galleries, car-charging points, skateboard parks ...

Dirt, stains, effluent, material, the load, waste, matter. These are the words my tour guides at Toto's toilet factory and research center in Kyushu used to verbally pirouette around what exactly ...

We have been reliably informed (although the symbols are fairly self-explanatory) that from left to right they represent large flush, small flush, toilet lid up/down, toilet seat up/down, stop ...

A new symbol for the toilet. 2 July 2015. The UK's official mapping agency has altered its symbol for toilets after many years. Will it make things clearer, asks Justin Parkinson.

The UK's official mapping agency has altered its symbol for toilets after many years. Will it make things clearer, asks Justin Parkinson. "I'm dying for the PC." It's not an expression one hears ...