MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo has released a list of 38 Filipinos or Filipino-Japanese missing in the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeast Japan last week. In an urgent note posted on its website, the embassy sought information on the whereabouts of the individuals, and asked them or people who might know them to contact the embassy as soon as possible. “May we request the following individuals to contact the Embassy as soon as possible? May we also request Read more [...]

How often do nuclear power plants go wrong? How many accidents and incidents are there?The explosions and nuclear fuel rods melting at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, following the Sendai earthquake and tsunami last week, have caused fears of what will happen next. So far, the Japanese authorities say there is "no cause to fear a major nuclear accident."We have identified 33 serious incidents and accidents at nuclear power stations since the first recorded one in 1952 at Chalk River Read more [...]

By Linus Rees The former Strand Union Workhouse building in Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia. The former Georgian and Victorian workhouse on Cleveland Street has been given Grade II listed status by the heritage minister John Penrose. The decision is likely to prevent the proposed demolition and redevelopment plans currently pending. The owner of the site University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) had submitted a planning application to build a mixed-use development which included Read more [...]