Naoto Kan, the former Prime Minister, has admitted that his office was "overwhelmed" during the Fukushima nuclear meltdown last year, and he recommended that Japan scrap all its reactors to avoid a repeat.

Anyone who invested in Facebook will doubtless feel a little less friendly towards it than they did a couple of days ago. And I suppose if you are looking for symbolism, you could say that the fact that Facebook shares should fall by more than 10 per cent when they started trading was a signal that the social network bubble is about to burst.

As Posh makes its West End debut, Laura Wade tells Alison King why her play about public school boys behaving badly is more relevant than ever

Last week, it was the Education Secretary, Michael Gove.

Less than a day after taking office, Greece's new caretaker government was faced with yet another credit downgrade as Fitch that warned Athens of a "probable" exit from the eurozone if pro-bailout parties failed to win new elections due on 17 June.

Couples whose relationships deteriorate with the difficulties of becoming new parents are to be offered subsidised counselling as part of a package of measures to support families announced yesterday.

Supplying healthy US hospital food, Disney's staff canteen, the Mammoth Mountain ski resort in California and miners canteens in Australia all helped Compass post a strong 7.7 per cent rise in first-half profits yesterday.

More new homes must be built to tackle "the country's burgeoning housing crisis", a new report has said.

Almost 4,000 foreign criminals whom the Government wants to deport are at large in the community, figures showed today.

Shortage of homes forces desperate tenants to live in illegally built cramped structures

David Cameron has apologised to Conservative councillors who lost their seats as his party suffered an electoral backlash from voters.

On a suitably cold and dismal day, the President of a dissident republic addressed his underground supporters in inner London about the optimal size of a monetary union.

Aung San Suu Kyi has taken the oath of office to become an official member of Burma's parliament.