The number of part-time workers has hit record levels with people struggling to find full-time employment. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA The number of part-time workers has hit a record high as more people are forced to take shorter hours or not work at all. Official data this morning showed the... 

Facebook A new Facebook service, called Places, lets users tap the location-sensing capabilities of their mobile phones to “check in” to a business or address. Facebook unveiled a new way for users to share their physical locations online, extending the social-networking giant’s reach into... 

Nuclear plant in Flamanville, northwestern France under construction. French nuclear engineering specialist Areva is in a consortium behind one of the designs for the UK’s first reactor under the building programme. Photograph: Christophe Ena/AP The schedule for the UK’s nuclear... 

Bankers were burned in effigy during the G20 protests in the City of London in 2009, and heads rolled metaphorically everywhere from Northern Rock to Bear Stearns, but capitalism is still flourishing. Photograph: Antonio Olmos for the Guardian It was supposed to have been the day the world...