An article on 11 January wrongly suggested that Gale Booth is Lauren Booth's mother. We are happy to make clear that Gale Booth was not an alcoholic or an unfit parent.

The National Audit Office (NAO) said teacher shortages across the country are growing, with particular issues in science subjects.

University of Leicester scientists say these molecules are undetectable in fresh foods, but abundant in foods like ready-chopped vegetables, pasta sauces and sandwiches.

MPs will benefit from another salary increase of almost £1,000 this April, with the basic wage of House of Commons members climbing to almost £75,000 a year, plus expenses.

The charity received more than £6million from E.on last year, part of this from commission on the energy deals it recommended to the elderly which it is now claimed were not the cheapest on the market.

Councils will be able to ditch Sunday trading laws, which limit large stores across Britain to opening just six hours on a Sunday, by the autumn. Some Tory MPs oppose it on family and religious grounds.

An inquest into the death of Private Cheryl James heard that three men should have been designated as suspects when the 18-year-old was found shot at Deepcut Barracks, Surrey, in 1995.

The FTSE 100 index is now down more than 20 per cent since last year's peak, after falling another 57.17 points to 5632.19 - taking the slide in value for the year to nearly 10 per cent, or £157billion.

Tory Eurosceptic Nick Herbert gave a speech saying he wants to stay in the EU. QUENTIN LETTS asks if he ever mean his Euroscepticism or was it careerist positioning.

Research by the think tank MigrationWatch says the EU's asylum system is 'unable to cope' after 1.27million people (pictured on Turkey-Syria border) sought refuge last year - an increase of 95 per cent

Hedge-fund kings and business tycoons mingled with David Cameron and a glittery heeled Karren Brady (pictured) at an 18th-century Brewery in the City of London for the party's fundraising ball

Amount of time people spend on listening BBC's radio stations has dropped to its lowest levels.The average Briton spent just 10.1 hours a week tuning in to BBC radio in the last three months of 2015

Scientists from the universities of Bristol and Oslo suspect taking paracetamol induces 'oxidative stress', in which unstable molecules known as free radicals trigger an allergic response.

Couples in their 50s are also more likely to miss out on an inheritance as their parents use up their own savings - which traditionally would have been left to them - on care or on grandchildren.

Hundreds of receipts allegedly show the party failed to declare thousands of pounds in hotel bills, which suggests the party broke the £100,000 spending limit for each by-election.

The internet giant gave its chief executive Sundar Pichai shares in the company worth nearly £140million, making him one of the highest-paid directors of any public company in the world.

In what is set to be a repeat of the long running row ahead of the general election, the Prime Minister has reportedly ruled out a television clash.

Lara Casalotti, 24, from London, faced a 'needle in a haystack' search because of her heritage. Following her campaign, about 20,000 people have joined registers so others can be helped too.

Jenna Reid paid tribute to her 'amazing' father Mike Reid, 54, who was last seen on Sunday after trying to help save up to 30 gannets near Penzance in Cornwall that were stranded on the rocks.

Mother-of-two Katie Turner, 34, was at Head Over Heels in Chorlton, Manchester, when she saw the whole grapes being served up on her son's plate.

Saffron Taylor, 22, from Birmingham, has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). The condition makes her joints dislocate at the slightest touch and meant she needed screws inserting into her knee.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust paid the sum after admitting the unidentified woman was not given enough anaesthetic by surgeons at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Robert Greenwood, the partner of wheelchair-bound Karen McDonald, claimed that the 289 bus driver in Croydon, South, London, shouted and swore at them.

Julian John, 44, who took five years to walk again after brain damage, tried to book a holiday for himself, his wife and two children, aged two and three, at the Bluestone National Park Resort in Pembrokeshire.

Natasha Hutchinson, 24, from Maesteg, Wales, has left her parents £35,000 in debt after getting her leg crushed in an accident while on holiday in Phuket, Thailand and forgetting to take out an insurance.

Police have issued an e-fit of one of the two armed robbers that shot Timothy Mardon in the leg during a bungled raid on his £2million home in Essex.

Luis Nobre (pictured), 49, splurged millions of the cash while living in a five-star London hotel then fled to Switzerland, leaving his girlfriend and their newborn baby with the £130,000 bill.

Lee Anthony Nolan killed Katelyn Parker, 24, with the appliance's power cable after a dispute on August 13 last year, Manchester Crown Court heard. He will serve a minimum of 18 years.

Allan Campbell, from Boston, Lincolnshire, is wanted on recall to prison to complete a sentence for burgling narrow boats. He is known for tricking women into letting him stay at their properties.

John Paul Campbell floored bridesmaid Samantha Dewar with a single punch after hitting fellow bridesmaid Rachel Walsh in Macclesfield, Cheshire in September last year.

The man was pursued by a fellow passenger after they collided at the ticket barrier at Putney overground station in south west London.

The victim, thought to be in his 30s, was attacked outside a McDonald's restaurant in Bromley, South London. He was tended to by horrified shoppers, who described seeing 'blood everywhere'.

Outdoor-pursuits leader Lee Lewis had a two-year sexual relationship with the girl when she was 16, a misconduct trial in Cardiff heard. The girl - now aged 18 - said: 'I found his power attractive.'

PC Kevin Duffy and PCSO Andrew Passmore were found guilty of misconduct in a public office in connection with the death of Bijan Ebrahimi in Bristol three years ago.

A female shark at Great Yarmouth Sea Life Centre has produced two fertile eggs despite having had no contact with males for more than two years, thanks to a phenomenon known as 'virgin birth'.

The Commons Speaker and his wife Sally walked the red carpet with their three children during a glamorous promotion night on the West End, London, tonight (pictured).

The footage from the strategic city of Ramadi, just 60 miles from Baghdad, shows the £175,000 laser guided Brimstone missiles obliterating the ISIS held building (pictured).

Niranjan Rasalingam, 29, from Croydon, has revealed that he has been kept in horrible 'inhumane' conditions at Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar, without any formal charge since December 2014.

The driver was dismissed by the company after Imogen Groome, 22, from Exeter, Devon, was inundated with messages from the man after he delivered takeaway to her home on Friday night.

Patronia Campbell, 48, claims she was subjected to two-and-a-half years of bullying by 42-year-old Huw Merriman, the MP for Bexhill and Battle in East Sussex, after they had a night of drunken sex.

The search for a seventh whale seen in trouble off the British coast at Mundesley, Norfolk, has been stood down amid hopes it may have returned to deeper waters.

Rachel Thom had driven to the recycling centre in Croydon, South London, with her husband Stephen to get rid of the boxes, which she had already flattened, but was then issued with a fine.

A couple had been photographing the wild weather at South Quay in Newquay yesterday when they were knocked over by a huge wave. The woman was left covered in blood and suffered a broken arm.

The RMT union announced today that 500 track patrol staff on the London Underground would walk out of their jobs for 24 hours starting on Friday morning.

The unnamed man, believed to be in his forties, died next to Kensington Palace in central London at around 3am this morning.

The small, blue object slammed into the ground at an engineering college in Vellore, in Tamil Nadu state, over the weekend, shattering a water cooler and sending splinters and shards flying.

EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline visited a settlement in the north of Uganda where 500 people are arriving everyday - fleeing rape, kidnapping, looting and murder in South Sudan.

For Beijing's 'hidden homeless', those who left their homes years ago to lobby China's government their campaign for just has become and obsession for which they would rather die than lose.

The raids came after German news website Spiegel Online reported that it had tracked down a suspected ISIS commander named Bassam (pictured) in the village of Sankt Johann.

Natalie Langer, 34, has gone on trial in Berlin for attempted murder where prosecutors claim she hit a 50-year-old man while driving her Mercedes C500 home after a boozy night out.