Overcrowding in prisons in England and Wales has contributed to soaring reoffending rates, with staff too overburdened to help offenders prepare for life on the outside. 

After a drubbing in the local elections and with migrants continuing to cross the Channel in small boats, the government is set to unveil its plan to reduce migration numbers on Monday. 

The events in Kashmir have ramifications here in the UK, not least in Bradford, where more than a quarter of people identify as Pakistani. 

We report from Doncaster where the council is now controlled by Reform.

Kevin Martin is the head of Tree collections at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew - he spoke to us earlier from a digital installation around one of their ancient oaks.

A hedge fund tycoon who paid £330million in tax last year is joining the exodus of billionaires from Labour's Britain.

Passengers have spoken - and one UK airport experience has been branded anything but a smooth start to a holiday. Which airport has come out on top - and which has landed at the very bottom?

Paula Vasco-Knight was chief executive at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and had previously enjoyed the prestige of being appointed NHS England's national lead for equality.

Even the specialists investigating Ella Cieslak's persistent cough and fatigue had believed she was most likely suffering from a chest infection. But the scans told a very different story.

The Tuesday morning after the August Bank Holiday was busy. I'd had a houseful for the weekend and was en route to my local landfill site to dispose of the detritus when I got a call.

King Charles reiterated that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will remain private citizens following their return to the UK in a letter that reportedly caught out Duke and Duchess of Sussex

The strange derelict six-storey facility features realistic-looking fake police offices, government meeting rooms and even script for how to start a romance scams with Brits

Colombia has long been a stronghold for Daniel Kinahan's mob - where the cartel profited from millions of euros worth of cocaine shipped from there around the globe

Police are investigating a cabbie who allegedly engaged in sexual activity inside a taxi while parked outside a branch of Sainsbury's in Blackpool

Christabel Bradley and her husband were left fuming at RAC after they were stranded for 25 hours after being left waiting for a recovery vehicle and forced to sleep in campervan

Thieves have stolen three paintings from the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera.

Female Eiffel Tower employees were asked to step out of sight during a visit by a ​Hindu religious delegation at the weekend, according to union representatives, sparking a staff protest ‌and an investigation by authorities.

Prince George is expected to spend his first day at Eton College on Tuesday, as the future King begins the latest phase in his education.

As it was for their reunion shows, the Gallagher brothers arrived at the premiere for their new documentary with the same show of unity - Liam with one arm draped around Noel's shoulder, the other fist held aloft, triumphant.

Donald Trump has warned Canadian aircraft company Bombardier that it will be no longer be permitted to sell its planes in the US unless it moves its manufacturing to the country. 

A spokesman says they were not told in advance about the letter sent on behalf of the king, although palace sources deny this.

Oli's experience is one of a growing number of clinical negligence claims being made in England, BBC analysis shows.

Parts of England and Wales have seen more rain than any other week since early February but are still in drought.

But the Pisa test scores vary significantly between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Sarah Jones told MPs the violence sparked by the arrival of 120 migrants in a single dinghy was "intimidating and thuggish".

A multi-vehicle crash on the M62 has sparked severe delays for drivers.

'He was a truly special, one-of-a-kind character'

The MP has faced criticism after attending and publicly celebrating the procession in her constituency.

Nishika Samaratunga abducted her sons in March, in breach of a court order, and has not been heard from since

A three-month-old baby girl died when a camping trip in Staffordshire went horribly wrong at the weekend - and now the family has spoken out

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned to the UK last month

Quantock Staghounds disputed the chronology of the footage published on social media

Joshua Johnson’s dad said he ‘couldn’t comprehend it’

Despite the wet weather most of England and all of Wales is in drought

The US president is set to make a statement attacking the move, according to reports