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.

Members of the public had spotted the trio, who were wearing high-vis overalls, and alerted police. And it wasn't just luck that the officers were about - the manhole was just yards from a police station.

Brooklyn Beckham isn't blowing up his famous family for nothing. He's positioning himself, financially, strategically and for the first time, on his own terms.

Victoria Beckham could land her first ever solo number one amid her bitter fallout with son Brooklyn.

For over an hour yesterday, Donald Trump delivered a speech to leaders at Davos that was at times focused and at others resembled incoherent rambling.

One of the last things my late father did, before his death aged 89, was to invest in Bitcoin.

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Hospitality worker Roger Cana, 37, and his wife Shalini, 33, scooped the five-storey, four-bedroom home in the heart of Borough last year, along with £250,000 in cash, after entering the Omaze Million Pound House Draw

The Challenger 3 will be at the heart of the Army's warfighting capability as part of the MOD's modernisation plans. It has a crew of four, a 120mm smoothbore gun and weighs 66 tonnes

Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, Co Clare was declared safe after an envelope believed to contain a powder substance was delivered to the site on Wednesday, January 21

Brits may be known for their prudish nature, but new research has found that we are more comfortable sharing our valuable items with others — even though we shouldn't

European governments and their diplomats here in Washington are as relieved as they are exasperated by this extraordinary Greenland show and latest act which played out in the Swiss Alps over the past 24 hours.

It's a brutal crime that's haunted the streets of Merseyside for decades. 

Heavy rain is likely to cause flooding and disruption in parts of the UK, the Met Office has said. 

Rescue efforts are under way to free people buried under rubble after landslides hit a campsite and house in New Zealand.

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, is set to appear before a US congressional committee next month.

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says the Russian president has shown no commitment to peace in Ukraine.

Heavy rain on Thursday will lead to a risk of some flooding, Simon King reports.

More money than expected was collected through tax and higher National Insurance Contributions, although public sector spending also increased.

Former minister Justin Madders tells the BBC Labour must stick to its pledge to cap ground rents.

It comes as the government looks into its own potential ban, with a consultation closing in the summer.

Linda Christie, 63, died just over a month after her partner Robert Quaife, 67, in the same hospital bed

Decision has been made following the Bank of England's recent base rate reduction

In an announcement today regulator Ofgem said 'delays of this magnitude can cause real harm'

Russell & Bromley has been around for 150 years.

Maci Williams suffered a horrific head injury when she was kicked while helping lead a group of horses from a paddock to the barn.

President Trump has been extending invitations to dozens of nations, even suggesting the board could soon mediate various international conflicts

Anyone affected would be ‘contacted directly by the relevant police force’

Police concluded that it was most likely that he was hit by a container ship and sunk in the English Channel

Stanthorne Hall has sat empty since HS2 bought it in March 2023 – now repairs are to be carried out to preserve the once-grand Georgian home despite no one living there

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver says prime minister’s consultation plan is ‘a little bit late’