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.

The Scandivanian royal was Europe's oldest-reigning monarch having reigned since January 17, 1991. On Friday, King Charles III extended his 'deepest and most heartfelt condolences'.

A mob of youths torched several cars and set off fireworks at a balloon release for one of the A66 crash gang last night.

Sisters Ashna and Shreya Ahuja are desperately awaiting news of their Texas parents, who vanished after completing a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash. Deepak and Madhu Ahuja are missing.

A devastated British woman has described the horror of losing her husband and fracturing her spine after a Singapore Airlines flight suffered extreme turbulence. 

The property, located on the edge of Bath, is believed to be the biggest newbuild home constructed in the historic city in the last 100 years.

Libby Smith married “life coach” and tarot card reader Colin Stevenson in a lavish ceremony in 2023 with her famous dad Gordon, 71, by her side.

We bring you unadulterated and uncensored readers' views from how the UK is prodding mad Vlad by giving Ukraine missile blueprints to far too many sad passings

A north London primary school teacher has been handed an indefinite ban from the classroom after a tribunal heard that he used crystal meth at weekends to 'relax'

A GoFundMe has been set up by the family to help cover the costs of repatriate the 26-year-old's body to the United Kingdom 'and give him the goodbye he deserves'

Cars have been set on fire in a field as balloons were released at a memorial event thought to be for Michael Robert Cahill, 23, who died in the A66 crash, as Teesside is gripped by gangland fear

More than 200 extra officers have been drafted in to help Cleveland Police after multiple violent incidents across Middlesbrough.

King Harald of Norway has died aged 89, after more than three decades on the throne.

Problems with the gun licensing system are putting people in danger, inspectors have warned.

European football's governing body UEFA is preparing to bring criminal proceedings against FIFA President Gianni Infantino over the attempt to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors, according to legal filings obtained by Sky News.

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide, has died.

Among the British nationals reported missing are a 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy.

Costs are spiralling out of control as unregulated private providers capitalise on demand, say managers.

Fatalities included people who inhaled toxic fumes from fires or became trapped inside burning homes.

Alan Greer was investigated by police in 2002 and 2005 for making inappropriate phone calls to women, with one case resulting in a formal police caution.

The bill for clearing the dump in Oxfordshire has been covered by taxpayers.

The 15-year-old suspect will appear before the Old Bailey on Friday.

A former chemistry teacher has been convicted of sexually abusing two teenage pupils at a north London boys' school in the late 1980s.

With only two vehicles still operational, staff have said that trips and community activities for pupils will be significantly limited at the beginning of term.

Chaotic scenes have erupted with hundreds of extra police officers rushed in.

The police officer took his own life in May, days after officers raided his home as part of an inquiry into offences dating back to 2012.

The government is under significant pressure to solve the country’s growing Neet crisis, which refers to the number of 16- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment, or training

There were 16,000 asylum seekers living in Home Office hotels in June this year, down 50 per cent on a year earlier

The former health secretary said he had received an ‘unbelievable volume’ of homophobic abuse since being appointed to the new role

The vaccine has been hailed as a ‘significant milestone’ in tackling the virus behind the common cold

Charles will visit the Bahamas, Guyana, and Antigua and Barbuda