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.

Every generation or so the course of French democracy is determined on the streets. Be in no doubt that just happened again at the weekend

Can any piece of steak, however heavenly, really be worth £100 for a mere 100g? The weight of two Snickers bars. And if so, then what is Wagyu doing playing a starring role in a fast-food chain burger?

At the age of 19, wearing leather capris with a leather backless halter top and four-inch Prada wedges, Kim Kardashian secretly married Damon Thomas at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas.

As Commander Reid Wiseman and his three crew flew over the dark side of the Moon to what NASA had said would be their maximum distance, their odometer continued ticking upwards.

Motorists will now be hit with £70 fines if they pass through six key points around Oxford without a permit - with locals warning the system will cripple businesses.

Aaron Maybank, 35, claimed he was drunk and high on drugs when he sexually abused a horse at Bradbourne Riding and Driving Centre in Sevenoaks

Adnaan Yassain, 38, admitted theft and dangerous driving in Birmingham city centre. The court heard he swiped a handbag containing clothes, an iPhone and £300 in cash

A fuming local was caught on camera dumping a pot of hot water on rioters after French protests surrounding students' teaching conditions and the cost of living descended into carnage

Buried in a statement from the UK Health Security Agency featuring literally everything you could every want to know about Ebola is a section about the disease's seriousness

US political group The Lincoln Project posted an image of a lettuce next to Katie Zacharia to see if she could outlast it, shortly before she was fired by Donald Trump

An Australian MP has been attacked outside her office and is in a critical condition, the country's prime minister Anthony Albanese has said.

Mutiny erupts in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad in an uncomfortable test for the Kremlin.

A flight from Tel Aviv has made an emergency landing in Bulgaria after a bomb threat.

Smaller maternity units, typically those delivering fewer than 2,000 babies a year, may need to close to protect patient safety, an NHS leader has warned.

Ten suspects have been arrested in connection with recent violence in the West Bank including attacks on an ​American ⁠photojournalist and European ⁠diplomats, Israeli police have said.

Dame Rachel De Souza's landmark report says children are being failed by a "postcode lottery".

The UK faces "economic catastrophe" with one million young people not in work or training, the prime minister says.

More property asking prices are being cut than at any time in 15 years, data shared with the BBC shows.

Gales are possible later this week as a deep low pressure system crosses the UK, but uncertainty remains whether impacts will be enough for it to be a named storm.

Antisocial behaviour on buses in England could lead to fines while a new campaign is also being launched for trains. A national campaign asking rail passengers "share the carriage, not the noise" is being launched.

Customers who use the online service have two weeks to complete the change or risk being 'locked out' of their accounts

The changes could add to the cost of living pressures.

Labour has been warned that "anyone with paramilitary experience is a big red flag" after it emerged the migrant was being housed at a UK camp.

As part of the alert, pharmacies have been told to ensure patients are advised to contact their prescriber and/or GP practice to reorder their medication on time.

All emergency services were at the scene of the incident as long queues continue to build this morning.