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.

Pro-Palestine activists have vandalised Winston Churchill's statue with slogans including 'Zionist war criminal', 'Stop the Genocide', 'Never again is Now', 'Globalise the Intifada.

Angela Rayner called for 'change' as critics insisted Keir Starmer is personally culpable for the 'worst possible' result in Gorton & Denton.

Soham killer Ian Huntley suffered serious injuries after being assaulted this morning at HMP Frankland in County Durham, a Category A jail for hundreds of murderers, rapists and terrorists.

The former teaching assistant was granted lifelong anonymity under her new identity, having served half of her prison sentence.

The 52-year-old, who is serving life in prison for the murder of two 10-year-old girls in 2002, was attacked while working in the waste management workshop at HMP Frankland.

The inmate suspected of attacking child killer Ian Huntley in HMP Frankland has been named and pictured as Anthony Russell, a triple killer who raped a pregnant woman

The Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square was defaced in the early hours with pro-Palestine slogans including 'Zionist war criminal' and 'Stop the Genocide'

More than 70 tigers have died at two Tiger Kingdom wildlife parks in Chiang Mai, Thailand, within just 10 days, with visitors who may have been exposed now being monitored by health authorities

Donna Ellis and Elisa Smith punched and kicked victim until she lost consciousness outside The Black Garter pub, leaving her with broken nose and fractured septum

After surviving a horrific accident that left her with severe burns, multiple toe amputations, and years in a wheelchair, Katya Komleva, 34, is now defying the odds by training to become a professional surfer

The statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Parliament Square in Westminster was defaced overnight with "Zionist war criminal" and other graffiti.

In a wide-ranging interview, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Sky News he is ready to meet Vladimir Putin for talks and will do anything to bring about peace.

As the deadline looms for a leading AI lab to hand over its tech to the US military, a study has appeared suggesting AI models are more than willing to go nuclear in wargames.

Iran has offered to never stockpile nuclear material and will reduce its current stockpile to "almost nothing", in return for elimination of sanctions,  according to sources close to the high-stakes talks which took place indirectly with the US ...

It was never going to be a meeting of minds.

In her acceptance speech, Hannah Spencer said she was “no different from every single person in this constituency”.

The prime minister is facing questions about whether Labour's focus on Reform left them exposed among some of their regular supporters.

The new review brings together the strongest evidence to date on collagen supplementation, say experts.

While some parts of the country have had a very wet winter and significant flooding, others have actually been drier than normal as Ben Rich explains.

The admission comes after MPs said they were concerned about emissions from a boom in data centres.

Barclays is offering a £400 cash bonus to new customers who switch to a specific Barclays current account and meet certain criteria

This comes despite the retailer's plans to refurbish 40 stores in 2026.

There are only six weeks left to go for the Bill to be passed through the House of Lords.

Meanwhile, nearly 50% of rough sleepers in London are not British.

For too long, left-wing extremists have been given a free pass on the streets of Britain. Their dangerous, racist and destructive actions must be stopped now.

The former deputy PM said the government must ‘be braver’ following a humiliating defeat

New Green Party MP Hannah Spencer said she had “targeted misinformation” directed at her in the build-up to the by-election in Gorton and Denton.

Officials to trawl through more than two decades of defence records linked to the late paedophile financier

The London pensioners said the 17-storey tower ‘substantially’ reduced their natural light

Ofwat confirmed that household water bills would increase by an average of 5.4 per cent from April