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.

They call him 'our thief'. He's well-known to the residents of St Maur Road, Parsons Green, in South West London. They have photos and doorbell videos of him nicking parcels from their doorsteps.

As Andy Burnham returns to Westminster today to face MPs for the first time since he became Prime Minister, the Conservative leader announced a significant shake-up of her Shadow Cabinet.

Locals cleared the fly-tipping, planted flowers, shrubs and fruit trees to grow apples and pears, and even cultivated a mature grapevine with the aim of creating their own speciality wine.

Mr Burnham worked up a sweat as he prepares to make his Commons debut following the summer recess. The premier could be in for a torrid time, with anger mounting over the early release scheme.

A squirming Vladimir Putin has been told to halt his war in Ukraine for the sake of humanity during a meeting in Kyrgyzstan with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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It's a big day in the Burnham household, as Andy Burnham will make his Commons debut as PM later today, calling for greater public control over essential services and more

Johnpaul Digweed was serving a 25-year prison sentence for supplying vast amounts of cocaine and heroin using EncroChat when he was found hanged in his cell at HMP Garth, in Lancashire, in April 2024

The woman, who hosts live nude webcams as a side hustle, is understood to have been 'tipped generously' for the lewd act next to the frozen goods

The M25 is closed anti-clockwise between J11 near Ottershaw and J10 near Cobham following a serious collision, with Gatwick and Heathrow travellers warned of delays

A man has been charged with murder over a house fire which killed a young girl and her aunt.

"I'm one of the only living eyewitnesses to Tupac's killing, who also knows the much larger story around the reasons why both Tupac and Biggie were killed."

Storm names for the year ahead are released by the Met Office every September after input from the public.

The families of PC Matthew Blades and PC Thomas Clough will share around £1.25m in fundraising.

A girl, 7, and her aunt died in the blaze in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, on Wednesday.

The government says £110m has been fast-tracked from existing budgets to speed up the building of new cells.

The chief rabbi and Angela Rayner are among speakers at the event, nearly a year on from the attack.

Tuesday 1 September marks the start of the UK storm season and a new list of storm names have been released including Austen, Chloe and Evelyn.

This year's jab has a few tweaks, including changes to better combat last year's Super-K strain.

One local said her 'blood just boiled' after seeing a tree being felled at the site.

Pet owners should be aware of the law to avoid facing huge penalties.

Blake Nilssen, then 10-months-old, was left with second-degree burns and passed out from the pain following the incident at Little Dreams Nursery in Aberdeen

The teenager remains in hospital.

Police said the annual celebration went off 'largely without incident' despite hundreds of arrests in the capital.

Many bank and finance apps have AI tools embedded to help you manage, move or control your money better

Katharine Hoskyns claims there is just one neighbour who objects to her garden

Man, 23, scheduled to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court later today

The chancellor insisted he is ‘100 per cent’ committed to spending three per cent of GDP on defence

‘Just like in defence, the US is the UK’s most important economic partner’, John Healey insisted