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UK prisons: overcrowding and reoffending – is the system broken?
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. 


UK care homes face ban on recruiting staff from overseas
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. 


Bradford Kashmiris on India-Pakistan conflict
The events in Kashmir have ramifications here in the UK, not least in Bradford, where more than a quarter of people identify as Pakistani. 


Reform out to dismantle UK diversity programmes
We report from Doncaster where the council is now controlled by Reform.


How significant was the Sycamore Gap tree?
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.

Daily Mail

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:59:26 GMT
At 54, I'm glad I've cut my parents out of my life - but there isn't a day goes by when I don't feel guilty. This is why
That's the funny thing about grief - you can never anticipate its arrival. And yet the fact is, neither of my parents are dead. The reason they are not in my life is because I have chosen to exclude them.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:58:44 GMT
Eat MORE red meat and butter. Cut BACK on breakfast cereal. The radical new diet rules that turn decades of advice on its head - and why we might all have to rethink what we eat
After decades of telling ­people to shun red meat and fear butter, the US government has unveiled new guidelines that turn that ­conventional nutrition advice on its head.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:58:17 GMT
Donald Trump condemns Starmer's 'great stupidity' for giving away Chagos Islands in 'act of total weakness'
Mr Trump used his anger over Diego Garcia to justify yet again why the United States should be handed Greenland, urging Denmark and his European allies to 'do the right thing'.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:42:23 GMT
Sir Keir Starmer opens the door to Australia-style social media ban for under-16s to see off major backbench rebellion
The Government has announced plans to consult on banning social media for under-16s just weeks after the Prime Minister said he opposed such a restriction.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:25:10 GMT
How recollections vary over Brooklyn Beckham's claim his mother cancelled making Nicola Peltz's wedding dress at the 'eleventh hour': Bride's stylist said gown was a 'year in the making'
Brooklyn Beckham's claim that his mother pulled out of designing Nicola Peltz's wedding dress at the 'eleventh hour' is seemingly at odds with an account given by the bride's stylist. 

Daily Star

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:01:44 +0000
Meghan Markle's Netflix show 'cancelled' after Duchess makes four-word complaint
Meghan Markle's 'With Love, Meghan' show never really hit the heights she probably longed for, and now it seems as though Netflix has taken drastic action to save face

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:58:04 +0000
Brazen 'hug' thief laughs at victim in court and celebrates with 'lucky bonus' scratchcard
Nerissa Powell was handed a community order after she hugged a Liverpool student and stole his £8,000 gold chain before selling it for £3,000 at a pawn shop in 2024

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:57:35 +0000
Boy, 15, wore 'fake smiles' before tragic death as family not told bail had elapsed
Tyrique Jemaa was tragically found dead at home after being found with a mobile phone at school, which breached his bail conditions, but the restrictions had already elapsed but no one had informed the family, the inquest heard

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:42:36 +0000
Major coffee chain with 2,600 UK stores to close major branch TODAY as locals gutted
Despite there being around 2,600 branches of Costa Coffee in the UK, locals in Melton Mowbray will have to travel nearly nine miles to get thier fix after today's closure

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:13:10 +0000
Trump blasts Starmer over 'act of great stupidity' that shows UK's 'total weakness'
Donald Trump has slammed Sir Keir Starmer and the UK's decision to to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as he claims it is another reason why the US should get Greenland

Sky News

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:22:00 +0000
Mum says home is a 'prison' after 25,000 tonnes of waste dumped next door
A mother has told Sky News how her home has become a "prison" which forced her eight-year-old son to move out - after 25,000 tonnes of illegally dumped waste burned for nine days last year.

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:09:00 +0000
A chance to negotiate as Trump heads to Davos - but Starmer is the odd one out
This time last year Donald Trump was beamed into Davos from Washington to deliver a virtual address that put business and political leaders on notice; the free-trading, liberal economic model, reaffirmed and celebrated every January at the World Econ...

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:42:00 +0000
Beth Rigby: NATO faces crisis - I've never seen PM look so grave
An emergency news conference in the Downing Street briefing room and the prime minister the gravest I've seen.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0000
M&S technology chief quits less than a year after cyber attack
Another of Marks & Spencer's (M&S) most senior technology executives is leaving the company less than a year after its operations were devastated by a cyber attack.

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:18:00 +0000
'Nowhere to hide': Water firms face industry shake-up
The creaking water industry is set for a "once-in-a-generation set of reforms", the government has said as it proposes new legislation to overhaul the system.

UK BBC

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:55:10 GMT
UK's Chagos Islands deal an 'act of great stupidity', Trump says
The US president said it was "another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired".

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:30:00 GMT
UK to consult on social media ban for under 16s
The government said it expected schools to be "phone-free by default" as a result of the announcement.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 01:31:46 GMT
The hospitals where waiting times are getting worse. Is yours one of them?
Nearly a quarter of hospital trusts in England have seen waiting times deteriorate in the past year.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:43:17 GMT
Water companies to face regular MOT-style checks in industry shake-up
The government says the industry will have "nowhere to hide", but campaigners say the reforms do not go far enough.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:26:16 GMT
Wage growth slows as number of people employed falls
Official figures show that the pace of private sector wage growth slowed to the lowest rate in five years.

UK Daily Express

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:43:00 +0000
Businessman saves 25 million Lego bricks from landfill - this is how he does it
A business has saved millions of Lego bricks from landfill by re-selling them.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0000
Brits sent horror WW3 warning by Army chief - get ready to fight America
The former General has warned that the UK must be prepared for conflict as the split within the special relationship deepens.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:55:00 +0000
Boy found stabbed to death in UK town as police issue appeal to public
Police have urged people with information to come forward.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:47:00 +0000
Five of the UK's top allies raise security fears over China's 'mega embassy' plan
The Government is set to formally decide on Tuesday whether to grant approval for the huge new embassy close to the Tower of London.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:04:00 +0000
M62 traffic LIVE: Chaos on major motorway as 'broken down machinery' sparks delays
One lane was shut down following the incident.

UK Independent

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:52:16 GMT
Global markets rattled as Donald Trump issues Greenland and tariff threats
US financial markets were closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Jr Day

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:44:57 GMT
Trump’s latest attack on UK ‘not normal’, says top Starmer ally after Chagos U-turn
Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Britain’s plan to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:39:10 GMT
Chagos U-turn shows Starmer may not be the ‘Trump whisperer’ after all
Political editor David Maddox was in the Oval Office when Trump gave his blessing to Starmer for the Chagos deal, but now the US president has changed his mind as the row over Greenland spirals out of control

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:35:12 GMT
Watch live: US Speaker Mike Johnson addresses MPs after Donald Trump launches tirade against UK
Watch live as Mike Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, addresses Parliament on Tuesday, 20 January.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:35:03 GMT
‘In a volatile world, Britain stands out’: Reeves to try to turn Trump tariffs into an opportunity for UK business
The chancellor and business secretary will both be attending Davos with a message that the UK ‘offers the stability’ that businesses need to invest amid increasing global volatility

UK Telegraph

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 08:30:49 GMT
Ambulance strike dates: When they are and what to do if you need emergency help

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 08:17:55 GMT
Mass flight cancellations at Heathrow as temperatures plunge to lowest in a decade

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 07:25:44 GMT
Nurses strike: Dates of NHS walkouts and which areas are affected

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 07:25:17 GMT
Teachers strikes: When will they take place, will all schools close and what will be disrupted?

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 04:49:32 GMT
Police hunt hit-run driver after six people hurt in North London crash

UK Times

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