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.

Donald Trump's inner circle expressed frustration with the President's focus heading into the midterms, in addition to the GOP's candidate selection and poorly spent campaign funds.

The Duchess of Sussex's half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr, 60, has reportedly told the FBI the location of two storage units at a site in Los Angeles.

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Carl Robinson, 49, was one of several people arrested when around 800 officers raided 24 properties across London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk in September.

I'll never forget the horrifying moment I realised my in-laws weren't big drinkers. It was the first time we were meeting back in 2020.

Botched lethal injection survivor Christa Pike may face the electric chair as Tennessee's newly elected governor vows to push ahead with executions

Alison Moore followed through on her threat to make her husband 'eat s***' after she wrestled him onto the bed before smearing the poo into his mouth in a violent attack

Experts are warning that the US President may try to divert attention away from his crushing elections massacre by becoming even more aggressive on foreign policy

Chaos unfolded at an airport in Florida after a man allegedly pulled down his pants to urinate in the direction of a family who were waiting to board a flight. Lawrence Raben was arrested

Patrick Lynch has been named as the father who allegedly threw his children, just six and eight, to their deaths from a building in Pennsylvania before making the fatal jump himself

All news is local now. I suppose that's one lesson from my encounter with Abdul El-Sayed.

An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome was diverted to Normandy after a bomb alert, the French prime minister’s office said.

The embattled owner of Poundland has parachuted in a team of top London lobbyists as it faces intensifying political pressure over the discount retailer's fate.

A 31-year-old woman has become the third person to be charged after a police officer was shot in the foot at a bus stop in Nottingham city centre.

The UK has agreed to engage in "structured, time-bound, inclusive and good-faith" talks that address the "historical harms" of the transatlantic slave trade, Commonwealth leaders have said.

Most analysts are predicting an increase from 3.75% to 4%, the first increase in more than three years.

British diplomats are looking to offer reassurance that there is a sense of urgency to deal with the issue, even if a date for doing so is not yet confirmed, Chris Mason writes.

Vickrum Digwa, who was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Henry Nowak, appeals his sentence.

Pound reaches highest level against a basket of currencies since the Brexit referendum a decade ago.

The final piece in a £2bn rail project is late, with less than half of the trains tested.

Tensions between Russia and the West continue to rise.

The case has been sent to crown court after magistrates decided that their sentencing powers were not sufficient.

The two men are understood to have been dressed in black and wearing balaclavas when they approached the boy.

Britain has agreed to engage in "structured, time-bound, inclusive and good-faith" talks addressing the "historical harms" of the transatlantic slave trade

Chicken-flavoured snacks and meat-free Pot Noodles could all fall foul of new European Union labelling rules that Britain has agreed to follow.