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.

Footage shows fireworks being set off in Birmingham city centre as police battle to regain control amidst scenes of chaos and disruption.

Abdoulaye N., 39, nicknamed 'Doudou Cross Bitume', was arrested on October 29 and faces preliminary charges of theft by an organised gang and criminal conspiracy.

Scammers have swindled money from one in five adults in the past year, a worrying report today reveals.

Rachel Reeves is expected to announce that EVs will be charged 3p per mile on top of other road taxes, as Treasury sources disclosed to the Mail yesterday.

Isaiah Ishmael Idris, 17, was slashed across the face as he travelled on the Docklands Light Railway in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Schoolboy, Isaiah Ishmael Idris, 17, was slashed across the face during the Huntingdon train rampage earlier this month - the sixth form student is the nephew of the Brit-born Hollywood star

The UPS cargo jet that crashed in Kentucky, killing 12 people, had its engine rip away during takeoff, investigators have said as the death toll from the crash after the plane took off from Louisville's Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday e...

Bonfire Night saw chaos reign supreme in a number of UK towns and cities with kids engaging in anti-social behaviour such as throwing fire works at police, firefighters and even a baby

Kyle Bevan was jailed for life after brutally murdering two-year-old Lola James in a "sustained, deliberate and very violent" attack at a house in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in 2020

A believed to be unofficial Bonfire Night event resulted in children suffering burn related injuries from fireworks last night as police and ambulance crews raced to Scarborough beach

Expensive, noisy and eight years late, but the British Army finally has a new armoured fighting vehicle that troops could deploy to Ukraine in the event of any peace deal.

Don't be led by what appears to be obvious.

The term "vibe coding" has been named the Collins Word of the Year for 2025, beating contenders like "clanker", "glaze" and "aura farming".

'Pirates' firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades have boarded a tanker off the coast of Somalia on Thursday, according to reports.

One of Britain's most versatile and acclaimed character actors has said new performers now need to be backed by the "bank of mummy and daddy" to reach the big time.

Calling himself "the accountant", the fixer told undercover reporters how he could “confuse” immigration enforcement.

The BBC's Ed Thomas confronted Kardos Mateen, who is at the centre of an illegal worker network.

Problems in the prisons and the courts are not new but they are growing and the government doesn't have a grip on them.

A BBC investigation finds that a host of areas in England are closing waiting lists and others are rationing care.

Winners include a project for making the Atlantic Forest financially viable and a global ocean treaty initiative

Mr Lowe accused the former MP of "destroying London".

A Barnsley couple were found dead together in bed by the man's mother, with a positive pregnancy test beside them.

Paramedics and police officers reportedly responded to the incident.

A 36-year-old was charged with one count of rape and one count of attempted rape.

The man said "it was a case of fight or flight".

Platform partnering with Women’s Aid and City Hall to launch London pilot

Robert Jenrick has expressed a lack of confidence in David Lammy and said the deputy prime minister’s performance at PMQs was a ‘disgrace’

The current base rate is 4% but analysts are split over whether another cut is incoming

Home Office acknowledges victims were ‘criminalised for actions that occurred under duress, fear and coercion’

Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole) says measure could shore up employment and protect Treasury revenues.