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.

The first impact came two weeks in. After a year of suffering from painful acid reflux in the mornings, it just disappeared.

'There was a time I wanted to die because it felt that would be the only way to get away from him,' the mother-of-two murmured. 'I felt trapped.'

Luke Perret, 31, has been told he has just nine months to knock down the property he spent three years building.

A common political misrepresentation is to describe those plotting to take over from Sir Keir Starmer as being of the 'soft Left'.

Britain has demonstrated its flagship drone swarming technology for the first time, simulating strikes on a Russian tank.

The Met Office has issued a snow forecast for five areas across Scotland this week, with weather maps showing cooler temperatures moving in across northern regions of the UK

Police were called to Manchester Airport after the flight captain raised concerns about two cabin crew members' fitness to perform their duties just hours before the flight

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has accused Labour of being "completely distracted by political infighting" as candidates jostle to replace Keir Starmer, while families struggle with the cost-of-living crisis

More than 2.3 million MOT tests were studied and the results showed a 25% difference in pass rates between the best and worst-performing electric vehicles - with the Renault Zoe recording a pass rate of just 71.4%, according to research

President Donald Trump shared Queen Camilla's reaction to his newly renovated Oval Office during a speech at The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner in Florida on Friday, May 1

Rudy Giuliani is in critical but stable condition in hospital, according to President Donald Trump and the former New York City mayor's spokesman.

At least 12 people are being treated in hospital after a shooting at a party in Oklahoma.

The NHS is introducing a one-minute jab that could help tens of thousands of cancer patients.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been taken to hospital after feeling unwell at Old Trafford before Manchester United's game against Liverpool.

A woman and a man have been killed in an explosion after a reported domestic-related incident, police have said.

The UK is "discussing participating" in a £78bn (€90bn) European Union loan scheme to support Ukraine, the prime minister says.

Thousands of patients will be offered a new injectable form of an immunotherapy drug that takes minutes.

Ashkan Asadian said he acted on the spur of the moment without thinking about the danger of the situation.

The residential area of Bristol where two people died in an explosion is declared safe by police.

The BBC has been speaking to people living in one of England's poorest communities.

The huge brewer has around 2,500 pubs, restaurants and hotels across England, Wales and Scotland.

Shocked Suzie Cavadino has been issued a council planning enforcement notice.

The firm was founded by a fisherman in Lincolnshire three decades ago, selling fish, crustaceans and molluscs to retailers across Europe.

The colleagues were above the limit for working on a plane.

It comes amid financial strain impacting the hospitality industry.

The Labour Party can trace its roots back to Bradford but this city, which has battled deindustrialisation, could be about to move on from it, as Dan Haygarth finds out

Opening hours for the UK’s largest stores change on bank holidays

It comes months after Guinness prices were predicted to rise by 5.2 per cent

Avon and Somerset Police were called to a ‘domestic-related incident’ at the address

Government raised the terrorism threat in the UK from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’