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.

Vadim Ermolaev, also known as Vadym Yermolaiev, was reportedly seriously hurt alongside his wife and teenage son when they were 'targeted' on Monday night.

The so-called 'land grab' by a millionaire insurance tycoon and his wife along Sandbanks' northern shore in Dorset put a stop to more than 80 years of public access to the beach there.

Billy Collard, a multi-millionaire property developer, will go on trial in August over an incident in Newcastle last September.

The sheer effrontery of it all is what sticks in my craw. Ten minutes after strolling back into Westminster, Andy Burnham announces that he intends to be PM for the next ten years.

Speaking for the first time about the horror in an exclusive interview with The Crime Desk, Alys has finally revealed the man she thinks is responsible for Lee Boxell's death.

England and Leeds United fan Michael Hewitt, also known as “Little Mick”, has gone missing after travelling to the US to watch the Three Lions in the US, but its believed he never made it to the country

The stadium suffered significant damage to its turnstiles and entrances due to heavy artillery fire and explosions as the conflict intensified, and a shell initially crashed into the arena

It was named after the remote coral reef where the US tested nuclear weapons during the Cold War. But that’s not the only thing explosive about the bikini…

Shabir Ahmed, 73, a key figure in the Rochdale grooming gang, is set to walk free from jail within days and will reportedly be allowed to stay in the UK despite having his citizenship removed

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will set out plans for a new independent body which officials say will prioritise cases in the public interest and high-harm offenders starting from late 2027

From tests to scans, and from going into labour to feeling your new baby's skin on yours for the first time - what happens at each stage of the maternity care journey is recorded by healthcare staff.

Three people have been seriously injured after a makeshift bomb detonated outside a residential building in Monaco.

Construction leaders are demanding urgent government action to help encourage housebuilding - warning that the industry is facing "a present-day emergency".

The man most likely to be the next prime minister says his devolution plans would "drive good growth in every postcode".

An independent inquiry into England's maternity services has found "unacceptable racism and discrimination" is affecting patient safety.

The changes mean the 15-year starting sentence could be increased to 25 years to be in line with other murders.

As parts of Europe continue to swelter in record temperatures, higher temperatures could develop again across the UK later this week, as Simon King explains.

The 29-year-old was arrested on Monday in connection with a glider bus which was set on fire on 9 June.

The supermarket's CEO has issued a significant update and outlined his vision for the future.

M25 traffic is building as drivers face long delays.

The 55-year-old was disgraced for her misconduct in managing the charitable foundation established in her father's name.

Have your say on the bombshell new plan.

Prosecutor Tom Little KC told jurors the partially blind defendant was a "predatory serial offender" with an extensive history of sexual offending.

More than 12 million working adults are being kept awake by worries about housing costs, new data reveals

Gary Pammen was left out of his father Terrance’s will when he died in 2022

Trump piles on pressure over plan as critics say it's 'too little too late'

The Reform UK leader is being investigated by the Commons sleaze watchdog over a multimillion-pound donation from Christopher Harborne

Rita Seymour, 79, says supermarket staff accused her of being ‘rude’ while trying to buy a Euromillions Lottery ticket