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.

Public parks are scorched yellow, fields have lost their emerald green shine and gardens up and down the UK are suffering under some of the hottest weather the nation has ever faced.

As hundreds of thousands of pupils picked up their results, maths entries were up 3.9 per cent, helping to drive top grades to a record high.

Woodward, now 48, was spotted shopping in Shropshire on August 1 as the 30th anniversary of the death of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen in Massachusetts approaches.

A passenger on the train that derailed in East Sussex has described how people and gadgets sailed through the air after a 'violent jolt'.

Hilton, 48, was taken to the hospital in Miami last Tuesday after the police received emergency calls alerting them to a potential suicide attempt.

A registered midwife has warned parents against a common mistake made during hot weather — leaving babies to sleep in just a nappy — as temperatures soar during the heatwave

Reform leader Nigel Farage has won the Clacton by-election but skipped the count, claiming police warned of a 'credible threat' - a suggestion which has been disputed

Kelly Dighton's social media tagline is 'from council estate to multi-millionaire' and the mum-of-three has opened up about the consequences of everyone knowing you have won £11.5million

David Kelly, 56, was jailed for ten months after becoming drunk and abusive on a Jet2 flight from Turkey to Newcastle, shouting racist abuse and performing a Nazi salute

Jeremy Tremaine Williams has been executed by lethal injection after being convicted of the rape and murder of five-year-old Kamarie Holland, who was sold to him by her own mother Kristy Siple

A mother who killed her baby daughter with heat from a hairdryer has been jailed for six years.

A petition set up to stop the killers of a police officer being released early from prison has now received more than one million signatures.

A shattered window through which a passenger was partially sucked out during a Ryanair flight last month was caused by broken engine parts, US investigators have said. 

Four people have died after heavy rain and flooding in Japan, with thousands more left stranded.

The family of a grandmother who was killed in her home using blunt-force are "desperate" for answers about how she died.

Nigel Farage triggered the Clacton by-election and the result was predictable - so what did he achieve?

The medical data of transplant patients from across the UK was sent over an unencrypted pager network.

Heatwave conditions continue on Friday in south-east England but it is turning fresher for all into the weekend.

Courtney Gartshore, 28, used the appliance to subject three-month-old Dahlia-Rose to "significant and sustained heat" on her head and body

Britain's Amy Hunt charges to 200m glory to secure her second European Championships gold medal - but the sprinter has her sights set on a historic quadruple in Birmingham.

Met Office maps show much fresher conditions moving in by Monday.

"These exciting improvements will enhance the experience for everyone who visits," said said Councillor Geraldine Woods.

The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that the bones were human, with an investigation still underway at the south London home

Six homes have been gutted in the massive blaze that fire crews think will take days to extinguish.

Nothing feels better than sinking into your own bed, but the sound it makes can steal your peace in seconds

Two people have been seriously injured in the incident as the RAIB are investigating the cause of the derailment

Police federation chiefs condemned the government’s decision not to block the killers as ‘outrageous’

Five homes have been destroyed in the blaze, which broke out in an adjacent field

Only two of the 34 candidates secured enough votes to take back their deposit

Midlands Fire Service has said 14 fire engines remain at the scene