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.

Organised crime gangs are invading farms and intimidating the owners to stage illegal hare coursing events, a shocking investigation has revealed.

It is now more than two years since 'this incident' sent Jennifer's life into freefall, and over a year since The Mail on Sunday broke her astonishing story, igniting a national debate.

Last September Rachel Reeves, then still the all-powerful Chancellor, sealed her fate with Andy Burnham. He issued a radical call for Britain to stop being 'in hock to the bond markets'.

Keir Starmer's allies are vowing to hold the new Prime Minister's feet to the fire over his stated ambition to unleash the biggest changes in UK politics for 40 years.

In 2010, Labour MP Andy Slaughter posed with Hamas officials alongside Jeremy Corbyn while on a visit to the West Bank, a move condemned at the time by Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) as 'shocking'.

He says the biggest battle is 'in his head' as he focuses on making memories

Putin has been urged to 'freeze' the Ukraine war by Kazakhstan's president Tokayev, a key ally who said he had received 'many signals' from Europe and the USA calling for an end to the conflict

James Thomas, 30, from Swansea, was fined and ordered to pay compensation for criminal damage after smashing a taxi window during a fare row on his first 'baby-free night'

The new PM was coy when asked if he trusted Trump but said he would be prepared to call him out to defend Britain's "national interest before anything else" if it is the right thing to do

Former governor of HMP Wormwood Scrubs Vanessa Frake has responded to reports that Preston Davey's killer Jamie Varley has changed his name to give him more anonymity

Anthony Joshua has won his comeback bout against Kristian Prenga with a second-round knockout.

Residents are "upset, angry and frustrated" over evacuation orders in a Highlands village and smoke from a nearby wildfire that has been called "apocalyptic".

The UK is set for its fourth heatwave next week - and it may not be the last of the summer.

An employee at a Dublin museum has been charged with possession of explosives after an alleged car bomb was intercepted by Irish police near the border with Northern Ireland.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has recorded more than 3,000 confirmed cases of Ebola, as it continues to battle the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history.

Speaking exclusively to the BBC, the prime minister says he had a good first conversation with the US president and insists "you have to defend your own national interest".

The new prime minister told Laura Kuenssberg that people "voted for a manifesto" that he would honour, when pressed on whether there will be an early general election.

Britain Means Business, owned by the party’s deputy leader Richard Tice, made two donations of £250,000 in the run-up to the 2024 general election.

Temperatures are forecast to surge next week as another UK heatwave begins.

Three 15-year-olds tell the BBC how their outlook changed after one week in the world of work.

Veterans are being asked to pay back hundreds of thousands of pounds after the Ministry of Defence made a disastrous error in pension payments.

The eatery's parent company is completely exiting the branded standalone restaurant market, bringing an end to the historic 52-year-old steakhouse chain.

Criminal gangs have been targeting UK farms as they organise illegal bloodsport events, with prizes of £50,000 given to winners in these banned games.

A staggering £226million was lost in the year to March due to fraud abroad.

In early 2023, supermarkets imposed limits of three on various salad items and vegetables when bad weather affected supplies of crops grown abroad.

The police complaints watchdog said Hertfordshire Constabulary made ‘several errors’ after Scott Gough was found dead just one day after a gang appeared at his home

Long-awaited rainfall this weekend will be followed by more hot weather, forecasters say

Parents pay tribute to “full of love” daughter Jenna Chan, who was killed on a school trip nearly two years ago. James C. Reynolds reports

Ocular melanoma affects about 750 people a year in the UK but doesn’t always cause symptoms - making eye tests vital for spotting it

In an interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, the new prime minister vowed to stand up to Trump and find the money to invest in defence