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.

As he remembers that fateful night, Frank Bruno's voice drops. His shoulders lift slightly, as though bracing. The hands that had once thrown punches capable of stopping men cold now fidget in his lap.

Sharon, 73, had previously crossed paths with the Commander-in-Chief when she appeared on his NBC show, The Celebrity Apprentice, in 2010.

It's one of the most famous shopping thoroughfares in the country, housing top retailers and including the historic flagship branch of high end furniture store Heal's.

Wes Streeting took to social media to praise the newly elected socialist mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, heralding a victory that held 'lessons for progressives'.

As rumours of a leadership challenge swirled at Westminster, friends of the beleaguered Prime Minister claimed any new leader would 'need their own mandate' from the voters.

Jamica Mills, 32, is accused of shooting dead her friend Ariel Spillner, 26, after the pair smoked weed together and she became paranoid that she was going to stab her

Drivers on the M1 were strongly advised to steer clear of the area as traffic began to mount and significant hold-ups were anticipated - it comes after a vehicle veered off the road

Two people have been killed and at least 18 others have been injured after a truck ploughed into crowds at a busy outdoor market in South Korea's Bucheon city, in the Seoul metropolitan area

Several major motorways are closed, bringing a myriad of chaos to the British commute this morning, as crashes and flooding are causing headaches across the board

Drinking an 'internal shower' is just three simple ingredients supposedly 'cleanses' your insides - but people are being warned to be careful about the side effects when doing the trend

A damning independent report into the failings by the various authorities who came into contact with Sara Sharif has said the 10-year-old should never have been placed in the care of her father and stepmother, describing the killers as a "lethal comb...

Thousands of documents from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein have been released, which reference Donald Trump, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson among others.

A man has been charged with murdering a pensioner who was found with fatal injuries at a flat in Northamptonshire.

The UK's economic slowdown gathered further momentum during the third quarter of the year with growth of just 0.1%, according to an early official estimate that makes horrific reading for the chancellor.

Sir Keir Starmer's communications chief Tim Allan owns a minority stake in a lobbying firm and still discusses government activity with a senior consultant at the company, Sky News can reveal.

Ed Miliband and Wes Streeting are urging the PM to take action over briefings to media about a challenge to his leadership.

The 0.1% growth was pulled down by issues in the manufacturing industry, official figures show.

Scottish ministers wants to use bonds to raise money from investors to fund infrastructure projects.

The former prince's reaction when he heard about a newspaper inquiry was among more than 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein's estate, including some mentioning Trump.

Treasure finds in England have reached a record high according to provisional government figures.

The local councillor called the security alert a "disgraceful attack on a community".

Brenda Miles was given just two days' notice to leave her care home.

Amelia and Billy sold up their five-bed house in UK to move their family of five

The PM is a man-shaped vacuum. There's nothing there.

Loretta Alvarez said she would "never intentionally" leave rubbish out.

The former England captain lends his support to The Independent’s SafeCall appeal with the charity Missing People, launched to raise £165,000 for a new lifeline for the 70,000 children reported missing each year

Concern around the Labour leadership has deepened ahead of Rachel Reeves’s Budget on 26 November

At 15, Chereece Bateson was missing almost every day while living in care. Now 24, she tells Tara Cobham why she’s helping to build a new service designed to stop other children from falling through the cracks

US president Donald Trump has given BBC until Friday to respond to his lawsuit threat

Aysel Gencay has lost a court battle over her mother’s will