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.

Ali Bogle and husband Angus renovated a dilapidated house (pictured) in East Sussex and say the mansion tax will wreck their retirement plans.

When it begins to get dark at 4pm and the temperature drops below -1C in Britain, it can only mean one thing - the festive sandwich season is well and truly upon us.

The Chancellor bowed to Left-wing demands and shattered Labour's manifesto pledges on tax with a £13billion freeze on income tax and National Insurance thresholds lasting three years.

The United Nations (UN) has confirmed that Earth's planetary defenses will be observing the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it races through our solar system .

Salary sacrifice schemes allow workers to take a supposed 'pay cut', with the money paid into their pension or put towards some other benefit like childcare instead.

The mob boss, also known as 'Miami', was released from Dubai prison in September after being ordered to leave the UAE and never return over his connections to organised crime

A surge in whooping cough cases has claimed the lives of unvaccinated infants, as experts warn that plummeting vaccination rates are putting babies and vulnerable groups at grave risk

Maryam Ilyas is reported to have shared information with her partner, including intel on a plain-clothes operation, after failing to declare that she was in a relationship with him

Joshua Michals has told how he stabbed Zhe Wang after she came at with him with a knife looking 'demented' and 'possessed' as she believed she had contracted a sexually transmitted infection

The church volunteer took nude pictures of the girl and threatened to share them with her friends and classmates when she begged him to stop the abuse, a court was told

Over and over again, in the run-up to the election and beyond, the prime minister and the chancellor told voters they would not put up taxes on working people - that their manifesto plans for government were fully costed and, with the tax burden at a...

Hitchin in Hertfordshire does well in the polls.

Donald Trump has called for every Afghan national who entered the US under the Biden administration to be investigated following the shooting of two National Guard troops near the White House.

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over a deadly fire which engulfed a high-rise residential complex in Hong Kong.

Sticking to Labour's manifesto pledge and freezing income tax thresholds rather than raising income tax has hurt low- and middle-income earners, an influential thinktank has said.

The chancellor's Budget contained a slew of measures which will impact young people specifically.

The tribunal ruled the doctor's posts "may impact on patient confidence" in both her and the profession.

Formal identification has not taken place but police say Brian Wright's next of kin were informed.

A court found a health trust had failed to provide safe care for Ellame at Worthing Hospital.

The message, which was said to be deleted shortly after it was posted, also included a list of meet-up points.

The alarm was raised on 8am on Thursday.

It's the biggest store revamp John Lewis has carried out in four years.

Motorists faced rush hour nightmare traffic following the incident.

The hospitality sector could take a hit after the latest Budget announcements.

The doctor was allowed to continue treating patients despite the serious allegations.

It is down 69% year on year and the lowest annual figure since 2021

The number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in UK hotels rose 13 per cent between June and September, according to new Home Office data.

Appeal alongside Missing People charity to launch lifeline for young people in crisis hit more than £75,000 in donations over the weekend

Ms Reeves Budget was leaked half an hour before she was set to announce the Budget

Glyn Caddick fell ‘head first’ from a balcony during a building inspection