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.

Premium Bond holders in certain pockets of the country are consistently luckier and win more prizes than in other areas, we can reveal.

You Can See Everything offers an intimate look at Holmes's final days at home before she surrendered to serve an 11-year sentence.

The dark specks of blood on her pillow were the gruesome giveaway. Hannah Stephenson had woken up at a Travelodge in Cambridge with itchy arms - and when she saw red trails across the hotel bedding, 'I realised suddenly what it was'.

The contrast simply couldn't have been starker. In the rain-swept quadrangle at Windsor Castle, the King stoically undertook a high-profile State Visit at the request of the Government.

So Eamonn Holmes's girlfriend Katie Alexander has been given her marching orders from the £5,000-a-month rented luxury London penthouse apartment she shared with her TV boyfriend.

The wife of Mateusz Chmura, a bodybuilder who sadly died after collapsing at the PCA British Finals at the Telford International Centre, has spoken out after a fake fundraiser was started

The Everton-loving Prime Minister said he hates VAR as much as the next football fan because it 'kills the spontaneity' of celebrations. He believes it 'hasn't levelled things up'

Former crime enforcer Paul Ferris was laid to rest at a funeral near Glasgow this week. Here, we take a look at other gangland-related services over the years

Military experts have warned which UK group would be first called up if Britain introduces conscription during a major conflict or WW3 scenario

Shakira has entered the list of the most popular dog names for 2026 as celebrity-inspired names see a huge boom

An Australian MP hit by a car has had both of her legs amputated, her husband has said.

A man has been arrested in Pakistan and accused of running a counterfeit postage operation costing the US Postal Service $126m (£94m).

Nigeria has recorded its first case of Ebola during the current outbreak, the country's health ministry has said - as the virus continues to spread internationally. 

Exceeding a key global climate target is now "imminent and unavoidable", United Nations (UN) scientists have warned.

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Influential Labour figures had been pushing for equalising CGT and income tax, but critics have said this could drive wealthy people out of Britain.

The changes come after concerns that penalties issued by private providers are too harsh and leave motorists unfairly punished.

The families of the victims of Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane had been campaigning for the change.

Small firms cite labour costs as a key factor in scaling back hiring, the Office for National Statistics says.

A report finds women who were forced into prostitution as teenagers, advertised online, drugged and moved through cities.

Landlords are reportedly being offered rents of up to twice the market rate.

State pensions will rise by almost £500 next year, according to the release of new figures.

The inflation figure for September will be published later today .

Extra security has reportedly been installed at the home where Ann Widdecombe was found dead in July, with large wooden gates now blocking the entrance to the property in Haytor

A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 47-year-old woman from North Cornelly died in hospital following an incident in Bridgend