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.

The Denza Z9GT is available to order this month and promises blistering performance and jaw-dropping charging times. We've driven it to find out if its worth the £100k price tag.

Chris Jackson's name may not be instantly familiar, but there's a good chance you'd recognise some of the iconic pictures he's taken of the British royal family .

Jordan Herring, 22, threw his girlfriend from the fourth floor of Merton House in Solihull, Birmingham, shortly after 11.20pm on November 12 2022.

Images taken on Monday showed the overloaded dinghy floating on the coast at Dunkirk, with another making its way towards the UK further ahead in the distance.

Conservatives are expressing outrage after Donald Trump posted an image of portraying himself as Jesus Christ, forcing fractures among his evangelical base.

Rosemary Hook, 29, needed plasma therapy after she was left bedbound with 'alien-looking' skin after a move to London saw her eczema get rapidly worse

Ian Huntley, who was serving a life sentence for the 2002 murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, died in hospital on March 7 after being attacked in prison

The adult star has opened up about her relationship with her new boyfriend and says he fully supports her x-rated career and understands its "just a job"

SunExpress flight XQ593 was forced to turn around just minutes after take-off from Manchester Airport, with the plane returning amid a passenger medical emergency

An estimated 1.3million Russian soldiers have died in Putin's war in Ukraine. As the nation mourns, a debate about taking food left as an Easter offering to the dead has emerged

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will today be accused of "corrosive complacency" on defence, in a damning intervention by the lead author of their own defence review.

Eleven police officers are being investigated over the handling of a car crash in July 2023 that killed two schoolgirls.

It's three weeks out from the May elections, and Nigel Farage's tour of Britain is in full flow.

Crime gangs are continuing to "operate with impunity" in HMP Manchester, according to a damning report.

A man who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been charged with attempted murder.

Lord George Robertson, a former Labour defence secretary, will use a speech to accuse "non-military experts in the Treasury" of "vandalism".

The families of Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau, who died at an end-of-term tea party, say the initial investigation was flawed.

There are questions over whether local taxpayers are picking up any of the bill for policing the visit.

The BBC spoke to people in Sydney to hear their thoughts on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s trip to Australia.

Sade, Phil Collins, Billy Idol and Joy Division/New Order are also among the recipients.

Ian Huntley was serving a life sentence for the 2002 murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman at the time of his death.

A Cornish village is locked in a dispute with squatters living on an abandoned estate who claim they are protecting it from vandals

In a disturbing interview during the search, Soham killer Ian Huntley made a chilling comment about victim Jessica Chapman which revealed his guilt

Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were best friends murdered by school caretaker Ian Huntley - the killer died after being attack in prison last month

At least 5,136 people have entered the UK so far this year on small boats.

UK councils will get an extra £41m in funding to crack down on ‘rogue landlords’ in preparation for the new Renters Rights Act

Councils are required to publish reports showing they are spending all their highways cash purely on road maintenance, with long-term plans for protecting roads

In a damning assessment of the PM’s military strategy, the Labour peer and former defence secretary will warn: ‘We are underprepared. We are underinsured. We are under attack. We are not safe’

The industry chief says stores have ‘taken the opportunity to expand their margins’

The late Queen would have turned 100 on 21 April this year