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.

Panettiere, known for her roles on the hit NBC series Heroes and musical drama Nashville, was remembered as 'an incredible light and a force of nature.'

It was just before 6pm on January 13, 2021, and I was working from home. 'I'm going for a run,' my partner Jack Ryan, 29, told me and, without looking up from my computer, I replied: 'OK.'

Waterloo Place in London boasts several monuments connected to the Empire, including John Bell's beautiful memorial to the Allies' victory in the Crimean War. In April, another statue appeared...

What a benign revolution. Suddenly, all the main parties are talking of constraining the welfare budget. First the Conservatives came up with a plan for £23billion in savings.

Last week it was reported a 19-year-old American law student living in London had died after taking a weight-loss drug containing tirzepatide - the active ingredient in NHS-approved Mounjaro.

New research has showed that more than half of UK students now combine different takeaway orders to create unusual mash-up meals

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Liberal Democrat MP Munira Wilson is seeking to close a 'dangerous' legislative gap by criminalising the possession, sale and manufacture of child-like sex dolls

Five people died and four people were seriously injured after a horror head-on collision occurred on the motorway in the early hours of Sunday (August 16) in County Kildare

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Bruke Desalagne, 33, dragged his elderly victim behind a wall where he subjected him to a 20-minute rape ordeal outside a north London church. He has now been convicted

Emergency services rushed to the scene at 4.10am on August 17 after three lorries and a car were involved in a serious collision on the M6 in North Staffordshire

US actress Hayden Panettiere - best known for her roles in the TV series Heroes and Nashville - has died aged 36.

The oil and gas industry has urged Andy Burnham to approve two controversial North Sea developments as a public consultation on the UK's largest undeveloped oil field closes.

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has officially become the deadliest in the country's history, data suggests.

Mothers, like Katy, describe battles to make ex-partners pay, while fathers say they have been wrongly charged thousands.

After and exceptional summer of heatwaves and drought, the weather will turn wetter and cooler this week, as Simon King explains

Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row, was found dead last week.

The rules will come into force on Monday along with other changes to planning policy.

The alert took many by surprise when it was sent to millions of phones on Friday night - but it may have also put vulnerable people at risk.

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has unveiled plans Labour claims will help save Britain's dying boozers.

The Judge justified the sentence by outlining the Sentencing Act and guidelines.

Emergency services have rushed to the scene.

The man was found guilty of rape at Harrow Crown Court.

A string of international criminal probes have been launched into flimsy vessels being shipped through the UK for people smugglers to use in Channel crossings

In addition to ensuring blood types match, scientists will now align white blood cells as closely as possible

The new prime minister spoke over message to who he believed was White House chief of staff Susie Wiles

The collision involved three heavy goods vehicles and a car

The man was pulled down the ladder before being arrested by officers in the garden of the property

HMP Millsike near York is a new-build prison that opened last March