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.

Britain's car makers have called for an 'urgent' watering down of electric vehicle targets and action on energy costs as latest figures showed they remained under 'intense pressure'.

Hugh Mulryan, 25, was found dead in his burnt-out Volkswagen Passat near Malton, North Yorkshire, at around 4.30am on June 16 last year.

I met Dolly Parton , who died yesterday at the grand ol' age of 80 after a battle with cancer , when she was 60, or 'sexty!' as she exclaimed as she tried to give me a bear hug.

British motorists' willingness to go Chinese has jumped to 49% - significantly up from 35% last year and 24% in 2023, according to a repeat survey.

Mustafa Bolat (left), 29, pulled a pistol out at the convenience store in Wood Green, north London and fired three times at shopper Ali Unlu.

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT Garrett Michael Highlander, 20, is accused of bragging about his 'large cache of child porn' on communications app Discord under a disgusting username

British Gas says it allows eligible households to generate their own electricity from smaller-scale units that can be used in suitable outdoor spaces

The mum of one of the five men killed in the horror crash that saw the deaths of two police officers has urged his friends to bring "bikes, jeeps, cars and quads" to give him "the send-off he deserves"

Residents say their lives have been a living hell with people scaling the side of the building moving from different balconies, and a seagull flying around inside an apartment.

A former Middlesbrough mayor has spoken of fears the town it "on its knees' and "escalation will be carnage" following the A66 crash and a fatal house blaze, as police “cannot rule out any links to wider organised crime"

The alleged mastermind behind the September 11 terror attacks will go on military trial in 2028, a judge has ruled.

The world's most valuable company has again defied eye-watering forecasts, delivering a bumper set of financial results.

An air pollution warning system has been launched to alert people in the UK when air quality is poor, the government has announced.

A British man has become the first person in the world to have a brain tumour removed via AI-assisted surgery.

Forty people who went missing from asylum seeker hotels as children years ago have still not been found.

Nepali police says 177 bodies have been recovered, while over 800 are still missing in total, according to authorities.

Teesside MPs and a council leader say communities need to feel safe after the incidents over the past week.

Without brain surgery guided by live AI assistance, Rhys Hibbert could have lost his sight to a tumour.

The announcement comes as the prime minister makes first official visit to Wales since entering No 10.

The Moon could glow an eerie red in the early hours of Friday but cloud cover may spoil the spectacle for some parts of the UK.

Huge tremors have been recorded.

Andy Preston, the former mayor of Middlesbrough, said the community was already "on its knees".

The force would not rule out a link between the blaze and the crash.

'Your mum very sadly did experience abuse at Mersey Parks, alongside other residents within the community'.

The number of those missing has risen from 384 to 403 people in total, with 33 people from the UK among the 341 foreign nationals that remain unaccounted for

The government is under significant pressure to solve the country’s growing Neet crisis, which refers to the number of 16- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment, or training

There were 16,000 asylum seekers living in Home Office hotels in June this year, down 50 per cent on a year earlier

The former health secretary said he had received an ‘unbelievable volume’ of homophobic abuse since being appointed to the new role

The vaccine has been hailed as a ‘significant milestone’ in tackling the virus behind the common cold

Charles will visit the Bahamas, Guyana, and Antigua and Barbuda