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.

Sarah Sadler, 49, requested to use her annual leave to go to 2000 Trees Festival, an event she described as being of 'spiritual significance' to her - but her bosses refused.

Disability benefit claims linked to mixed anxiety and depression have more than doubled across Britain in just five years, analysis reveals.

Alarm bells sounded at the Park Beck Residential Care Home in East Sussex after one-legged dementia sufferer Donald Burgess flicked food at a worker on June 21 2022.

We're all doomed - and soon. That's the terrifying message from Silicon Valley as the developers of artificial intelligence foretell the apocalypse for which they will themselves be responsible.

Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting former 'Project Runway' production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006.

Poor Norwegian politician Claus Jørstad's painful shower mishap is going viral again after being rediscovered on social media

Head of the RAF Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth has urged Britain to ramp up its operations in space, which has become a 'warfighting domain in its own right'

Prince Harry and wife Meghan have moved back to the UK to start a quiet family life in the Cotswolds, but locals are reportedly already sick of her alleged diva-like behaviour

Masked men attacked a husband and threatened his wife, who was pregnant at the time, with a knife in Solihull, forcing them to hand over cryptocurrency. A £10,000 reward is now on offer

Three quarters of Brits admit they're more likely to Google a county and look at its highlights on a screen than go and visit it in real life

Founder of the anti-migration group Patriot Platform, Daniel Thomas, has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life.

A judge has temporarily blocked President Trump's ban on three media outlets and said their access must be restored.

A ban on football supporters drinking alcohol in the stands is discriminatory, unfair and should be scrapped, the prime minister has said.

Eight crew members on board the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted suicide since the beginning of their extended deployment, a senior navy official has said. 

Teenagers in England will be able to study new vocational GCSEs as part of the government's plans to tackle youth unemployment.

People living near a major chemical factory in Lancashire are told they could be at risk of serious health conditions.

New GCSE subjects could include child development and building and construction as vocational courses are being introduced.

The proposals would also see benefits cut for people who are able to work but have failed to hold down a job.

Workers tell BBC they are increasingly having to put two inmates in single occupancy cells because of overcrowding.

The RAF said training on their Hawk jets had been "temporarily" paused while an investigation is under way.

Drivers are facing significant rush hour delays.

After being tasered, the man was asked how he was feeling and replied: "I'm dying."

'Unfortunately, these proposed changes could result in a number of role reductions'

The far-right activist has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life.

Earl Spencer Primary School in Northampton was placed on lockdown after a suspicious caller allegedly made threats.