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 former England rugby star, 47, said it was 'a relief' that his father was now 'free of his body', and said the experience had left him in favour of assisted dying.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is believed to be back home at his isolated farm in Shropshire, the Daily Mail has learned.

Tamara Martins, 31, from Croydon, claims she was the victim of a 'set up', after she was approached by a man in a bar who asked her to transport a suitcase full of electronics.

Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, allegedly fatally shot their son-in-law Jonathan McKinsey, 40, in a parking lot in Dublin, California on Saturday in a brazen broad daylight attack.

One in eight cancers worldwide could be triggered by infections, many of which can be prevented through vaccinations, a study has found.

Emergency crews rushed to toddler to hospital upon discovering them in faeces on the ledge of three-storey flat's roof. The child's parents were allegedly intoxicated at the time

Britain is currently in the middle of a major fuel crisis, with diesel prices soaring and shortages on the horizon, as one expert tells exactly what is and isn't going on

Forecasters are predicting unseasonably warm weather in parts of the UK today, while other regions are likely to be hit by heavy rain and wind

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Gary Longfield was convicted of raping a woman he met at a Pembrokeshire nightclub and took back to his home. He was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison

Pedro Medina's final words were "I am still innocent" before blue and orange flames shot from his face mask in scenes prompting one prison spokesman to say he "had never seen anything like it"

Police have arrested 17 people as part of an investigation into a suspected organised crime group.

Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of US TV host Savannah Guthrie, are examining a possible new ransom note.

OpenAI has scrapped plans to release its new AI model amid safety concerns, after it showed "higher levels of deception" than its predecessor. 

A man who has spent decades on death row in Utah is being released after prosecutors said newly analysed DNA evidence did not match him.

FIFA has accused European football chiefs of "harassment" against Gianni Infantino and trying to influence the presidential election by "spreading misinformation" against him over the World Cup venture.

Baroness Brown says there must be better training and planning, after a record year for wildfires in England and Wales.

It has been alleged that Sir Ranulph has been admitted to a number of care homes under assumed names.

The government says it is bearing down on dangerous small boat crossings.

The reports says some criminals are waiting up to five months to be fitted with an electronic tag.

Temperatures are expected to rise well above the late September average on Tuesday with a very warm night to follow, as Simon King explains.

More than 800 officers took part in the arrest operations in the early hours of this morning.

The BBC is currently examining its future model for funding.

Traffic has ground to a complete standstill during the morning rush hour.

Aldi already has 1,092 shops across the UK and Ireland.

Fears are growing that Andy Burnham will use his Labour conference speech to signal an end to the triple lock