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 dangerous mishap emerged after the man in his 20s was detained by police after he approached a number of children outside Laleham Church of England Primary School in Surrey.

The Mail on Sunday columnist cited a Labour 'power couple' who bought a home in an exclusive London neighbourhood in order to be within a specific school's catchment area.

Owen had been celebrating his 18th birthday and made staff aware of his allergies, but was not told the chicken was marinated in buttermilk.

The Duke of Sussex, 41, will speak at the Kyiv Security Conference on Thursday to tell Ukrainian delegates: 'The world sees you and respects you'.

Britain's second biggest grocer said it will have an 'absolute focus on keeping prices low' as the conflict adds pressure to the price of food. The war has made predicting the future 'very uncertain'.

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The stunning period property in Goodwin's Court, Covent Garden, said to have inspired the Ollivanders Wand Shop in the Harry Potter films, has been painstakingly restored over a decade and is now on the market for £1.8m

G.M. Jones and Sons, one of a handful of companies that sells Pukka Pies products in fresh, frozen and unbaked form, has been in operation since 1989 across parts of the UK

Greggs fans can breathe easy as the popular vegan sausage roll returns to stores after a brief supply shortage caused widespread concern among customers across the UK

The UK's second biggest grocer warned the Middle East conflict will impact its customers and business, as it posted a £619m pre-tax profit amid rising food inflation fears

The NHS has announced every maternity service in England will have to upend clinical standards to reduce the number of women who die during or after pregnancy.

The number of cancer cases in the UK has reached a record high, according to a report.

Five people have been left in a critical condition after two trains collided in Denmark.

Local elections are being held across the UK on 7 May, which will see millions of people vote for councillors, members of the devolved parliaments and local mayors.

Across the UK, shopfronts are being exploited by criminal gangs pushing illegal drugs, experts say.

BBC UK editor Ed Thomas confronts a shopkeeper secretly filmed selling cannabis and cocaine to one of our researchers.

The three-year agreement will see at least 50 riot-trained police officers drafted in to tackle violence and “hostile crowds”.

School uniforms and non-stick pans are some of the everyday products that should stop using chemicals called PFAS, MPs say.

The former prime minister said graduates' concerns about getting entry-level jobs are justified.

The commitment aims to provide British farmers with the "certainty they need".

The UK food distributor G.M. Jones and Sons, which has supplied Pukka Pies since 1989, has now entered into liquidation

The Home Office 'secretly' moved asylum seekers into a cottage 200 yards from a Surrey primary school - and one was arrested for allegedly harassing schoolgirls

UK drivers should fill up at cheaper spots while prices are high.

Keir Starmer is still trying to control the story as scrutiny closes in from every direction - the smallest slip could cost him his life in politics.

One senior government source said ‘there is a sense that it’s over now’ as Starmer loyalists distance themselves from the scandal

Watch live as top civil servant Cat Little appears before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, 23 April,facing further scrutiny over the vetting process to appoint Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador.

Emma McDaniel’s father Mark Talbot exited her life when she was just eight months old

Labour mayor says he is ‘really frustrated’ about Mandelson scandal’s impact on London’s doorsteps

Disabled households have a combined estimated contribution to the economy of more than £440bn per year