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.

At 4.42pm on July 4, 2019, Alan Rusbridger, Principal of Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford University sent a confidential email. Its tone could be described as gushing, sycophantic even.

A beaming smile; an effortless athleticism in that tanned, long-legged gait; a lightness in her mood.

A major immigration crackdown is to be softened amid a chaotic scramble by ministers trying to impress Andy Burnham.

Royal Navy pilots complained about being 'overworked' and of 'woefully unreliable' helicopters before a tragic crash earlier this month, the Mail can reveal.

At the end of a timeworn street just north of Rochdale town centre sits a row of red-brick terraced houses, of which all but one appear indistinguishable.

Rita Seymour, 79, has been hit with a Sainsbury's ban across Britain after a 'number of incidents over time' at her local store in Hook, Hampshire, but the great-gran says she wants to clear her name

Delores Bart, 56, from Wolverhampton, collapsed in her bathroom in September 2024 and was sent home with paracetamol by her GP — but 12 days later she was airlifted to hospital for emergency brain surgery

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: The family of Luke Thompson have released a video showing the final moments before the 25-year-old was fatally injured in a one punch attack in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, after attacker Dylan Maxwell was jailed for mans...

Royalty across the ages have always had unpredictable love lives, filled with drama, affairs and secret children − here are just some of the biggest 'other women' involved

Avi Loeb has emphasised the need for humans to embark on interstellar expeditions, as we face a race against the clock to set up another base somewhere should there be a pandemic

Britain's elite, rapid reaction force is to be equipped with high-speed boats and drones as the new defence secretary Dan Jarvis tries to put his stamp on his new brief.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car collided with multiple pedestrians.

A man has been convicted of murder after a 15-year-old boy was shot dead in a children's play area during a family music festival in West London.

The crocodile enclosure where a three-year-old boy was seriously injured by at least one of the reptiles has reopened to the public.

Steve Clarke resigns as Scotland head coach following the nation's group exit from the World Cup.

It comes after his request for police protection was rejected days before the family is due to arrive.

Former Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin says defence must be a priority for the next prime minister.

Carns says he is waiting to hear the contents of an economics speech by Andy Burnham.

Pride and a party as the Puerto Rican becomes the first Latin artist to headline a UK stadium.

He is due to appear in court again on Monday.

The cinema will close within days.

A transformed commando force will gain kit which 'could be used to seize further Russian shadow fleet tankers'

The Conservative leader wants Parliament to delay going into the summer recess to Andy Burnham can be quizzed on his plan for Britain

One of Britain's most prolific political biographers turns his attention to Nigel Farage, who is absolutely 'serious about being prime minister'

Sir Simon Hughes’ intervention follows the Lib Dems admitting to breaching the human rights of former BBC journalist David Campanale in allowing him to be deselected for being a Christian

The Vagrancy Act, originally introduced in 1824 for the punishment of ‘idle and disorderly persons, and rogues and vagabonds’

Thomas-Symonds has remained loyal to Sir Keir amid turmoil at the top of Government

It is understood that the royal has concerns for his family’s safety after learning no taxpayer-funded security will be provided

The new Defence Secretary, Dan Jarvis, is credited with refocusing the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) since his appointment