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.

Michael Vaughan has described seeing panic on the faces of the bouncers who shepherded him and his wife and daughters to safety during the monstrous attack.

A 10-year-old girl injured in Sunday night's attack has since died in hospital. Follow live updates here.

Beneath its prosperous surface, the upmarket village of Rowlands Castle in the foothills of the South Downs has been riven by an extraordinary legal feud between its GP and pharmacy.

A person of interest who had been taken into custody after a fatal shooting at Brown University on Saturday will 'soon be released' from custody.

Britain faces an 'age of uncertainty' as an 'expansionist' Russia wages a new type of warfare exporting 'chaos', the new head of the MI6 warns today.

The supermarket is recalling its Perfect Christmas Mozzarella Sticks in Blankets due to them containing an undeclared allergen. The Food Standards Agency is warning the item could pose a health risk to some shoppers

Dozens of flights have been delayed at Manchester Airport this morning (Monday December 15) as heavy rain batters Greater Manchester with a Met Office yellow warning in force

Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, was captured in footage wrestling a gun off one of the men during the terror attack on Sunday - he is now in hospital after being shot up to five times

Andrew Jonathan Davies humiliated the critically ill patient, who was unable to speak and could only communicate through eye movements whilst in intensice care at Prince Charles Hospital

Everything that we know about the shocking deaths of Hollywood icon Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele, 68, as that they were found dead at their Brentwood home in Los Angeles on Sunday

US director and actor Rob Reiner and his wife have been found dead at their home in Los Angeles.

Sir Cliff Richard has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer during the past year.

Pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of national security offences in Hong Kong.

Police are releasing a man detained in connection with the fatal shooting on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

British astronaut Tim Peake has urged the US and China to de-escalate talk of a space race and instead return to the moon with a "spirit of collaboration".

BBC Panorama investigates the delivery firm - a market leader with the worst reputation for non-deliveries.

The 85-year-old singer says his cancer was caught early and has not spread.

At least 15 people have been killed and at least a further 42 injured in a shooting during Hanukkah celebrations.

Blaise Metreweli will say the threat is posed by "an aggressive, expansionist and revisionist Russia".

Mark "Cassidy" Jenner had a five year relationship with an activist while married with children.

Molly first met her partner Serdar in September 2024 after being introduced by a friend whilst she was working in a bar in Turkey

Several high-street stores shut their doors for good this year. Here's a full list of the Hobbycraft, WHSmith and Superdrug stores that closed down.

Members of staff and customers at the venue performed CPR while awaiting an ambulance, it has been reported.

British Airways, Ryanair and easyJet flights are among those being delayed today.

An urgent product recall was issued for a product sold by Asda as it contains too much of an element that could cause skin irritation.

Paul Doyle is expected to appear for sentencing at Liverpool Crown Court this morning

The former chancellor will give evidence on the economic impact of the pandemic

There are enough flu patients each day to fill the facilities of more than three hospital trusts

Health bosses are warning this winter could see the ‘most severe flu outbreak in decades’

British citizen Jimmy Lai faces prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison after his landmark national security trial