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.

ROBERT HARDMAN: For a moment, I could be listening to a young Margaret Thatcher - with a Mancunian lilt.

A lawsuit filed against the then-Prince by Virginia Giuffre had for months been wending its way through the US courts until the the problem suddenly went away.

In the most perilous moment yet of his premiership, Labour 's defeat at the Gorton and Denton by-election shows the party has entered an 'electoral Valley of Death'.

Rarely does a compliment cross the lips of the usually vituperative Gordon Ramsay. As for grudges, once he's made one he certainly knows how to hold it.

The actor's death was announced by his brother on Monday. New details about his tragic passing came to light on Friday.

The plane was transporting newly printed currency and veered off the runway and onto a highway before coming to rest in a nearby field where people rush to collect the scattered money

Parents Terrica and Shawn said their son Shawn Jr is already wearing 'three to three month nappies and clothes' and left staff at Cayuga Medical Center Birthplace stunned

The notorious child killer, 52, was 'ripped apart like a rat' yesterday by another inmate at HMP Frankland in County Durham before being airlifted to hospital

The lawyers of Ibtissame Lachgar, 50, say the Moroccan activist is being 'arbitrarily detained' for expressing her opinions in her own country and is deteriorating fast

Donald Trump said he is 'not happy' with Iran nuclear negotiations after inconclusive Geneva talks, but indicated he would give diplomats more time to reach a deal to avert Middle East conflict

Donald Trump's decision to launch "major combat operations" in Iran is the biggest gamble by any American president since George Bush invaded Iraq more than two decades ago.

A man has been charged after a statue of Sir Winston Churchill was defaced with graffiti.

Former US president Bill Clinton has released a video statement on his deposition over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Amid all the investigations into the Epstein affair, there is much talk - and no argument - about the importance of listening to the survivors.

At the wedding venue in Gorton and Denton the Green Party chose for the news conference to mark a seismic by-election victory on national television, it was clear that Zack Polanski and his team were new to all of this.

The result - in a seat Labour has held for nearly 100 years - heaps further pressure on the PM's position.

The party's historic win in Gorton and Denton by-election is clearest sign yet of changing political landscape.

Tony Hudgell, who lost both legs after his birth parents assaulted him, has fought to protect children.

The home secretary is to double down on plans for Danish-style restrictions on asylum seekers.

The cost of renting privately has surged in the last five years, but tenants may now see a slowdown.

He is due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court today.

A lot of conservative Muslims who voted Green in Gorton and Denton will no doubt have woken up saying, 'hang on... she wants to legalise drugs? And prostitution?'

EXCLUSIVE: Shocking footage obtained by the Express shows the authorities failing to act.

OPINION - CAROLE MALONE: Nadiya needs to accept she's not a professional chef.

OPINION - ROBERT FISK: We are in desperate need of more of this in our NHS.

Senior Labour MP Dame Emily Thornberry warned that the UK should resist being drawn into a conflict in the Middle East

‘Momentum is building beneath the surface, particularly in northern markets’

Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to resign after the humiliating defeat in Gorton and Denton

Radiohead said the song was used without the band's permission

The bronze statue, in Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament, was defaced with phrases including ‘Stop the Genocide’