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.

With the nationalists emerging as the largest party in Wales for the first time ever, all three devolved parliaments in Edinburgh, Belfast and now Cardiff are in the grip of separatists

Local elections are the political equivalent of Year 6 SATs. They don't necessarily determine the final outcome, but they offer a good indication of how things are going.

Drifting around Kiel, Christian Brueckner was in a belligerent mood last week, sneering at claims he might be extradited to the UK and made to answer questions about Madeleine McCann.

'We clean anything' - that's what our advert said. I sent it to undertakers, police and housing associations... and two days later, we got a call-out to our first corpse.

Andy Burnham moved a step closer to Downing Street last night after Sir Keir Starmer was accused of 'losing the plot' over the threat to his leadership.

Hartlepool tops the list with 15.4% of 18-29-year-olds out of work and claiming Universal Credit, followed by Blackpool and Thanet in Kent, as 662,000 young people claim UC payments across the UK

A charter boat was engulfed in flames after a devastating explosion on-board threw several people into the sea

Prince Andrew was stripped of his royal titles following allegations related to his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, though he has steadfastly denied any wrongdoing

Harvard professor Avi Loeb says extra terrestrial technology is likely to be more advanced than our own, but it should inspire humanity to do better "like having a more accomplished sibling"

The MV Hondius has finally docked in the Canary Islands, ending its weeklong exile-at-sea

Labour MP Catherine West has threatened to launch a leadership challenge against Sir Keir Starmer.

More than 200,000 people have arrived in the UK in small boats since records began eight years ago.

At least 15 people have been taken to hospital with injuries after a boat explosion in Florida.

The British government has issued a warning to China after two spies were convicted of running campaigns of intimidation and surveillance on pro-democracy activists in the UK.

President Vladimir Putin has said he believes the Ukraine war is coming to an end.

Downing Street is trying to ignore the challenge from a former minister, but it has raised eyebrows around Westminster.

The specialist team parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha, a remote British overseas territory, to treat them.

In recent months, there have been a string of attacks at synagogues and other Jewish sites.

Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkader Amir Bousloub, 21, travelled to a predominantly Jewish area to film antisemitic abuse.

The Ministry of Defence says the ship will prepare to join an international mission to safeguard shipping, but only when fighting in the region ends.

The stretch of the busy motorway will remain closed for several hours.

The Government has been urged to put a 'handbrake' on mental health benefit claims as the number of young people signed off work soars.

The non-binary PhD student does not have a permanent visa to live in the UK.

The celebrated designer is putting a silent killer in the spotlight as part of a campaign championed by the Queen

OPINION - GILES SHELDRICK: After Labour's electoral capitulation, Starmer has no more cards left to play.

Former junior minister Catherine West has warned she will attempt to trigger a leadership contest if a cabinet minister does not challenge Sir Keir

The British military reported the fire off the coast of Qatar on Sunday

Every single London council has been contested

Full election results for England, Scotland and Wales in one place

SNP leader John Swinney said his party had ‘emphatically’ won the election