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.

MPs will return to Parliament today following a week-long recess with a clamour for answers over the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor scandal.

Their glamorous appearance signalled a determination to put the Royal Family's current difficulties to one side.

It has been a week of firsts for the man once known as Prince Andrew and for our monarchy. No senior royal has been arrested on such serious charges since the ill-fated Charles I in 1647.

Insiders from the former coalition government claimed yesterday that Andrew was widely viewed as a liability, but terminating his official role was considered politically sensitive.

A wealthy French couple who decked out their £2.5million home with colourful metre-high planters have been ordered to tear them down after a bitter planning spat with 'hostile' neighbours.

A defendant charged with serious offences was mistakenly released from custody after a court official accidentally issued a bail notice - he then left the country ahead of his trial

A British national was among 19 people killed after a packed bus carrying 44 passengers drove off the Prithvi Highway and plunged down a mountain slope in Nepal

Hundreds of flights departing and arriving in the UK have been cancelled across several airports due to dangerous weather conditions with passengers advised to contact their airlines

Vladimir Putin has pledged to strengthen Russia's military and accelerate nuclear triad development as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy accused Putin of already triggering World War 3

TikTok pranksters have hung the infamous photo of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in a taxi following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office in the world-famous Louvre gallery in Paris

The war in Ukraine has become a grinding test of attrition, where movement on the map is measured in metres, not miles. In the frozen wastelands where this fight is being waged, it feels never-ending.

A man has been shot dead by Secret Service agents after trying to unlawfully enter Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, authorities in the US have said.

The BBC has apologised after a racial slur was shouted during the BAFTAs while two black actors were on stage.

Tributes have been paid to two young hikers found dead in the Eryri mountain range (Snowdonia).

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Whistleblower former civil servants claim there was too little scrutiny of Andrew's costs as UK trade envoy.

Brit Aramayo beat US stars such Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet, while One Battle After Another picked up six awards.

This year's Bafta Film Awards had it all... A-listers, a touch of royalty, Paddington Bear - and the sun even came out, for what felt like the first time all year.

Mair Morgan says the disaster that killed 144 people remains etched into her memory.

Three golds, a record-equalling medal haul - the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics has been one to remember for Team GB.

Tory leader accuses PM of wanting to talk about disgraced royal rather than his own role in appointing peer with Epstein ties

The families of two males, aged 16 and 44, have been informed.

British and Irish citizens are exempt from the ETA requirement, including dual nationals. But under the new enforcement rules, dual citizens are still expected to prove their British status with a valid UK passport or certificate.

Iceland has announced that another one of its stores will close in the coming weeks. The supermarket had already shut a slew of sites last year.

Australian prosecutors to review decades-old case of missing British toddler Cheryl Grimmer.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, left the country shortly after his release

Zia Yusuf, the party’s new home affairs spokesperson, will unveil plan for ‘Trump inspired’ agency in speech

The reforms come as part of a major overhaul of the education system in England being set out by the government on Monday

Neighbours are fighting tooth and nail, calling the case against them ‘absurd’

Amnesty International UK accused Reform UK of scapegoating migrants to ‘justify mass deportations and expanded police surveillance’