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.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Britain's gold medal hero is talking about the fight between art and science when descending head-first down an ice chute at 90mph

Matt Weston dominated the rest of the field to win a superb skeleton gold at the Winter Olympics to end Team GB's long wait for a medal in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

It was only when he saw this seemingly altruistic moneyman a second time that Carl realised he was not only driving commuters and tourists over the border into the UK, but dozens of asylum seekers.

Siobhan Whyte's last words to her dying daughter Rhiannon were both tender and defiant. 'I will always love you,' she said.

In the early hours of November 25, 2004, a Gulfstream IV executive jet touched down in Rotterdam. On board were a crew of three, and a solitary male passenger, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Martin Tidder, 36, was seen laughing and joking outside Hull Crown Court while on trial for rape and sexual assault against young boys - but the smirk was wiped off his face in the dock

From nipple flashes to knicker reveals, Winter Olympic athletes have gained attention for their athletic prowess and their wardrobe malfunctions - here's all the outfit faux pas and mishaps

The UK Health Security Agency has issued a travel warning after 112 Brits caught shigella and salmonella infections in Cape Verde, urging holidaymakers to take precautions ahead of half-term

The man is said to have collapsed in the approach to the passport control area less than half an hour after leaving the Jet2 plane he had reached the island on from the UK

EXCLUSIVE: Amy Gwynn runs Rude, the UK's biggest strip club frequented by businessmen and lower-league footballers, and invited the Daily Star inside to learn just how it works

Peter Mandelson's ministerial assistant sent Jeffrey Epstein a copy of a government speech before it was delivered to the public, just days after the paedophile financier was released from prison, documents uncovered by Sky News appear to show.

Scattered through the three and a half million files released by the Department of Justice are the accounts of Jeffrey Epstein's victims themselves: their words, their voices.

Photographs obtained by Sky News appear to show tonnes of rubbish being dumped at what is understood to be the UK's newest large-scale illegal waste site - despite an ongoing investigation by the Environment Agency.

The crisis in NHS dentistry is so bad that a charity set up to run clinics in poorer countries is now spending more time working in the UK.

Matt Weston has won gold in the men's singles skeleton competition, Team GB's first medal at the Winter Olympics in Italy.

Matt Weston cements his status as the best skeleton racer in the world, making history by winning Olympic gold in emphatic fashion in Cortina and securing Team GB’s first medal of the 2026 Winter Games.

Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein planned to carry out an "Isis-inspired plot", a court hears.

Following the latest release of the Epstein files, claims made by the then Prince Andrew in 2019 are under fresh scrutiny.

The celebrity chef urged Brooklyn to remember "one day you're not going to have your Mum and Dad", in the wake of a fall out with parents Sir David and Lady Victoria Beckham.

A confidential settlement has been reached after legal action over online and cancelled teaching.

A Lidl employee was dismissed for drinking a 17p bottle of water he hadn't paid for because he felt dehydrated while working at the checkout, tribunal heard

Campaigners say that the changes could damage the character of larger towns and villages.

Research ahead of new legislation coming into force in April paints a gloomy picture of our recycling habits - three key reasons we've lost faith

The evil predator groomed his victims and then carried out a series of appalling sexual attacks.

The Chancellor has been accused of 'sticking plaster politics' in relation to high streets.

Subzero temperatures bring glacial weather as the Met Office issues more warnings for snow and ice

The Queen commended the French rape survivors ‘extraordinary dignity and courage’

Julian Oxborough worked at the supermarket for more than a decade and subsequently had his claim for unfair dismissal rejected by a tribunal

Izabel Rose said her five-month detention abroad was ‘traumatic’ but helped her overcome a dangerous ketamine addiction. She told Nicole Wootton-Cane she doesn’t want others to make the same mistakes she did

‘I used to have to go down to the police station every single day about my son, crying.’ Parents open up to Tara Cobham about trauma of not feeling listened to by police