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.

Mothers and fathers filmed themselves during the morning school run wading through the muddy water near to the controversial Astley business park in Tyldesley, Wigan.

That video of a 15-year-old schoolgirl being frogmarched by two Afghan asylum seekers is not only every parent's nightmare, it also exposes a stark reality politicians have tried to conceal.

Jordan Bardella, who polls show is on track to win the 2027 contest, insisted he is ready to let UK Border Force carry out so-called 'pushbacks'.

Westminster City Council has said it had started removing the luxury vehicles following complaints from local residents.

Former college secretary Rita Wagstaff and her husband bought the Nuneaton, Warwickshire, property in 1984 and set about restoring it to its former grandeur.

During Prime Minister's Questions today (Wednesday December 10), Conservative MPs are set to demand an 'apology' from Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves for 'misleading the country'

A line of bright lights appeared in the night sky over parts of Yorkshire on Tuesday and many people were left 'gobsmacked' and 'truly baffled' by what they saw

A glam model has been left fighting for her life two weeks after vanishing, having suffered a brutal beating and needing urgent brain surgery to reduce swelling

The Met Office has issued multiple weather warnings for wind in the UK as Storm Bram continues to cause disruption, with several roads closed and flights cancelled

There are reports of long delays on the M6, M62 and M602 this morning following separate incidents

Is this what the beginning of a war looks like?

Australia's prime minister has warned that implementing the country's new social media ban for children under 16 – which came into force on Wednesday - will be difficult.

"The system is more than broken - it crossed that limit a long time ago," says Palestinian asylum seeker Ibrahim Altaqatqa.

All tourists - including those from Britain - will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country's border force.

Luigi Mangione wrote notes to himself to "pluck eyebrows" and buy less conspicuous shoes before the alleged assassination of a US healthcare boss, a court has heard.

Gerry McCann, whose daughter vanished in 2007, tells the BBC he believes politicians fear the media.

It comes as leaders meet in Strasbourg to discuss a potential shake-up of the European Convention on Human Rights.

In a new analysis, the National Audit Office finds “reactive” government policies moved problems elsewhere.

A BBC study lays bare the scale of flood defences in England that are in need of maintenance.

Less severe yellow warnings for wind remain in parts of Scotland, but warnings elsewhere have passed.

The K-strain flu variant has minor genetic changes compared to previous years.

Some schools closed for multiple days to carry out deep cleans, while others stopped singing in assemblies to lower the risk of transmission.

Britain's dominant flu variant, the 'K strain' has the country's hospitals in a chokehold.

Most people reckon the PM is hopeless at his job and needs to be replaced.

An asylum seeker who arrived in the UK two years ago has met his partner and become a father, but is still waiting for his claim to be processed.

The water firm was the first UK firm to impose a hosepipe ban

Gerry McCann said his family were ‘lucky to survive’ media storm when his daughter went missing in 2007

The Culture Secretary said ministers would be watching carefully to see how the Australian policy unfolds.

The ECHR is seen by its critics as a major barrier to attempts to deport illegal migrants from the country.

The head of an independent review into the pornography industry has called for extreme online content depicting incest and child sexual abuse scenarios, when played out by adults, to be outlawed.