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.

The Green Party has put out a video aimed at voters in Denton and Gorton, who go to the polls today in a by-election. Nothing unusual there. Except that this video is wholly in Urdu.

SUE REID: In a glaring lapse, hundreds of migrants arriving illegally on the Kent coast from France in the past month have been whisked through less than half an hour after stepping ashore

Beware Bridget Phillipson, the steel-hard Education Secretary. Unlike the incoherent shambles that is the rest of the Starmer Cabinet, she knows what she is doing and how to do it.

Engulfed by unprecedented ­crisis, the monarchy is fast discovering how its devotees divide into two camps: fair weather friends... and foul weather friends.

A sound system blasts out a ­hideous recording of howling wolves as a terrified lamb tries to jump a steel barrier to escape a slaughterman who is about to slit its throat in an English abattoir.

New data has ranked UK councils by pothole density with Barnet taking the top spot as the nation's pothole capital

Louise Bidmead was halfway through making chicken burgers when she discovered she had won

Major food shopping delivery firm Ocado is set to cut 1,000 jobs across its UK and worldwide workforce as part of a restructure to save £150million in an attempt to become cash flow positive

The couple's trip to Jordan, along with World Health Organization director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has been labelled a "new fake Royal tour" by one commentator

Leeds General Infirmary has seen major police presence for the second night in a row as officers cordon off a street just 24 hours after armed cops were seen at the hospital

An interim report into maternity and neonatal services across England has uncovered shocking allegations of racism, bullying, crumbling infrastructure, and births in undignified circumstances.

In the Old City of Jerusalem, Mohammed Liftawi is sitting on his chair and waiting for something to happen.

Jeffrey Epstein blamed "Charles" on the day Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor lost his UK trade envoy job.

Is social media messing up our kids?

The Cuban government says its forces have shot and killed four Cuban nationals on a US-registered speedboat that entered its waters and opened fire on a patrol boat.

The interim report has identified problems "at every stage" of the maternity journey in England.

A ban on new holiday homes sees more permanent residents but some say the policy harms tourism.

It comes after hundreds of people contacted BBC Your Voice to express frustration over late deliveries.

Water super-heated by rocks will also provide the UK's first domestic supply of the critical mineral lithium.

There are 11 candidates battling to become the next MP for Gorton and Denton in Greater Manchester.

Al Carns, who served in the military for 24 years before becoming a minister, fears Britain could be heading to war with Russia soon

The smuggler shared videos from the cell on his TikTok account.

The Home Office has apparently rejected claims on the grounds that applicants could move to western regions of Ukraine or to the capital, Kyiv.

The 31-year-old officer has also been placed on the College of Policing's barred list

The new rule follows a similar announcement by rival Aldi.

The number of households in temporary accommodation is also at record levels

Tiler Tommy Holland says the vehicle was his ‘pride and joy’

A special election in England on Thursday has become a big test for Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his struggling Labour Party government

Ukraine said the centre of engineering expertise would stay in Ukraine while production would be integrated into Britain’s defence industry

The Tory leader made the comments at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday