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.

On Tuesday, something astonishing happened in the city of Huntsville, Alabama: voters elected as their state representative a transgender Democrat called Allison Montgomery.

Three British women have vanished 6,000 miles from home after they missed their flight back to the UK.

Instead, from the likes of Andy Burnham to Ed Miliband, the now convicted rapist was lauded for his anti-Tory and anti-establishment image.

It was the best of trials, it was the worst of trials, but above all it was the strangest of criminal trials.

Some offer modern, experimental cuisine, while others remain loyal to cooking traditions from history - and all offer some of the best food money can buy.

The Savoy on Regent Street in Swindon town centre will permanently close on Sunday 8 November following its sale to an undisclosed buyer, leaving locals devastated

Avis is bringing its premium Avis First service to London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle airports, expanding its luxury car hire offering to more than 30 airport

The property boasts a private lake, tennis court, library, outdoor pizza oven, and a separate two-bedroom cottage, and the life-changing win also comes with £250,000 in cash

GFS weather model maps suggest temperatures could drop below zero across 24 counties from November 11, with the mercury potentially plunging to -3C in northern Scotland

Russell Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, after the verdicts were confirmed he had a two-word message for his lawyers

Two 16 year olds have been charged after five boys were seriously injured at a party on Halloween.

At least seven people have been arrested across Scotland after a police vehicle was set alight and officers and paramedics were attacked with fireworks.

Governor Gavin Newsom said he'll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Russell Brand has been told by a judge that he faces a "significant custodial term" after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault.

Sir Mark Rowley will argue that the current system is unable to cope with the sophistication of modern criminals.

Det Supt Andy Furphy said he hoped other potential victims would gain "courage" and "confidence" from the guilty verdicts.

The Treasury Committee chair says she is "shocked" after one university compared repayments to the price of coffee.

The Home Office said it will be investigating the allegations to see whether there has been a breach of immigration rules.

An unprecedented early weakening of the polar vortex is causing uncertainty amongst experts over the impact it will have on UK weather as Simon King explains.

Ahmed's latest convictions include seven counts of rape, six sexual assaults, six counts of sexual communications with a child and five counts of making indecent images of children.

The average property price in October was £1,882 lower than it was in September, Lloyds' analysis shows.

Dozens of firefighters were called to the scene.

The disgraced comedian was remanded in custody on Thursday after his barrister's plea for bail so he could say goodbye to his children was rejected.

Prospective buyers take this long to make a decision when they walk into the door of a potential new home.