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.

Toni Vernelli, 54, spent decades campaigning against animal cruelty and was head of communications at Veganuary for almost six years.

Far from celebrating the end of Stranger Things at a celebrity bash, Millie plans to mark the closing of this chapter in her life on her farm in rural Georgia, surrounded by her rescue animals.

When Marty Supreme was released in UK cinemas on Boxing Day, it marked the culmination of a project that began in 2018 and is tipped smash the box office and earn its star his first best actor Oscar.

A total of 122 people died in hybrid car crashes last year, compared with 777 in accidents involving petrol cars, according to Department for Transport figures analysed by The Mail on Sunday.

The 93-year-old former royal confidante has now laid bare one of her own - and admitted she is the real-life inspiration for Lady Mary Crawley in the hit ITV series Downton Abbey.

The Tan Hill Inn in Richmond, North Yorkshire, is the highest pub in the UK and is completely self-sufficient, with no cables or pipes connecting it to the grid — costing the landlord thousands to keep it running

Caleb Schwab, 10, died when he struck a metal support beam after the raft became airborne on the Verruckt water slide at Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City

Cops released an image with her eyes blacked out, but it was the shot from behind that grabbed the media attention after it exposed her bum and knickers through her leggings

Natalie Twomey told bosses she could not come work because her sister's health had "deteriorated" but staff soon uncovered photos that blew her cover shortly afterwards

Cities across the globe are now cancelling plans and dumping parties as a result.

Amid the forward momentum, it's telling that Trump touched the brakes.

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A powerful winter storm has disrupted one of the busiest travel weekends of the year in New York City and northeastern US.

Police have launched a murder investigation after the death of a 66-year-old man six days after he was punched outside a village pub.

An Afghan special forces veteran trained in the UK who was left homeless after resettling here following the Taliban takeover is pleading with the government to allow him and his former colleagues to join the British Army.

The Home Office says Kinshasa has failed to agree to measures allowing the return of illegal immigrants and foreign national offenders.

Alaa Abdel Fattah flew to the UK on Friday after a travel ban imposed by Cairo was lifted.

The paid 12-month course is aimed at under-25s, with plans for the scheme to grow to 1,000 young people a year.

The huge embroidery will be covered under the government's indemnity scheme when it travels to the UK.

The celebrity chef says he "couldn't be a prouder dad" as his 25-year-old daughter ties the knot at Bath Abbey.

Government officials hope to grow the scheme to over 1,000 young people "subject to interest".

Police confirmed Colm Marcus Boston, 37, died on Boxing Day.

Here's all you need to know about higher prices and some lower alcohol content

A council spokesman said evidence is "essential to ensure fairness, transparency, and compliance".

A key aim in any war is to destroy the enemy's industrial base.

Wintry hazards are possible for the new year

The couple’s Archewell Philanthropies is reported to be making redundancies

A study linked ultra-processed foods to 32 harmful health effects including a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, adverse mental health and early death

The wildlife presenter said the annual event was ‘ethically and morally bankrupt’

More than 25 years after Carmel Fenech disappeared, her family are no closer to knowing what happened to her. Harriette Boucher reports on their enduring search for answers and their refusal to give up hope