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.

Footage played in court shows Kwabena Kissi, 40, carrying a large security briefcase and entering a Santander bank in Brixton, south London, on July 5, 2022.

Gary Poland , 56, listened to four or five loud bangs and claimed he drove away 'in complete mortal terror and shock' because he feared Rudakubana had a gun and was shooting people.

Tennis fans may have been glued to their screens watching Centre Court at Wimbledon this week, but a huge part of the attraction are the celebrities sitting courtside - and their plus-ones.

In his first broadcast interview since winning the Makerfield by-election, the prime minister-in-waiting ruled out 'crude cuts' to welfare.

Ministers are under mounting pressure to find a way of deporting a notorious grooming gang ringleader freed from jail yesterday.

Muhammad Billal, 19, was arrested at Manchester Airport as he tried to board a flight to Somalia to join ISIS, after spending months preparing a terrorist attack in the UK

From diamond-shaped craft to intergalactic eggs, the Star reveals the UK's weirdest UFO sightings as experts demand the government open its alien files

Botanists, Rod and Rachel Saunders were ambushed and murdered in South Africa just days after filming a BBC Gardeners' World TV special, with their bodies thrown into a crocodile-infested river

The outbreak, which infected 13 people and killed three, involved a rare hantavirus strain known as the Andes virus and saw passengers medically disembarked and put in quarantine

Former soldier Darren Sutton, 53, from Sheerness, has been jailed for 18 years after a jury convicted him of raping and sexually assaulting a “very vulnerable” child

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his justice minister should be sanctioned by the British government, dozens of MPs have urged the UK foreign secretary.

Not since Posh and Becks sat on thrones and co-ordinated in Quality Street-purple has there been such excitement around a celebrity wedding.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a woman who is believed to have orchestrated a bombing in Monaco that injured three people, reportedly including a Ukrainian tycoon.

A former US Olympic canoeist has been indicted for allegedly vandalising the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington.

Frankie Dettori has said he is taking time to recover after suffering broken ribs in a car crash.

Two teenage boys convicted of rape had initially been given non-custodial sentences but have since been handed a four year detention.

But the likely next PM says he will stick to Labour's pledges to not raise VAT, income tax or national insurance.

The government had initially said it would not relax licensing laws further for the World Cup.

The "marathon a month" scheme, developed with former Olympic medallist Sir Brendan Foster, will launch early next year.

Millions are likely to have eaten "lamb" kebabs that were actually made with goat, skin and fat.

A woman who defrauded a charity by lying about having cancer and creating fake references has been imprisoned.

The weight loss pills are an alternative to the injections which have been available for some time

The Government has reportedly "put a halt" on moving asylum seekers into a row of newbuild houses in the remote Shropshire village of Stoke Heath.

The supermarket is about to offer a new product to customers, but the original version has mixed reviews

Vickrum Digwa claimed Mr Nowak had shouted racist abuse, punched him and knocked off his turban - allegations the trial judge dismissed as lies.

With Reform sinking in the polls and question marks about donations to Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader has recruited former investigative journalist Mile Goslett who most recently helped Lord Ashcroft write a book about him

The 16-year-old victim remains in a critical condition in hospital

The decision to allow pubs to remain open into the early hours could ‘lead to trouble,’ the former Met Police boss said

Fans have been reported climbing fences, standing on the railway and walking along the track

Looking at Mexico’s football history ahead of England’s World Cup game