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.

Matt Styler, 50, has been charged with assaulting a police officer and Daniel Frost, 44, has been charged with violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon.

The measure forms part of recommendations made by the Government's independent advisor on antisemitism after the review found Jewish NHS employees face 'routine ostracism'.

TalkSPORT legend Alan Brazil has revealed his life-saving surgery was a liver transplant. Brazil appeared from home, with his face slimmed from the surgery.

The Mandelson furore has been reignited after the emergence of embarrassing WhatsApps from Darren Jones - which were not included in this week's huge data dump.

'People are reluctant to talk about,' says Dr Andrea DeCensi, director of medical oncology at Galliera Hospital. 'It's one of the biggest contributors to rising breast cancer rates.'

A teacher's smiling mugshot has sparked fury after Amanda Katz, 55, was arrested and charged with felony sexual assault over claims she groomed a 16-year-old pupil

Thaylana Cordeiro de Sousa Santos, 22, reportedly suffered complications during bariatric surgery at Calixto Midlej Filho Hospital in Itabuna, Brazil, and died on Monday 1 June

It seems as if Kate Middleton's outfit choice at a Cancer Research UK earlier this week has caused a stir and could show that she was making a bold choice involving Donald Trump

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Caroline Duxbury, 56, claims she dropped a cigarette due to a health condition and was fined £180 by a council officer. She says the fine was issued 'within seconds', before she could explain her disability

The leader of the UK's policing watchdog has urged people to stop speculating about the murder of Henry Nowak.

A new ovarian cancer treatment has been approved for use on the NHS for the first time in 20 years.

SpaceX plans to raise up to $75bn (£56bn) when it goes public this month – putting Elon Musk on course to become the world's first trillionaire.

The Prince of Wales has declared his love for Britain's pubs, saying they must be protected and supported.

Former Chelsea footballer Bobby Tambling, who was the club's record scorer for more than four decades, has died aged 84.

The head of the National Black Police Association says proposed changes to racism guidance are "not well thought-out".

Women taking the drug, which is kinder on the body, tell the BBC it has given them their lives back.

The recommendation is one of several from Lord Mann, whose review examined antisemitism within the organisation.

Disorder broke out in Southampton on Tuesday in the wake of the murder of Henry Nowak.

There are floral tributes at the scene where three crew members died on Wednesday.

The German supermarket giant, which has over 1,050 stores across the UK has reminded shoppers that it is continuing to give away a £100 Aldi voucher.

Residents living near the steelworks site reported hearing alarms sounding before seeing thick smoke.

The victim's mum said Evie Robinson had robbed the youngster of her future

The perpetrator initially denied the offences to officers before later admitting them in court.

Drivers have been warned there is "no estimated reopening time".

Chief inspector Andy George warned there was a danger of policing returning to a time before Stephen Lawrence’s murder in 1993

Texts were not published in the latest tranche of documents related to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador

Riot police were called in to deal with the protests

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