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The combination of full prisons and tight public finances has forced the government to urgently rethink its approach.

A man suspected of attacking two women with a crossbow in Leeds died as a result of a "self-inflicted gunshot wound" to the head, an inquest has heard.

A man who used his car as a weapon to chase and kill an e-bike rider has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.

The biggest night in British TV, this year's BAFTA TV Awards saw the golden masks handed out to a wide spread of shows - with the BBC's Mr Loverman the only show to take home two awards.

Seven months after his high-profile arrest, the trial of hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is due to start.

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office and Mr Loverman were among the big winners at this year's BAFTA TV awards - with Danny Dyer and Ruth Jones picking up comedy prizes.

Stars of the small screen hit the red carpet in the sunshine ahead of the BAFTA TV Awards.

The winners for the BAFTA TV Awards have now been announced.

The combination of full prisons and tight public finances has forced the government to urgently rethink its approach.

A man who used his car as a weapon to chase and kill an e-bike rider has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.

"As far as I'm concerned, there's only three ways to spend the taxpayers' hard-earned when it comes to prisons. More walls, more bars and more guards."

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms, which could lead to flooding and disruption in parts of the UK.

Weight loss injections could help prevent cancer beyond helping people slim down, new research suggests.

A 78-year-old man has been charged over the death of a woman in Glasgow.

Diplomacy over Ukraine has become even more of a game of high-stakes poker.

It has been an extraordinary few hours which may well set the tone for a hugely consequential week ahead.

Pope Leo has called for an end to a polarising "war of words" as he hosted an audience with international media for the first time.

A Kurdish militant group has announced it is to disband and disarm as part of a peace initiative with Turkey after four decades of armed conflict.

Donald Trump said he will be working with India and Pakistan to see if a solution can be reached over Kashmir.

Tributes have been paid to two teenage boys who died after getting into difficulty off the coast of Donegal.

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to bring down net migration by the end of this parliament with a system that is "controlled, selective and fair".

The combination of full prisons and tight public finances has forced the government to urgently rethink its approach.

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to bring down migration numbers by tightening up the rules on those allowed to come to the UK.

"As far as I'm concerned, there's only three ways to spend the taxpayers' hard-earned when it comes to prisons. More walls, more bars and more guards."

Care workers will no longer be recruited from abroad under plans to "significantly" bring down net migration, the home secretary has said.

An Australian woman accused of murdering her estranged husband's parents and an aunt by serving them a beef wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms is on trial.

A Chinese student who was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji last week had to be saved a second time just four days later, local authorities have said.

How did one woman fool the most famous magic society on the planet?

Weight loss injections could help prevent cancer beyond helping people slim down, new research suggests.

It's not often there are security guards on the door and hundreds queuing to get into a local council planning meeting - but such is the strength of feeling here in North Devon, that was exactly the case this week.

The first samples of moon dust brought back to Earth for more than 50 years are in the UK - being studied by scientists in Milton Keynes.

Bill Gates is speeding up his plans to give away nearly all of his money.

The US and China, the world's largest and second-largest economies, have agreed to slash tariffs on each other as they seek to end their trade war.

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to bring down net migration by the end of this parliament with a system that is "controlled, selective and fair".

A Nobel Prize-winning economist has told Sky News the recently announced UK-US trade deal "isn't worth the paper it's written on".

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office and Mr Loverman were among the big winners at this year's BAFTA TV awards - with Danny Dyer and Ruth Jones picking up comedy prizes.

Care workers will no longer be recruited from abroad under plans to "significantly" bring down net migration, the home secretary has said.