Image copyright Keith Brofsky Local authorities could be allowed to make a further increase in council tax to pay for social care. Ministers in England are discussing ways to invest more money into care services for the elderly and disabled. Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb called for a cross-party …

Image copyright Family handout Image caption Police had asked for help to find Jodi Denton A 12-year-old girl has been found “safe and well” after going missing from her Gateshead home, Northumbria Police has said. Jodi Denton was reported missing in Ryton on Monday morning, but at about 21:00 GMT …

Media captionArchive footage shows Ian McCaskill presenting the weather in the 1980s Former BBC weather forecaster Ian McCaskill has died aged 78, his daughter has confirmed. Kirsty McCaskill said her father had been living with dementia for the past five years and passed away on Saturday. She described him as …

Image copyright Photoshot Image caption Grittenham Haulage owner Matthew Gordon is defending himself at Bristol Crown Court The owner of a lorry that crashed on a hill in Bath, killing four people, has admitted he was “partly to blame”. Matthew Gordon was asked by Bristol Crown Court prosecutors if he …

Image caption Trump’s Twitter page in April 2009 Donald Trump’s Twitter account wasn’t always the powerful spectacle it has become. Journalist Adam Harris goes through the archives to see how it evolved. In the month since the election, Mr Trump has taken to Twitter to lambast what he views as …

Image copyright Grey Chow / Caters News Agency Hundreds of stars appear to spin in the sky above Mount Bromo – an active volcano in East Java, Indonesia. This time-lapse composite photo was taken by Malaysian photographer Grey Chow – who has captured stunning night-time images across South East Asia. …

Image copyright Asif Saud Image caption India’s ‘space women’ (from left) Ritu Karidhal, Anuradha TK and Nandini Harinath Two years ago, as Indian scientists successfully put a satellite into orbit around Mars, a photograph that went viral showed women dressed in gorgeous saris with flowers in their hair celebrating at …

Image copyright AFP Image caption Putin gave Rex Tillerson an Order of Friendship award in 2013 Donald Trump’s anticipated appointment of Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State firms the view that his administration’s policy will be transactional, a change that will benefit Russia. On 19 …

Image copyright EPA Image caption Sergei Lavrov met several leading Serbian officials at the start of his two-day visit to Belgrade Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, is on a high-profile visit to Serbia, which comes in the wake of some of the wildest allegations of espionage seen in the Western …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Anna Wintour, editor in chief of US Vogue, is one of the most powerful women in the media Tensions are simmering between the US magazines Vogue and Teen Vogue, and the country’s president-elect Donald Trump. Last week, legendary Vogue editor Anna Wintour, considered one of …