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Becoming a successful social media influencer can lead to a glamorous, easy life.

Once again, Sir Keir Starmer is tinkering around the edges of a crisis - incapable of summoning the courage to go to the core.

The supermodel, 55, flaunted her taut physique and washboard abs as she posed up a storm in a black two-piece bikini.

"A fierce dust storm hit the Black Rock Desert on the eve of its annual Burning Man festival," reports the San Francisco Chronicle, "causing at least four minor injuries and damaging campsites that had been set up early." [Alternate URL] "Winds of up to 50 mph stirred up the lake bed's alkaline dust so ferociously that participants in the annual art and culture festival reported not being able to see beyond a foot... " The dust storm arrived Saturday evening after strong thunderstorms in the Sierra Nevada drifted off the mountains and whipped up strong winds in the Nevada desert... At 5:14 p.m. Saturday, the weather service issued a dust storm advisory for Black Rock City and warned of "a wall of blowing dust coming off the Smoke Creek and Black Rock Desert playa areas is tracking northward at around 30 mph." The agency warned of visibility less than 1 mile and wind gusts exceeding 45 mph. A weather station at Black Rock City Airport measured gusts up to 52 mph at 5:50 p.m... ["We saw structures being ripped and torn down by the wind speeds even though we buttoned everything down as best as we could..." one Burner told the Chronicle.] Camp residents posted a slew of videos to social media featuring dust tornadoes, destroyed campsites, and fellow campers struggling to hold onto bucking canvases as the wind threatened to rip them away. "Every popup canopy I've seen has been destroyed," one Burner wrote on Reddit... ["Make sure you carry your particle/dust mask and goggles with you when you venture out on playa!" warns Burning Man's official weather page.] Even after Saturday's storm, Burners won't be out of the woods from hazardous weather. The weather service warned of possible monsoon thunderstorms and heavy rain Sunday through Wednesday, raising concerns that this year's festival could echo disastrous 2023 conditions, when heavy storms stranded tens of thousands of attendees amid thick mud. "It's becoming increasingly likely that we could see an even greater flash flood threat," the weather service wrote in an online forecast. "If you're on the playa at the Black Rock Desert, you may very well be in for a muddy mess Monday through Wednesday." Slow-moving storms could drop an inch of rain or more in a short period. "Still, gates to the festival had opened by Sunday morning," the article adds, "with organizers cautioning new arrivals to 'drive safely!'" Burning Man's official weather page currently links to a National Weather Service page with a "Flood Watch" warning through 9 p.m. Sunday, and also predicting a chance of thunderstorms on Sunday and Monday.

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Forensic investigators on the case have said Kohberger's online history showed him 'scrambling' to try to get rid of his car after cops identified it in the case.

Ms Giuffre sued Andrew, claiming he sexually assaulted her when she was 17 and under the spell of paedophile financier Epstein. The duke settled out of court but has always denied any wrongdoing.

The actor, 22, is hoping to spend at least a year abroad, after immersing himself in the movement this summer.

She may have put away her genie bottle more than five decades ago, but Barbara Eden is still enchanting fans at 94.

It was revealed back in May the show has been axed for half the year and Lorraine's runtime has been slashed by 30 minutes, as Daytime bosses announced cuts with job losses.

The enormous winning bid not only set a new world record but was a significant mark-up on the usual price paid for a 20-year-old Range Rover.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivered an expert takedown of a top broadcast host Sunday while discussing the intricacies of negotiating a deal between Russia and Ukraine.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: James Norton plays Harold II and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau his old friend turned bitterest enemy, William Duke of Normandy, in King And Conqueror.

The Tories and Reform UK said the proposals are designed to see off public anger over migrant hotels but are nothing more than 'tinkering at the edges' of the asylum system.

More than 52,000 cancer patients had to wait longer than they should have to be diagnosed and start treatment in the first six months of this year, figures reveal.

After the Tea dating-advice app leaked information on its users, the BBC found two online maps "purporting to represent the locations of women who had signed up for Tea... showing 33,000 pins spread across the United States." The maps were hosted on Google Maps. (Notified by the BBC, Google deleted the maps, saying they violated their harassment policies.) "Since the breach, more than 10 women have filed class actions against the company which owns Tea," the article points out, noting that leaked content is also spreading around social media: Since the breach, the BBC has found websites, apps and even a "game" featuring the leaked data... The "game" puts the selfies submitted by women head-to-head, instructing users to click on the one they prefer, with leaderboards of the "top 50" and "bottom 50"... [And one researcher calculates more than 12,000 posts on 4Chan referenced the Tea app over the three weeks after the leak.] It is unsurprising that the leak was exploited. The app had drawn criticism ever since it had grown in popularity. Defamation, with the spread of unproven allegations, and doxxing, when someone's identifying information is published without their consent, were real possibilities. Men's groups had wanted to take the app down — and when they found the data breach, they saw it as a chance for retribution. They weren't the only ones with a gripe against Tea. Back in 2023 the fiance of Tea's CEO founder approached the administrator of a collection of Facebook groups called "Are We Dating the Same Guy?" to see if she'd be the "face" of the Tea app, reports 404 Media. But they add that after Tea failed to recruit her, Tea "shifted tactics" to raid her Facebook groups instead: Tea paid influencers to undermine Are We Dating the Same Guy and created competing Facebook groups with nearly identical names. 404 Media also identified a number of seemingly hijacked Facebook accounts that spammed the real Are We Dating The Same Guy groups with links to Tea app. Reviews for the Tea app show several women later thought the app was affiliated with their trusted Facebook groups, the reporter said this week on a 404 Media podcast. And they add that founder Sean Cook took over the "Tara" personna that his fiance has used for technical support. "So he's on the app pretend to be a woman, talking to other women who are on the app in order to weed out men who are being deceptive..." Thanks to Slashdot reader samleecole for sharing the article.

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Labour was accused of taking the side of criminals on Sunday as ministers press ahead with the abolition of most short-term prison sentences.

Wayne Rooney's son Kai received his first callup to Manchester United 's Under-18 squad. Here is a rundown of the other youngsters who are following in their fathers' footsteps.

Everton fans have labelled a section of their new Hill Dickinson Stadium as a 'disgrace' following the team's first Premier League match at their new home.

Figures released by the Ministry of Defence show that in the last four years 173 would-be recruits were turned away because of gum disease and rotting teeth.

HMRC figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request show an increase in the number of refunds claimed in 2023-24. A handful of people were refunded more than £100,000.