<p>Basketball legend LeBron James has joined the calls to sack an NBA commentator who made an insensitive remark about Houston Rockets player Kevin Porter Jr. Washington Wizards announcer Glenn Consor was commentating on Houston’s 114-111 victory over Washington, and uttered the controversial remark after Porter hit a winning three-pointer with 0.4 seconds to go. His <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/sport/lebron-james-wants-commentator-sacked-over-kevin-potter-jr-trigger-remark/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Paris Jackson wants to play a ‘superhero or supervillain’ in a future Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. Jackson, the 23-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson, has been actively pursuing her acting ambitions over the past five years. She’s appeared in the likes of Star, Gringo and The Space Between, as well as the Scream TV series. As <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/paris-jackson-wants-to-join-the-mcu-as-superhero-or-supervillain/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Fellow Love Island contestants Shaughna Phillips and Maura Higgins have spoken out about Molly-Mae Hague’s controversial comments on wealth inequality and poverty. Love Island runner-up Molly-Mae Hague not only bagged herself boyfriend Tommy Fury on the show, but the fame has led her to become the creative director of Boohoo-owned fast-fashion brand Pretty Little Thing. <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/viral/love-island-stars-respond-to-molly-mae-hagues-poverty-comments/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Warning: Contains Spoilers Spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home, even though you really should have seen it by now. There’s little point trying to hide it any longer, The Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield impressed audiences with his not-so-surprising appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Garfield, along with the original big screen Spider-Man Tobey Maguire, appear <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/andrew-garfield-confirms-he-would-return-as-spider-man/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>An east London restaurant owner has been fined after he refused to shut down and then pretended mouldy chicken was ‘boiled crab meat’. Gaby Kolajo was hit with the fine after environmental health inspectors visited his Lagos Island restaurant, in Leyton, east London, and were horrified to find a mouse and cockroach infestation in 2018. <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/food/restaurant-owner-who-pretended-mouldy-chicken-was-boiled-crab-meat-fined/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings as areas of the UK are set to be hit with ‘thundersnow’ today, January 7. The warning follows a sudden influx of wintery weather in the region, with temperatures having plummeted on January 4 after the warmest New Year’s Day on record. A severe weather warning has <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/met-office-issues-severe-weather-warning-as-thundersnow-could-hit-uk/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A man who spent nine hours stuck in an Uber after being trapped in a blizzard got another nasty surprise when he eventually made it home, after being stuck with a $600 bill for the ride. Andrew Peters was travelling from the airport to his home in Richmond, Virginia, when his ride was among hundreds <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/life/uber-rider-hit-with-600-bill-after-getting-trapped-in-blizzard/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Disney is campaigning for Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson to win an Oscar despite her previous lawsuit against the company. In July, Johansson filed a lawsuit against the company for allegedly breaching the terms of her contract by releasing Black Widow simultaneously in cinemas and on Disney+, arguably leading her to miss out on box office bonuses <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/disney-pushing-scarlett-johansson-for-oscars-despite-black-widow-lawsuit/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Actor Julia Fox has revealed what it was like to go on a date with rapper Kanye West, detailing the experience in a blog post about their evening together. Kanye West, now formally known as Ye, has made headlines recently for his split with Kim Kardashian, with whom he shares four children. While he may <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/celebrity/julia-fox-blogs-about-kanye-date-cinderella-moment/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A model has revealed she was stalked for ‘hours’ after someone planted an Apple AirTag in her coat pocket, describing it as the ‘scariest moment’ of her life. Brooks Nader, who is best know for her appearances in Sports Illustrated, was at a bar in the Tribeca district of New York when a stranger is <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/celebrity/sports-illustrated-model-says-man-followed-her-home-by-dropping-apple-tag-in-her-coat/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Prince Andrew is reportedly trying to sell his chalet in Switzerland to pay for his legal fees in the sexual assault case launched by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. Giuffre has claimed that she was sex trafficked by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to meet with the Duke of York on three separate occasions to have sex <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/prince-andrew-reportedly-selling-swiss-ski-chalet-because-queen-wont-pay-legal-fees/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>200 troops are being deployed in London to support the NHS as hospitals continue to deal with staff shortages. The army is set to provide military medics to assist doctors and nurses with patient care, while other personnel are also being deployed to help in non-medical hospital roles. The Ministry of Defence confirmed the troops <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/omicron-army-deployed-in-london-to-support-nhs-staff-shortages/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell has been ridiculed online after he called on the BBC to play the national anthem at the end of each day. Rosindell made the suggestion during a House of Commons meeting today, January 6, when he asked ministers if they would support the idea of encouraging public broadcasters to play God <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/viral/conservative-mp-ridiculed-after-asking-for-national-anthem-to-be-played-at-the-end-of-every-day/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The St. Louis couple who made headlines after pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters are requesting that they get their weapons back from the city. Images of Mark and Patricia McCloskey quickly went viral after they stood guard outside their home in June 2020, when BLM protesters made their way past their home on <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/couple-who-pointed-guns-at-black-lives-matter-protesters-want-weapons-back/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A Tennessee Republican has apologised after being filmed losing his temper at a school basketball match and attempting to ‘pants’ a referee. 45 year-old Jeremy Faison is a Tennessee House Republican, making him one of the top lawmakers in the country. He’s also got a short temper though – as bizarre footage taken from a <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/republican-lawmaker-apologises-for-trying-to-pants-referee-at-high-school-basketball-game/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A mafia boss who has been on the run for 20 years has finally been arrested – after being spotted on Google Maps. Notorious criminals throughout history have often been caught in surprising and ridiculous ways. Legendary highwayman of yore Dick Turpin got caught when a postman recognised his handwriting, notorious mobster Al Capone was <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/world-news/mafia-boss-on-the-run-arrested-after-being-caught-on-google-maps/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>In a speech marking the one-year anniversary of the deadly Capitol riots, President Joe Biden has blamed Donald Trump for the January 6 Capitol riot – but refused to mention his predecessor by name. Refusing to mention the former president by name a single time during his nearly 30-minute speech, Biden said that Trump had <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/capitol-riots-joe-biden-refuses-to-mention-donald-trumps-name-in-insurrection-speech/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>An out-of-control piece of a Russian spacecraft has re-entered the atmosphere and plunged down to Earth. The Russian Angara A5 rocket blasted off from Earth in a test flight on December 27, 2021, and while the journey initially looked to be going well, a bid to move the spacecraft into a higher orbit proved unsuccessful. <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/technology/out-of-control-spacecraft-crashes-to-earth-after-major-failure/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Shark antibodies have been revealed as potentially being able to help make sure there are no future coronavirus pandemics, according to scientists. University of Wisconsin scientists have discovered that small proteins in the blood of the predators could help prepare the world for further outbreaks of Covid-19. The finding could ‘be used down the road <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/sharks-could-be-the-key-to-preventing-pandemics-scientists-reveal/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A man in Sweden had his life saved by a drone carrying a defibrillator in what is thought to be a medical first. The rescue took place on the morning of December 9, 2021, when the 71-year-old man suffered a heart attack while shovelling snow in his driveway in the Swedish city of Trollhättan. Dr. <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/health/drone-saves-heart-attack-patients-life-for-the-first-time-in-medical-history/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The stepmother of missing girl Harmony Montgomery has been arrested and charged in an incident related to the seven-year-old’s disappearance. Harmony was last seen in Manchester, New Hampshire, in October 2019 when she was five-years-old and was first declared missing on December 31, 2021, when authorities realised nobody had seen her for more than two <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/harmony-montgomery-step-mother-now-arrested-in-case-of-missing-7-year-old/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>With not much to go outside for in January, give thanks to Netflix, which has added a gripping selection of true crime to its catalogue this month. First up, added on New Year’s Day, is Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother’s Fight To Save Her Daughter. Directed by American journalist Lisa Robinson, this film originally <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/all-of-the-true-crime-coming-to-netflix-this-month/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A team of researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel have taught six goldfish how to drive. We’re not sure how many people ever asked for goldfish to be taught to drive, but the idea behind the experiment was to see if the fish could apply their navigational skills in an unfamiliar <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/scientists-teach-goldfish-how-to-drive-on-land-and-its-incredible/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>