<p>A &#8216;dangerous&#8217; murder suspect managed to jog out of a Georgia prison after a storm caused the cell door to malfunction. Kevin David Lenix Wilson, 32, is currently being held in Effingham County jail on a numerous charges dating back to October 2020. Earlier this week, on Monday, January 3, local weather caused a &#8216;glitch&#8217; <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/dangerous-murder-suspect-escapes-prison-after-storm-causes-door-malfunction/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>A musician in Northern Ireland was left both shocked and impressed after Royal Mail delivered a letter addressed with his &#8216;life story&#8217;.  Feargal Lynn, from County Antrim, took to Twitter to offer a &#8216;hearty applause&#8217; to the postal service after receiving his letter this month. It&#8217;s unclear who sent the letter, but it is clear <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/life/man-shocked-after-letter-labelled-with-his-life-story-gets-delivered/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague has released a statement after she faced backlash for expressing belief that &#8216;if you want something enough you can achieve it&#8217;, no matter your background.  Hague made her controversial comments last year during an appearance on the Diary of a CEO podcast, hosted by Dragons&#8217; Den&#8217;s Steven Bartlett, however they <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/celebrity/molly-mae-hague-defends-controversial-comments-in-lengthy-statement/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>It&#8217;s Lewis Hamilton&#8217;s 37th birthday today, and his childhood babysitter has shared some memories to mark the occasion. Hamilton&#8217;s career is a glittering one, with his seven World Drivers&#8217; Championship titles a joint record alongside Michael Schumacher, while he holds the records for the most wins (103), most pole positions (also 103) and most podium <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/sport/lewis-hamiltons-childhood-babysitter-shares-wholesome-memories-of-the-f1-legend/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>A police officer has been widely praised after rushing on to an ice-covered lake to rescue a dog that had fallen into the water.  Lewiston police department was alerted to the incident last month by the dog&#8217;s owner, who explained they and a friend had been walking their dogs when their 10-month-old Labrador, Kona, chased <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/police-officer-rescues-dog-from-icy-lake/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>A Maryland bakery driver teamed up with a couple to hand out free loaves of bread to motorists stuck in a gridlock. Ron Hill, a driver for the Schmidt Baking Company, was one of many people stranded on Interstate 95 in Virginia earlier this week as a result of icy conditions, snow and broken-down vehicles <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/life/bakery-driver-praised-for-handing-out-loaves-of-bread-to-trapped-in-motorists/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>Actor Macaulay Culkin has revealed his regret over not pursuing a job in WWE when he had more free time.  Home Alone fans will be all too familiar with the sight of Culkin standing up for himself after he successfully protected his home from the Wet Bandits – but it&#8217;s not just his character who was <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/celebrity/macaulay-culkin-regrets-not-pursuing-dream-wwe-job/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>Warning: contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home Andrew Garfield has revealed that he and Tobey Maguire snuck into a cinema on Spider-Man: No Way Home&#8217;s opening night. In the run-up to the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Garfield and Maguire had to spend months deflecting questions over whether they would be in the movie. <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/andrew-garfield-reveals-he-and-tobey-maguire-secretly-snuck-into-spider-mans-opening-night/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>For the first time ever, astronomers have been able to observe the self-destruction of a star in real time. The team, led by astronomers from Northwestern University and the University of California, Berkeley, observed the dramatic end of a red supergiant star before watching it become a type II supernova. There have got to be few jobs <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/astronomers-observe-rapid-self-destruction-of-supergiant-star-in-breakthrough-of-understanding/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>Love Island&#8217;s Molly-Mae Hague has caused a social media storm, with users taking to platforms to inform the influencer just how they would choose to use their 24 hours in a day.  Hague recently came under fire for comments she made in YouTube series The Diary of a CEO about the state of modern poverty <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/viral/people-are-telling-molly-mae-hague-what-they-can-do-in-the-same-24-hours/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>Legendary actor and diplomat Sidney Poitier has sadly passed away at the age of 94. Best known for his roles in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night and Lilies of the Field – for which he was the first Black and Bahamian man to win a Best Actor Oscar – <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/sidney-poitier-has-died-aged-94/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>Machine Gun Kelly came up in a question on Jeopardy – unfortunately for the contestants, nobody had a clue who he was.  While seemingly obscure to some, MGK, real name Colson Baker, has been making headlines for years: his once-active beef with Eminem; his successful transition from rap to pop-punk; rankling Slipknot fans after tearing <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/music/machine-gun-kelly-was-an-answer-on-jeopardy-but-nobody-knew-who-he-was/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>Three former Minneapolis police officers charged over the death of George Floyd are set to stand trial this month. Tou Thao, J. Kueng and Thomas Lane are set to appear in St. Paul courthouse for the federal trial after fellow former officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty last year of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/three-remaining-officers-charged-over-george-floyds-death-to-stand-trial-this-month/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>Photographers will now face up to two years in prison if they&#8217;re caught taking a picture of a woman while she&#8217;s breastfeeding, without her consent.  The government announced the new measure on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, which will see the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill amended. It will now be a criminal offence to <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/photographing-women-breastfeeding-to-be-punishable-with-jail-time/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>Warning: Contains Spoilers Spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home, even though you really should have seen it by now. There&#8217;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" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>An east London restaurant owner has been fined after he refused to shut down and then pretended mouldy chicken was &#8216;boiled crab meat&#8217;. 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" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings as areas of the UK are set to be hit with &#8216;thundersnow&#8217; 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&#8217;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" >&#8230;</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" >&#8230;</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" >&#8230;</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" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>A model has revealed she was stalked for &#8216;hours&#8217; after someone planted an Apple AirTag in her coat pocket, describing it as the &#8216;scariest moment&#8217; 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" >&#8230;</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" >&#8230;</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" >&#8230;</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" >&#8230;</a></p>