<p>The NHL and several players have paid tribute to Teddy Balkind, a high school player who died in a tragic accident. The 10th grader was a student at St Luke’s, a private school in New Canaan. On Thursday, January 6, he was facing off against Brunswick School when he took a tumble on the ice. <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/sport/nhl-pays-touching-tribute-to-high-school-player-who-died-in-horrific-accident/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Comedian Romesh Ranganathan was forced to stop his London Hammersmith Apollo show after a woman began hurling racist abuse at him. On Thursday, January 7, Ranganathan had to stop his London show and wait for security to escort the woman out before continuing with his set. In a video from the incident, The Weakest Link <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/romesh-ranganathan-jokes-after-woman-thrown-out-of-his-gig-for-racist-abuse/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Sinéad O’Connor has announced the death of her teenage son, Shane. The Nothing Compares 2 U singer released a statement on social media confirming the 17-year-old’s passing. The teenager – the son of Sinéad and fellow Irish musician Dónal Lunny – was reported missing in Dublin earlier this week, with police launching an appeal to <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/music/sinead-oconnor-announces-death-of-17-year-old-son/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The three men convicted of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery have been sentenced to life in prison. Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbour, William ‘Roddie’ Bryan were found guilty of Arbery’s murder in November, after a jury heard that they chased him in pickup trucks while shouting racial slurs, before he was fatally shot <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/three-men-convicted-of-killing-ahmaud-arbery-sentenced-to-life/" title="Read more" >…</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" >…</a></p>
<p>Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been released on bail after being accused of a series of serious sex offences. Mendy was arrested by the Cheshire Police on August 26, 2021 and has been accused of eight offences against five different women, including seven counts of rape and one count of sexual touching. He remained <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/sport/benjamin-mendy-manchester-city-footballer-accused-of-rape-released-on-bail/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Photographers will now face up to two years in prison if they’re caught taking a picture of a woman while she’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" >…</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>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>You probably remember where you were when you first heard that something was happening at the Capitol building. If you’re anything like me, you spent most of January 6 sitting gripped in front of the news, scarcely able to believe your eyes as the scenes played out. In the days and weeks that followed, the <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/capitol-riots-political-experts-warn-of-existential-threat-to-us-democracy-on-anniversary-of-insurrection/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A rare case of avian flu transmitted from bird-to-human has been discovered in England. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has revealed that a case of the bird flu, known as the Avian Influenza, has been detected in the South West of England. It has only previously occurred in humans a few times in the <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/very-rare-human-case-of-bird-flu-detected-in-the-uk/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A judge who sentenced a truck driver to 110 years in prison has criticised a governor for reducing the sentence without telling him. Jefferson County District Court Judge Bruce Jones handed down the lifelong sentence to Rogel Aguilera-Mederos after he lost his brakes and drove his truck into stationary traffic in Colorado, killing four people. <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/judge-who-sentenced-killer-trucker-to-110-years-hits-out-at-governor-who-reduced-sentence-without-telling-him/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A woman has opened up about her experience trying to smuggle 5kg worth of cocaine out of South America. At the age of 19, Natalie was manipulated by her drug dealer into attempting to fly 5kg worth of cocaine out of Venezuela. Detailing how she felt when she got caught, as well as the circumstances <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/woman-explains-how-she-tried-to-smuggle-5kg-of-cocaine-out-of-south-america/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Today, January 6, marks one year since the shocking insurrection at the US Capitol in Washington DC, where Donald Trump supporters stormed the building in protest of Joe Biden’s presidential win. News of a protest in the city on January 6 was not unexpected, with Trump himself having rallied his supporters with a tweet just <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/capitol-riots-heres-what-happened-on-the-day/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A man’s complaint that he was discriminated against by Christian bakers who refused to make him a cake with an LGBTQ+ message on it has been dismissed. In May 2014, Northern Irish gay rights activist Gareth Lee ordered a cake with a design featuring Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie, along with the slogan ‘Support <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/long-running-gay-cake-case-ruled-inadmissible-by-the-european-court-of-human-rights/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The Sex and the City reboot, And Just Like That, has revealed that it has edited Chris Noth out of its season finale, following allegations of sexual assault having been made against the actor. In December 2021, two women came forward to claim that they were assaulted by the 67-year-old, with one incident allegedly taking <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/chris-noth-edited-out-of-sex-and-the-city-reboot-amid-sexual-assault-allegations/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers have called for a retrial after it was revealed one of the jurors could have had a conflict of interest within the case. The former socialite was convicted on December 29, 2021, of five out of six counts for the sex trafficking of minors to engage in illegal sexual activity within the <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/ghislaine-maxwell-retrial-called-for-following-jurors-sexual-abuse-revelation/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Police have found a body in the search for missing 20-year-old Harvey Parker. Parker was last seen on December 17, 2021 leaving Heaven Nightclub by Charing Cross railway station in Westminster, London at around 2.15am. At 11.50am on Tuesday, January 4, the RNLI discovered a body in the River Thames, near Embankment, Westminster, close to <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/body-found-in-search-for-missing-20-year-old-harvey-parker/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Four Black Lives Matter protesters have been found not guilty of criminal damage after pulling down a statue of Edward Colston and dropping it into Bristol harbour. Protesters toppled the statue of the 17th century slave merchant in June 2020 during a protest that occurred in the weeks following the death of George Floyd in <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/blm-protesters-found-not-guilty-of-criminal-damage-after-toppling-edward-colston-statue/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>In Arizona, the parents of an 11-year-old boy have been arrested after it was alleged he was left at home alone. A post on Cochise County Sheriff’s Office’s social media revealed that the couple, Melissa Green and Bobby Jo Green, had been arrested on child abuse charges. The post detailed how, at around 6.45pm on <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/parents-arrested-after-leaving-11-year-old-home-alone-over-christmas/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>