<p>Calls have been rising for Ikea to be boycotted after the company decided to cut sick pay for unvaccinated members of staff who are required to self-isolate. Amid the spread of Omicron – which has caused an increasing number of people to take time off work – Ikea has decided to change its payment plans <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/calls-grow-to-boycott-ikea-over-controversial-vaccine-sick-pay-announcement/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The UK Health Security Agency has revealed new guidance in relation to PCR testing following a lateral flow result. Following rising cases brought on by Omicron, changes to testing for coronavirus and alterations to the self-isolation period have continued to be made by the government in a bid to battle the surge, but also stem <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/omicron-new-pcr-testing-rules-come-into-force-today/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Sinead O’Connor has apologised for a series of tweets in which she accused the Irish health services of being responsible for her son’s death. The singer announced last week that 17-year-old Shane had been found dead two days after going missing from a hospital where he had been placed ‘on suicide watch’, and in a <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/music/sinead-oconnor-apologises-after-lashing-out-at-health-services-after-sons-death/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Kendall Jenner has offered some context to the controversial wedding outfit that sparked backlash on social media last year. Jenner was the target of criticism back in November 2021 when she was photographed attending a friend’s wedding reception in a cut-out style Mônot black dress, with social media users flocking to Instagram posts by Jenner <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/celebrity/kendall-jenner-addresses-inappropriate-dress-worn-to-wedding/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A man has become the first ever person in the world to receive a genetically-modified pig heart in a transplant. David Bennett agreed to receive the genetically-modified pig heart after he was told that without the transplant that the only alternative was death. The 57-year-old, who was diagnosed with terminal heart disease, had been identified <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/health/man-receives-genetically-modified-pig-heart-in-world-first-transplant/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Spider-Man: No Way Home is continuing to swing its way up the all-time rankings, as it officially passes Titanic in the box office charts. Peter Parker’s latest adventure has been maintaining its momentum as it approaches the one-month anniversary of its release. It’s now on the cusp of the top five after breaking the $660 <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/spider-man-no-way-home-overtakes-titanic-on-the-box-offices-all-time-top-10/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Betty White’s death certificate has been released, revealing the cause of her death The actor, who starred in many much-loved television programmes, was found by Los Angeles police having passed away on December 31, 2021. White had a television career spanning 60 years, having featured in programmes such as Golden Girls and The Lionhearts. The star <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/celebrity/betty-whites-official-cause-of-death-revealed/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A leaked email from Boris Johnson’s Principal Private Secretary offers evidence that Downing Street officials held a party at the height of lockdown. Martin Reynolds, who has run Johnson’s private office since October 2019, sent the email on May 20, 2020, when government rules banned people from meeting in groups outdoors. It is said to <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/downing-street-held-garden-party-drinks-at-height-of-lockdown-leaked-email-proves/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Andrew Garfield has revealed that lying about his role in Spider-Man: No Way Home was ‘stressful’, but also ‘weirdly enjoyable’. After months upon months of trying to convince us otherwise, the secret is out: Garfield returned as Spidey in No Way Home, alongside Tom Holland’s Marvel Cinematic Universe wall-crawler and the OG, Tobey Maguire. It <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/andrew-garfield-says-lying-about-spider-man-was-stressful-but-very-fun/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Ikea has cut sick pay for unvaccinated staff self-isolating as they join other companies in making new policy changes to deal with the ever-increasing numbers of people taking time off work for illness. They join Wessex Water in cutting sick pay, while in the US several major companies have starting penalising unvaccinated workers, as more <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/ikea-cuts-sick-pay-for-unvaccinated-staff-self-isolating/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Bob Saget’s daughter has shared the last text her dad sent her before he unexpectedly passed away on Sunday, January 9. Aubrey Saget shared the message on her Instagram Story after her father was found dead in his hotel room in Orlando, Florida. Saget had been in the middle of a comedy tour at the <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/celebrity/bob-sagets-daughter-reveals-last-text-he-sent-her-before-his-death/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>More than 25,000 people have joined a campaign to support one of Greater Manchester’s first female bus drivers after she was dismissed after 34 years of service for being ‘too short’. Tracey Scholes started working on the buses back in 1987, and stands at 1.52m (5ft) tall. However, due to apparently lacking the ‘capability’ to <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/life/campaign-launched-for-bus-driver-sacked-after-34-years-for-being-too-short/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>It’s taken two decades to make, but the long-awaited Kanye West documentary jeen-yuhs is finally here next month – and Netflix has just dropped a new teaser for it. This latest one comes just weeks before we can see the first movie. jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is a three-parter, which begins airing on Netflix from <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/kanye-west-documentary-that-took-over-20-years-to-make-gets-first-teaser/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Pete Davidson has opened up about Bob Saget helping him during a ‘rough’ mental health period. The Full House star, who voiced future Ted in How I Met Your Mother, passed away yesterday, January 9, aged 65. ‘He was everything to us and we want you to know how much he loved his fans, performing <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/pete-davidson-reveals-how-full-house-star-bob-saget-helped-him-during-rough-mental-health-period/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A pilot was saved by police officers moments before their plane was destroyed by an incoming train. On Sunday, January 9, a Cessna crash-landed into a railway in Los Angeles, California, but just seconds before a train was set to hit the plane, several police officers managed to free its pilot and drag them to <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/heroic-police-rescue-pilot-seconds-before-train-smashes-into-crash-landed-plane/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague has released a statement following fierce backlash over a recent interview. The 22-year-old influencer, who is also the creative director of Boohoo-owned fast-fashion company Pretty Little Thing, came under fire when she expressed her views on poverty and wealth inequality. While two of her fellow reality show contestants leapt to <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/celebrity/molly-mae-hague-issues-statement-following-24-hours-comments-backlash/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The President of Turkmenistan has ordered scientists to close the country’s infamous ‘Gates of Hell’. No, it’s not a side quest in Skyrim, nor is it the actual entryway to the realm of Satan. The ‘Gates of Hell’ is the oft-used, rad moniker for Turkmenistan’s Darvaza Crater, a massive crater in the Karakum desert dating <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/president-orders-scientists-to-close-gates-of-hell/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner once thought it was ‘normal’ to teach girls how to insert a tampon. The Marvel Cinematic Universe actor sat down for an appearance on the Armchair Expert podcast, hosted by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman. Over the course of the episode, he discusses his role in Mayor of Kingstown, his relationship <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/mcu-star-jeremy-renner-says-he-thought-it-was-normal-to-teach-girls-how-to-put-tampons-in/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Met police officers who were found to have committed failings in the Grindr Killer case have since been promoted to more senior roles, it’s been revealed. Following the case of the Grindr killer, in which murderer Stephen Port targeted gay men in a series of attacks between 2014 and 2015, five officers were reprimanded for <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/police-officers-who-mishandled-grindr-killer-case-have-since-been-promoted/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Fans of The Weeknd have been sent into a frenzy over the possibility that lyrics from his new album are referring to former girlfriend Bella Hadid. On Friday, January 7, the 31-year-old, real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, released his new album, Dawn FM. However, fans were quick to spot a potential dig within lyrics featured <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/music/the-weeknd-fans-convinced-new-track-is-dissing-ex-bella-hadid/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>£3 million worth of cannabis plants have been discovered in an abandoned warehouse in Birmingham, police have confirmed. In a statement, West Midlands Police said officers executing a raid on the Digbeth address following a tip-off discovered 3,112 cannabis plants, unveiling a massive cannabis factory spread over three floors – one of the biggest seizures <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/3112-cannabis-plants-worth-3-million-seized-in-birmingham/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>At least 19 people, including nine children, have died in a Bronx apartment building blaze believed to be the one of the worst fires in New York for decades. New York Mayor Eric Adams confirmed that a further 32 people had been hospitalised, many of whom remain in critical condition. The fire is understood to <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/bronx-high-rise-19-dead-in-new-yorks-deadliest-fire-in-decades/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Get your bunting! This year, the Queen will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, and yes, there’s going to be an extra bank holiday. Queen Elizabeth II is the first British monarch in history to sit on the throne for 70 years, marking seven decades ‘of service to the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and the <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/queens-platinum-jubilee-national-holiday-plans-unveiled/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>