Meadowlark Media Raises $12.6M in Series A Funding

President Vladimir Putin 's tirade on Wednesday has been poured over and one expert has characterised him as a ' hostile enforcer '.

Officials at the Department for Transport knew about the plans to sack around 800 staff at P&O a day before workers were told, it has emerged.

Downing Street has warned PandO Ferries that there could be "ramifications" over its decision to sack some 800 seafarers. The Prime Minister's official spokesman said the UK Government was looking to see if the company's actions broke the relevant rules.

A manhunt has been launched after a brazen crook snuck into a 66-year-old women's house in Prestwick during a bogus call.

A store assistant is set to celebrate after spending two decades ringing up bargains for budget supermarket favourite Aldi.

Abhishek “Shake” Chatterjee is moving on.

Mariah Carey has a cute tradition, and it accidentally involves Shawn Mendes this year.

Mandy Moore is giving fans a look at her “real life.”

Alexander Richard said he had applied for the coffee company several times and almost got into an interview back in December.Three weeks ago, he tried his luck again and received an email some time later, expecting good news from the hiring manager.What he found out was the decisions between the managers explaining why he wasn't being considered.The 19-year-old posted on TikTok, saying: "Yeah breakups hurt and stuff, but have you all ever been CC'd on HR emails talking about why they don't want to hire you?"He attached a screenshot of the email, in which a person wrote: "I tried to interview this guy before and he never showed [for] it."To which another employee replied: "Well that's interesting. OK, so let's reject him."Alexander later explained he did reply asking for an interview time when he last applied the job in December 2021."The message was delivered and that's the last time I heard from them," he said.Want to bring a little glamour to your life every day with all the most exciting real-life stories, fashion and even sex tips HOT off the press?Well, we've got you covered with our great new Hot Topics newsletter - it'll drop straight into your inbox around 7pm and you can unsubscribe whenever you like.And signing up now means you'll get a front row seat for our great new series inside the lives of the next generation of Daily Star Page 3 girls.You can sign up here - you won't regret it..."They had supposedly sent me an interview time but I never got it.

Chelsea is heating up, as the process of selling the club Roman Abramovich has owned since 2003 continues.Potential buyers have until 9pm on Friday (March 18) to submit their final bids to buy the club to The Raine Group, the investment firm handling the takeover process.Several bidders have already gone public with their interest in the club and intentions to bid, including Chelsea fan Nick Candy and former US ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson.Therefore, here is a ranking of the richest bidders hoping to buy Chelsea as the deadline looms.Ghanaian gold miner Bernard Antwi Boasiako confirmed his intention to bid to buy Chelsea earlier this week but may struggle to do so on his own.According to Football.London, Boasiako has a net worth of just £7.7million through his ventures in the gold and farming industries in Africa.The reported £3billion price tag slapped on Chelsea has not fazed, Boasiako, though, and he wants to restore stability at the club and continue the legacy of Didier Drogba and Michael Essien.Chelsea fan Nick Candy is understood to be organising and leading a consortium that will bid to buy Chelsea ahead of Friday night's deadline.The property tycoon shares a joint net worth of £1.5billion with his brother and business partner Christian and has recruited Blues legend Gianluca Vialli as part of his bid.Candy was present at last Sunday's 1-0 league win over Newcastle United and the season ticket holder has been vocal in his calls for the club to be in safe hands with fan representation on the board.The overall net worth and value of the Saudi Media Group is currently unknown, although the consortium is being led by Mohamed Alkhereiji, who is valued at £1.7billion.Alkhereiji and the Saudi Media Group are

The final Flip or Flop. Tarek El Moussa reflected on his and ex-wife Christina Haack’s HGTV show as it came to an end after 10 seasons.

Home And Away in 1990, and actress Rebekah Elmaloglou has since become a soap icon playing Terese Willis in beloved Australian drama series Neighbours. After enjoying a remarkable career and lighting up our screens on the soon to be cancelled soap for almost a decade, Rebekah, 48, enjoys an idyllic life in Melbourne with her husband and their son.

This Morning host Alison Hammond was hit with an awkward blunder as her phone began ringing on the ITV show. Alison was joined by Dermot O'Leary and Deirdre Sanders on Friday's episode of This Morning as viewers called Deirdre to gather advice on their troubled love lives.However, as one caller began talking about their personal woes and Deirdre responded to them with advice, the iPhone ringtone began to erupt through the studio, prompting Alison to apologise profusely to them.Deirdre was in the process of soothing a caller as Alison held her ringing phone in her hand and said: "I'm so sorry everyone, so sorry."After the caller had finished talking and they were moving on, Alison said: "Apologies for my phone going off."Dermot added: "It's alright, it happens," before whispering: "Never let it happen again."The duo laughed off the awkward quip as they moved into the next caller to discuss their love lives, but although they moved passed it, viewers at home were quick to catch on.One viewer wrote: "You'd think Alison would know to turn her phone off by now...

wrestler Cara Noir is very much an enigma and a trailblazer in the UK.From his ballet-like attire – complete with dramatic wings – to his Swan Lake entrance music, Noir is a far cry from Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks.The person behind the white make-up and dramatic movements is 35-year-old Tom Dawkins.And during the Daily Star's exclusive chat with Tom, ahead of his headline bout against Ring of Honor champion Jonathan Gresham, it was clear that Cara and Tom are very much two different people.Cara will be putting his Progress Wrestling title on the line against Gresham – who will be putting his championship at stake, too – at Progress Wrestling's Chapter 130: Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive Dodge event at The Electric Ballroom in London on Sunday.And it has been labelled as the biggest match in modern British independent wrestling history.Tom said of his upcoming title vs title bout: ”It's so exciting because I've never had the opportunity to wrestle Gresham at all. “But I've been watching him for years and I feel that he's now at a point where he's doubling down the things that he loves, and the style that he loves to work.

Retirement suits her! Cameron Diaz stepped away from acting after two decades in Hollywood, and while the industry would love for her to make a big return, she is happy with her life as it is.

Is a kid in Colton Underwood’s future? One month after confirming his engagement to Jordan C. Brown, the former Bachelor is speaking about his future family plans.

Russia has been quietly working on high-tech war machines for some years and could be preparing to introduce even more of them to the conflict.The Russian army has previously trialled 'active powered' exoskeletons which can be strapped to soldiers to give them lethal cyborg powers.The electric suits are designed to augment and enhance troops. They can help soldiers carry much heavier loads and can even give machine guns deadly accuracy over long-distances.Oleg Faustov, from Russian Army defence contractor TsNiiTochMash, said the suits will make ordinary human servicemen far more lethal.He said: "We have already held trials for the prototype of the active exoskeleton.

Manchester City will face Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after the two clubs were paired together during Friday's draw in Nyon.

Adnan Virk, a Canadian sports broadcaster whose nine-year run at ESPN ended abruptly in 2019, is reuniting with ex-colleagues Dan Le Batard and John Skipper at Meadowlark Media.

Emerging content supplier Meadowlark Media has raised $12.6 million in Series A funding, CEO and co-founder John Skipper has announced.

Meadowlark Media may soon add another big name from Hollywood to its roster: multihyphenate Adam McKay. McKay was a guest on Meadowlark co-founder Dan Le Batard's South Beach Sessions podcast Wednesday morning, and Le Batard suggested that the two would be working together in the future.