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Channel 4 has raided Sky for its new chief executive as the broadcaster faces the prospect of a takeover of ITV by Comcast that would pose the biggest threat in its four-decade history. Its board is understood to have agreed the appointment of Priya Dogra, the head of Sky’s advertising, data and new revenue, as its new chief executive. – Guardian
Ed Miliband’s plans to build the Sizewell C nuclear power station are facing a High Court legal threat over claims it will destroy a rare bird habitat. Activists are seeking a judicial review to force the Government to revisit plans for the project, which they say is being built on land occupied by endangered marsh harriers. In a hearing on Tuesday, the Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) campaign group raised concerns over Sizewell C’s plans to build 10-metre-high flood defences on Suffolk marshland. – Telegraph
US defence giant Anduril is planning to build fighter drones for the British Army on the Isle of Wight as defence chiefs seek to embrace the age of autonomous warfare. The company – founded by Palmer Luckey, the billionaire US inventor – has agreed a deal with GKN Aerospace that could see it manufacture the aircraft’s bodies in Cowes. – Telegraph
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is said to be preparing for an initial public offering that would be one of the biggest public listings to date. SpaceX’s leaders and advisers are pursuing a listing of the rocket maker as soon as next year that would target a valuation of about $1.5 trillion, Bloomberg News reported. That valuation would put it close to Saudi Aramco’s record when it listed in 2019 at a valuation of $1.7 trillion. – The Times