Two Carnival cruise guests drown at new Bahamas resort on same day

Deaths of Americans aged 74 and 79 occurred at Celebration Key, a private destination for Carnival cruise passengers

Soho House agrees to be taken private in $2.7bn deal; European shares dip ahead of Ukraine peace talks – as it happened

Ashton Kutcher to join private members’ club’s board

Exclusive: Treasury examines options including tax on homes sold for more than £500,000 as well as overhaul of council tax

Move could increase competition among big phone providers and help diversify revenues for digital bank

Companies send letter to business secretary complaining new rules were imposed with 24 hours’ notice

MCR Hotels to lead new equity investors in members’ club chain after four years on New York stock exchange

Campaigners say passengers may be priced off trains as July inflation figure is likely to push up ticket prices

Economists doubt US duties will bring about a resurgence of US factory jobs, notably due to Trump’s erratic tariff rollout

Lawyer for Transport Workers’ Union calls record penalty the ‘darkest day’ in airline’s 105-year history

Report finds more than £1bn handed out to just 217 FTSE 100 bosses in the last financial year

Nearly 600,000 BEVs hit the road as carmakers such as Renault and Stellantis attract more price-sensitive buyers

Attempt to secure pre-pack administration deal comes as government officials step up planning for its collapse

How the company that controls 007 merchandising is taking on the Austrian challenging for ownership

Manchester is closing the gap on London, with public money having helped to ‘crowd in’ a lot of private investment

Bookshop chain says people are keen to escape their screens and says rise in sales is partly down to BookTok