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Luke Sutton could be forgiven for accepting the applause a little sheepishly
after his seventh catch of the innings set a new wicketkeeping record for
Roses matches here this morning.

Sutton’s feat, which also equals the Lancashire record for all first-class
matches, denied Yorkshire a batting bonus point as Oliver Newby found the
edge of 19-year-old Ben Sanderson’s bat. But given that the home side had
already pocketed four, it was something of a hollow victory.

A five-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl have died from suspected stab
wounds, police said today.

Inflation in the European single currency area jumped to 3.6 per cent during
May, up from 3.3 per cent in April. The figure matches the 16-year high seen
in March and was slightly above market expectations.

The private equity giant Carlyle Group yesterday revealed it is working on a
bid for Filtronic, sending the shares in the UK electronics group soaring.
One analyst predicted that the potential deal could be worth about £66m

BHP Billiton has submitted its first round of documents to the European
Commission in an effort to convince the antitrust watchdog that its £75bn
hostile bid for Rio Tinto will not hurt competition.

John Lewis has posted falling sales for the third week running. The department
store said that sales fell by 2.8 per cent to £44.3m for the week to 24 May.

Tesco is to reward its UK employees with nearly £100m worth of free shares.
The world’s third largest retailer is to award £92m worth of shares – a
record amount - to 193,000 of its employees who have worked at Tesco for
more than one year.