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Barcelona sign Kerolin from Man City in WSL record sale

Kerolin: Man City forward joins Barcelona for £1.25m in record Women's Super League sale Barcelona have broken their transfer record to sign Man City forward Kerolin; the deal is believed to be worth around £1.25m; it represents the largest fee ever received by a WSL club, eclipsing Olivia Smith's £1m move to Arsenal from Liverpool last summer Tuesday 4 August 2026 16:46, UK Barcelona have completed the signing of Brazilian forward Kerolin from Manchester City. The deal is believed to be...

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Social care is for us all, and we all must fund it | Letters

Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article on the new prime minister’s commitment to a fair systemPolly Toynbee (Battles loom over social care, but this fight must be won. At last, we have a PM who believes that, 29 July) is right that reforming England’s broken social care system will require winning the “attention, hearts and minds” of a public that knows little about it. Yet one of the biggest barriers to reform is that social care itself remains widely misunderstood, and public debate...

North Sea oil is a litmus test for Burnham | Letters

John Barstow says oil expansion is a necessity, while David Parker wonders if the prime minister will protect the planet or the fossil fuel industryNorth Sea oil expansion is a necessity (Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling, 31 July). I state this as an environmentalist – not despite. Oil is a feedstock, not mere fuel.