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Five Great Reads: supercommunicator secrets, the decline of Australian rugby, and the film that broke British cinema

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2024

The mothers fighting a scandal bigger than thalidomide: ‘We were told the medication was safe’

Since the 1970s, it has been known that sodium valproate can harm babies in the womb. So why was it prescribed to pregnant women?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024

Mystery monster that's been terrorising quiet neighbourhood unmasked as an angry cat

The neighbourhood of Suwannee, Florida, US, has been terrorised in the last week after two people were rushed to hospital in separate attacks by cats, according to the local sheriff

Daily Mirror · May 27, 2023

Election candidate in Carmarthenshire loses vote by toss of a coin

It was so close that only a guess of heads or tails could settle it

Wales Online · May 6, 2022

Snowbird kitty: Lost cat heads home to Maine — from Florida

A Maine family that long ago gave up on a lost family cat is being reunited more than six years and 1,500 miles later

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022