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Thunderstorms pass through Sydney's west

Ben Grubb and Jonathan Swan Severe thunderstorms ripped through Sydney's western suburbs on Thursday evening, causing roof damage to a number of homes and businesses, power blackouts to about 7800 and uprooting of trees.

Sisters doing it for us all

Jonathan Swan IN THE bush behind their Castle Hill home, twins Freya and Imogen Wadlow have been poisoning privet, the weed that strangles their gum and wattle trees.

Not a black dog, but he's on Prozac

Jonathan Swan Before Prozac, Valium, trazodone and therapy, Snicker was a mess.

Confronting campaign puts animal cruelty case

Jonathan Swan Pigs and chickens raised on Australian factory farms are held in worse conditions than European animals and a new campaign aims to change that using confronting imagery.

It's a shark-eat-shark world

Jonathan Swan Imagine eating your younger, slightly shorter and skinnier cousin. Stay with me. Now imagine you are not allowed to cook him or chop him up with a knife.

Clouds: what they mean

Jonathan Swan Most Englishmen come to Australia to see the sun. Gavin Pretor-Pinney came to see a cloud.

Flash flood warning for Sydney

Jonathan Swan Flash floods may swamp parts of Sydney later today, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned.

Widespread beach erosion leaves surf clubs in deep water

Jonathan Swan Andrew Jones has watched the ocean swallow his beach. During the past 18 months, from the porch of the Taree Old Bar Surf Club, he has seen about ''60 to 70 metres of beach frontage'' disappear.

Everyone's got cold feet and brides are getting nervous

Jonathan Swan The big chill is hitting the big day. The Bureau of Meteorology has been fielding anxious calls from brides-to-be asking for long-range weather forecasts, amid the coldest start to a Sydney summer in...