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• Three hurricanes in Pacific show the power of El Nino

  Three hurricanes that are churning in the Pacific represent a level of elevated activity consistent with El Nino.

• World-first pig kidney transplant succeeded for nine months

  A man with end-stage kidney failure was kept off dialysis for nine months after being given a genetically modified organ from a pig.

• Current El Nino extreme weather phenomenon will be 'exceptional', say forecasters

  Forecasters have warned it is almost certain that this year's El Nino will intensify into a very strong event in the coming months and last until February next year.

• Fraudsters jailed after buying supercars and yacht in £70m tree-planting scam

  Three directors of a tree-planting company have been jailed after running a £70m investment scam that duped thousands of people, including many pensioners, out of their savings.

• Sewage dumped into English waters for more than 43,000 hours over summer

  Water companies dumped sewage into England's waters for more than 43,000 hours during July and August, new data from campaigners Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) shows.

• Summer 2026 was UK's hottest on record, Met Office says

  Summer 2026 has been declared the hottest since records began in 1884, according to provisional statistics.

• New storm names revealed - but how are they chosen, and why?

  Storm names for the year ahead are released by the Met Office every September after input from the public.

• Tech companies call for collective action against AI-enabled cyber attacks

  More than 100 companies have written an open letter calling for collective action to strengthen cyber defences amid a rise in AI-enabled cyber attacks.

• Google renames Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' after Trump order

  Google has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" for users in the US.

• More than 22,000 tonnes of rubbish cleared from illegal dump site

  A major government-backed operation has cleared more than 22,000 tonnes of illegally dumped waste from a site in Oxfordshire, the Environment Agency (EA) has said.