This week, weve been to ifa, the massive tech show in berlin. Well be looking at the big launches and the cool new devices from the fair in a few minutes, and well also hear from the people behind them, who, weve noticed, are once again mostly men. The lack of women in tech has been well documented and its something we run up against every single day working on click and its so frustrating its extremely rare for us to turn up at a tech company and for any of the available spokespeople to be female. Its been suggested that the lack of women in tech starts developing early on. Kids are going back to school this week on the heels of stats from the latest exam results here in the uk showing that girls are turning away from stem subjects thats science, technology, engineering and maths. Only 20 of those who sat the Computer Sciences gcse exam this year were girls. For gcse engineering, it was 10 . Someone who is fighting gender stereotypes is anne marie imafidon. At 11 years old, she took a
Sunday ten september. Also ahead Manchester Arena reopens, amid tight security, three months after the terror attack. Its the overriding emotion of hope, just to show that the events opening again, and what the terrorists did will not overcome us. In sport captainjoe root calls on his england team to do Something Special in the ashes this winter, after wrapping up a series win over west indies. And louise has the weather. Good morning. A North West South east split this sunday. It looks as though we will see heavy rain and strong wind across north west england, that will drift south and east. But, for southern and eastern england, it should stay dry during the Daylight Hours. Good morning. First, our main story Hurricane Force winds have begun to batter southern florida, as irma approaches. More than six Million People have been told to evacuate, and water levels are rising at the coast, where a huge storm surge is expected. Irma had weakened to a category three hurricane, but is likel
Winds of around 130mph. Let us look at the weather here now from louise. A showery afternoon for many today. The showers merging together across scotland and Northern Ireland for longer spells of rain. Some of them heavy, with hail and thunder and a squally wind circulating around. Light and patchy for the south and east. It may stay dry in london until after dark. But the rain and the winds will strengthen through the night, gusting to gale force close to the bristol channel. Plenty of frequent showers being driven in by those blustery winds across those west facing coasts. 9 13 degrees greeting us on monday morning. But its a showery start to our working week. Some showers heavy and thundery. Dodge the showers, you will see a bit of sunshine but its not going to feel particularly warm. 13 19 degrees at the very best. A brief lull in proceedings, proceedings perhaps on tuesday, but not long before we see another spell of wet and very windy weather arriving tuesday night into the early
Strong winds on tuesday night, sunny spells and heavy showers on wednesday. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines at 3. 30 Hurricane Irma slams into the florida keys with winds up to 130 Miles Per Hour. More than 6 Million People have been ordered to leave their homes as the storm inches closer to the mainland. The hurricane is predicted to create a catastrophic storm surge, which could be up to 15 feet high in places. We have also got these torrential rains which are causing flood warnings across this region, on top of the deadly storm surge that is almost certainly going to happen. Cuba was battered overnight. Theres been significant damage as the Recovery Process begins. In other news officials in mexico say at least 90 people are now known to have died in thursdays earthquake. Now on bbc news its time for click this week, the women fighting for tech recognition. Berlin in the round. And attack of the swarm. Its going to be monstrous. This week, weve been to ifa, the massive tech s
And attack of the swarm. Its going to be monstrous. This week, weve been to ifa, the massive tech show in berlin. Well be looking at the big launches and the cool new devices from the fair in a few minutes, and well also hear from the people behind them, who, weve noticed, once again are mostly men. The lack of women in tech has been well documented and its something that we run up against every single day working on click and its so frustrating its extremely rare for us to turn up at a tech company and for any of the available spokespeople to be female. Its been suggested that the lack of women in tech starts developing early on. Kids are going back to school this week hot on the heels of stats from the latest exam results here in the uk showing that girls are turning away from stem subjects thats science, technology, engineering, and maths. Only 20 of those who sat the Computer Sciences gcse exam this year were girls. For gcse engineering, it was 10 . Well, someone who is fighting ge