this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at six. chanting: hey, hey! ho, ho! kavanaugh has got to go! division and protests across america, but senators are expected to approve president trump's supreme court nomination later, despite sexual assault allegations. a government review reveals that toxic air pollution is much worse in eight areas of england than previously thought. the doctor will see you all now. gps trial a scheme where some patients share their appointments. one of the fathers of british sitcom, ray galton, has died at the age of 88. if we was to kill off all the dirty old blokes like you, we wouldn't have any diseases any more. with his co—writer alan simpson he created classics — steptoe and son and hancock's half hour. going, going, actually gone, an original banksy self—destructs, moments after selling for more than a million pounds at auction. and at 6:30, sportsday will bring you the latest

asjose mourinho‘s manchester united are in trouble as they host newcastle at old traffrd. good evening. in the next few hours, the us senate will almost certainly confirm president trump's controversial nominee for the us supreme court — even though he's facing a series of allegations of sexual assault. it's thought brett kavanaugh does now have the support of enough senators — although he's still facing ferocious opposition from the democrats, and protestors outside capitol hill. nick bryant reports from washington. # hey, hey, ho, ho. # kavanaugh has got to go #.

the protests are continuing but the fight now is over. brett kavanaugh will be confirmed by the us senate, on a day that could change america for decades, a milestone moment with the potential to make this a more conservative country. inside the halls of congress, protests in the offices of wavering senators who've ended up backing brett kavanaugh‘s nomination. manchin, do the right thing. one of them is democratjoe manchin, who's broken with his party and who was heckled as he tried to explain his decision. the senate was in session all night, recriminations round—the—clock. every american is entitled to the benefit of the doubt but nobody is entitled to a seat on the united states supreme court. this body has had a test and we are failing that test. this body has had a chance. this body has had a responsibility

and we have surrendered that responsibility. the supreme court wields society—changing power. in the 1950s, it ordered the desegregation of southern schools. in the 1970s, it liberalised abortion rights. more recently it has handed down landmark rulings — bolstering gun rights. now it will have a decisive, conservative majority for the first time in decades. the committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god. i do. brett kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault, an allegation he fiercely denied. this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy. at the end of this vicious fight, he'll occupy a lifetime seat on america's highest court. his sponsor, donald trump, hasn't been seen in public

since late thursday night but soon he'll celebrate victory. he's tweeted, it's a big day for america and it's one that gives him an instant legacy of making the usjudiciary more right wing. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in washington, barbara plett usher. she told me that ruling is expected to go along party lines. it's been a bitterly partisan battle, quite nasty at times. so there have been a lot of twists and turns, questions about how this will turn out and it all rested all rested on four senators, three republicans and one democrat, they were the holdouts and they could have tipped the vote either way and they announced their positions yesterday, so when you add up the math given their announcements, judge kavanaugh does have the votes. this has been quite a turbulent affair so we cannot rule out anything completely until the votes are in. from what we know it looks like he will be the next supreme courtjustice. that will give an important

political win to president trump. this episode has been described as being extremely divisive not only politically but also on the streets of america. you say his ascension to the supreme court will be a victory for mr trump but a lot of people say it is also bring into question the legitimacy of the supreme court, what are americans saying to you? well, the americans who are protesting outside capitol hill even today, even though they probably lost the battle, are saying that they will continue their fight, obviously not against judge kavanaugh per se, but this will galvanise them going into the midterms and i think the democrats will be hoping to use this as a mobilising force for their supporters in the midterms and beyond but there are others in america who have quite the opposite response, including women. they see this whole campaign againstjudge kavanaugh was very

politically motivated and they believe and felt it was unfair and it besmirched his character in a way and his innocence in a way they believe was unamerican and very partisan, so they are very on the opposite side. you have that polarization running not only to the senate but also through the country and there has been concerned that it could affect the supreme court which is the one government institutions i should say that americans still have faith in. you had seniorjudicialfigures warning against this kind of partisan politics in the supreme court and especially afterjudge kavanaugh himself made quite partisan statements and his testimony for which he tried to backtrack later but never the less, it is something that has raised concerns from quite serious fair—minded legal officials who worry about the effectiveness of the subprime part.

—— supreme court. let's ta ke let's take you live to be sent at this has been taking place since last night. various senators haven't taken the time. —— let's take you to the senate house. that if the hours, the senate room will fill and we start to get an indication of what direction the final vote is going again. let's take you outside the building. interesting, looks like somebody is getting arrested. security is high, i've been looking at the scene for the last i work, you can see the security detail and police around capital really mobilising themselves in organising themselves, the crowds are pretty hugein themselves, the crowds are pretty huge in some places, some of the steps the protesters seem to have been allowed on the steps there. but

you have the protesters and a huge security presence and you conceive that with the plastic ties on their belts as well. another man being led down the stairs and led away. obviously, faux denomination has really divided the country as barbara was saying that. joining us here on bbc news, we think that lady has been arrested she is part of the protesters. we do not know which side, it is dividing politics as well. if you stay with us here on bbc news, we will bring you special coverage of this final vote, we are expecting him to take place from around 9:30pm ourtime, expecting him to take place from around 9:30pm our time, from 3:30pm local time washington. senators currently delivering their speeches, the crowds are building outside the capitol hill. the concern right now,

with sissoko still the expectation is he will get his seat on the supreme court and the core could be pushed to the right and many people already asking what's the cost worth it. if you stay with us we will debate that and many other questions throughout the evening here on bbc news. people being led away still there from capitol hill. pa rt part of the protesters speaking out against the nomination process and a potential yes vote ofjudge kavanaugh to potential yes vote ofjudge kava naugh to the potential yes vote ofjudge kavanaugh to the supreme court. you are watching bbc news. air pollution in parts of england is much worse than previously thought, according to new scientific data released by the government. it shows that nitrogen dioxide, which is emitted from vehicles and can cause heart and lung, will not fall to legal levels for another ten years.

ministers have ordered eight local authorities to reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide at pollution hotspots. but environmental campaigners accuse the government of trying to pass the buck. jon donnison reports. it is easy to see why parts of broxbourne have some of their worst levels of pollution in the country. around 30,000 cars go up the a—io everyday. the government has been forced to acknowledge that this is one of eight local authorities efforts to tackle air pollution are failing. not great if you live next door. it does worry me. you do not want to be breathing in all this rubbish. they are always going on about london but we really, really do get bad traffic along here. it has been ten years since the eu set maximum levels for nitrogen dioxide. the government had been aiming to comply by 2021. it admitted today it will not

achieve that until 2028. doctors say air pollution is linked to the early deaths of 40,000 people a year in the uk. the government has told local councils they need to do more to tackle pollution hotspots. here in broxbourne, research says it could take ten years to bring air pollution down to legal levels. client earth, the enviromental law charity who won the case falls in government to improve its egg quality plan said ministers had shown a shocking lack of leadership. it has taken a long time to show the true extent of the problem. they have to start taking real action now. in a statement, the government acknowledged that the action was still required. it said air quality had improved significantly in recent years.

the president of the european council, donald tusk, has offered an upbeat assessment of the brexit talks — saying he believes it's possible to reach a deal by the end of the year. his comments came after another senior eu official, jean claude juncker, president of the european commission, also suggested the chances of a an agreement have risen in the last few days. one week after the indonesian island of sulawesi was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami, officials say more than 1,000 people could still be missing beneath the mud and rubble. so far the official death toll is around 1500. hundreds of buildings were destroyed in the city of palu when it was hit by a wall of water. yet alongside the despair, there have been stories of hope, as our correspondent nick beake reports. within this devastated city you find incredible stories of survival.

12—year—old football fan rizki was in an internet cafe in palu watching highlights of his beloved manchester city when the earthquake struck. "suddenly the earth started to shake," he tells us. "i started to run, my hand was crushed, but i was able to stick out my other hand. i waved it, someone saw me and helped me out." he still hopes to achieve his dream of becoming a footballer, joining his heroes at his favourite team. who is your favourite manchester city player? riyad mahrez. algerian international riyad mahrez became manchester city's record signing when they bought him for £60 million this summer. we thought manchester city may want to know about their young fan's amazing story of survival thousands of miles away. so we got in touch. and it turns out riyad mahrez wants to send a personal message. now, rizki doesn't know

anything about this. hi, rizki. somebody wants to say hello to you. hi, rizki. how are you? i hope you're getting better. i heard that you are a big city fan. so ijust want to wish you a good recovery. i hope you get better and we will give you the best wishes from man city. he also said that he'd like to send you a signed shirt as well. "i can't wait to get better and wear it". in the city of sorrow, where they have lost so much... thank you. ..a smile goes a long way. the headlines on bbc news. president trump's supreme court nominee is expected to be approved by us senators later today, despite allegations of sexual assault. toxic air pollution is much worse

in eight areas of england than previously thought, a government review reveals. ray galton, one half of the writing duo behind hancock's half hour and steptoe and son, has died at the age of 88. scientists and representatives of 195 governments have a approved a report on limiting global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees. the finalised report, due to be published on monday, will sound a warning about the speed and scale of measures required to protect countries vulnerable to global warming and rising sea levels. it's expected to prompt calls for urgent steps to cut greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050. and we'll bring you the full details of that report in our special coverage of the the intergovernmental panel on climate change on monday. candidates hoping to become brazil's next president

are making their final efforts to woo undecided voters before the first round of the country's general election tomorrow. the far—right politician, jae—ear bolsonaro is the frontrunner. the economy, crime and corruption are said to be among the main concerns of voters. some patients could see theirgps in groups, under plans being considered by the nhs in england. doctors have been trialling shared appointments for up to 15 patients with the same condition — ranging from raised blood pressure and rheumatoid arthritis, to chronic back pain and asthma. the royal college of gps says patients like getting the support of others — while gps say it stops them having to repeat advice. earlier i spoke to dr fraser birrell, and mary henfrey, a patient who's taken part

in group—led sessions. i used to go to see doctor birrell each week and it was a three—hour group session and the good parts about it were people ask questions that you might not have thought of asking yourself and also it was nice to see other people and talk to them and get their experiences as well. were you ever made to feel uncomfortable, sharing your experience? no, never, everybody who was there seemed pleased to be there and as i say, people ask questions that you hadn't thought of asking yourself. doctor birrell, if i could turn to you now, is this a good thing for everyone? no, it won't suit everyone. i think what we're trying to do is offer people choices and the big trouble here is that we don't have

enough nurses, we don't have enough doctors, waiting times are worse than we wanted, this is one possible solution where if we see people together, we can offer them better care and it's better personalised care which means we have better access, we can see the people with chronic conditions more regularly. i have to say, it's nice that mary considered that i saw each week, i ran monthly clinics for two hours but once you have parked up and the whole experience, the thing is people get enough care and they get all their questions answered and this is an efficient way of delivering high quality care to more people. how long has the trial been going on? this trial has been going on, we first piloted at ten years ago and we presented the data as one of the british society for rheumatology meetings where we were awarded an innovation prize. it isn't a trial, this is routine practice, and certainly gps who are doing

this, around 300 practices across the country trained including 67 in the north east, the way to do it is to embed it in practice and if you offered to patients, there is a bit of reluctant initially but once they have tried, people are generally happy to stick with it because satisfaction levels are probably a bit higher, access is better and outcomes are better so it's not going to suit everybody but it's about offering people choices. the doctor and married there. let's go back to capitol hill. live pictures, what you can see are some of the protesters that have gathered around the main building. the ones that are lined up, you can see the amount of security that is present there, but i wouldn't describe to you the scene. you have a police officer escorting a single processor. if you look carefully behind their backs their hands have been secured with plastic ties. ——

single protesters. highly organised number of them if you seek and follow what is going on. but every protester who has been arrested seems to have a security officer that has been watching them. they have been lined up and this has slowly been building for the last half hour. now, there are reports that the protesters have been chanting and gathering on the east line of capitol hill. protesting because of the expected confirmation ofjudge breck kavanaugh to the supreme court, police we understand our fenced off the plaza area. supreme court, police we understand ourfenced off the plaza area. —— brett kavanaugh. ourfenced off the plaza area. —— brett kava naugh. they ourfenced off the plaza area. —— brett kavanaugh. they want to try and keep the crowd away from the senators as they start to drive and arrived at the main building for the vote. you can see some of those protesters being led away, there it is, a huge security presence, i understand that some of those

protesters have breached the barricades that had been put in place. it all seems very calm. you can see that from that. these are live pictures from around the capitol hill building. inside of the building itself, and the senate room, this is senator chris van hollen of maryland, a democrat, and he is is one of a number of senators who has been taken to the floor addressing the floor and the build—up to the confirmation, or maybe not, but it is utterly devoted of whether thejudge maybe not, but it is utterly devoted of whether the judge kavanaugh will ta ke of whether the judge kavanaugh will take his place at the highest legal seatin take his place at the highest legal seat in the land. a reminder, the backdrop of this, he is still facing a series of allegations of sexual assault. we are bringing you live coverage of that final vote expected around 9:30pm local washington time. but already, rest outside of the

capitol hill building. —— arrest outside. stay with us here on bbc news. ray galton, one half of the galton and simpson comedy writing duo has died at the age of 88 after a battle with dementia. together they created iconic sitcoms including hancock's half hour and steptoe & son. david sillito takes a look back at his life. i thought you came here to give us some of your blood. that is just a smear. it may be a smear to you but it is life and death to some people. it is a comedy classic. tony hancock, the blood donor. how much do you want? a pint, of course. have you gone raving mad? the work of ray galton and alan simpson. a pint? that is very nearly an armful. it had all begun at milford chest hospital. they started to write for hospital radio and then sent a script to the bbc. eventually, they got the attention

of a comic, tony hancock. as he went past he said, did you write that? we thought, should we own up or not? we said, yes. he said, very funny. and walked off. and those were our first words with tony. alan types on and ray takes up his favourite position for inspiration. shutting out the hungry cry for more, as they develop new themes, dream up more ideas. after hancock came a one—off comedy playhouse. the offer about rag and bone men — steptoe and son. in the ‘60s it was so popular, the bbc were contacted by the then labour leader harold wilson. he was worried voters would not turn out if it was on before polls closed. harold thought we wouldn't get a turnout of labour voters. he wanted the bbc to put it on after

9pm or cancel the programme. the partnership, apart from one venture in the ‘90s, was essentially over by the late ‘70s, but their brand of comedy, rooted in class and thwarted aspiration, was, in its day, all conquering. i'll be 110 by the time you've finished. ray galton, a pioneer of the british sitcom. tributes are being paid to the opera singer montserrat caballe who's died aged 85. her duet with freddie mercury became the signature song of the 1992 barcelona olympics. music

#0f music # of barcelona! she had been suffering from ill health for some time and was admitted to hospital last month. her career spanned 50 years, with performances including her breakthrough at carnegie hall in new york, and she appeared alongside the likes of luciano pavarotti. a stencil spray painting by elusive artist banksy has attracted controversy after it self destructed just moments after being sold for more than £1 million. the framed girl with balloon, one of the artist's best known works, was auctioned by sotheby‘s in london. the piece shows a girl reaching towards a heart—shaped balloon — and was the final work sold at the auction. duncan kennedy reports. title, girl with balloon. artist, banksy.

conclusion, fine. well, sort of. because this is what happened as it was auctioned in sotheby‘s in london. as the hammer came down, so too did the picture, down into a hidden shredding machine encased in the frame. the audience couldn't believe it. the painting had just sold for over £1 million. sotheby‘s aren't saying the who or whether that contract is also in tatters. but collectors say this is banksy at his baffling best. i thought it was absolutely brilliant. banksy has taken good ideas and made them universally great. made them universally acceptable. when before banksy came along, painting on the street was a criminal act. if banksy does a painting on the wall, suddenly it's art. what's the difference? the enigmatic banksy appeared to post this instagram message after the event.

with the cheeky observation, "going, going, gone." yet there are plenty on social media who believe it's the truth that's been shredded and that it's all a hoax. but whatever has happened to the girl with balloon, it's unlikely banksy‘s reputation will be deflated. or who'll become an artist whose market has dropped out the bottom. duncan kennedy, bbc news. as that debate, the final straight of the debate onjudge kavanaugh‘s place on the supreme court is nearing, we are hearing that while we say 9:30pm we expect the vote, and now looks like the senate has said that the confirmation vote of the supreme court nomineejudge kavanaugh will be expected from around 3:30pm local time, washington time, which is from 8:30pm here on

the bbc. 8:30pm, machin to be with us, watch is here. for the latest on that confirmation. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. it's a reversal tomorrow which will be good news for those in the channel islands. not a bad end to the day, plenty of sunshine but with clear skies in place, it will be a cold night tonight. the rain in east anglia and the south—east channel islands clears, turns cloudy towards scotland later on with outbreaks of rain but in between, clear skies will lead to a chilly, frosty night away from towns and city centres, crisp start to sunday morning, a much better day for england and wales, plenty of sunshine around, most are staying dry, more cloud into northern england and wales but for scotland and northern ireland after today's sunshine, cloudy, outbreaks of rain,

most persistent across parts of scotland, windy with gales but all temperatures are starting to rise and rise further into next further into next week, still rain on monday and maybe tuesday in scotland and parts of northern ireland but england and wales, dry, sunny and quite pleasant. data lines. brett kavanaugh excepted to be confirmed. toxic report. one week after the sonoma, officials are saying more than 1000 people can be missing beneath the rubble. and going, going, actually gone. this painting by banksy self—destructs after being sold for £1 million at auction. now i'm bbc news it's sportsday. —— on bbc news. hello and welcome to sportsday.

the headlines this evening. it's looking like it could be a crucial weekend for manchester united.