The focus of a royal fairytale. In other news. Two pharmaceutical firms have said theyll invest more than a billion ponds in the uk creating nearly two thousand jobs. Freed after four years in an indianjail six british men accused of arms smuggling after a Long Campaign for their release. Leave your homes 100,000 people near Balis Mount Agung have been ordered to evacuate as officials fear a major eruption. And coming up in the sport and bbc news. Sport on bbc news. As england lose the first testJonny Bairstow tells the media his head butt of an aussie opponent wasjust a joke. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Im here at Kensington Palace which from next spring will become the london home of prince harry an his new bride. The news came just in the last three hours. It was something that had been speculated at lot in recent days and weeks. In the last few hours it has become at bristol. Has become official. The queen and the duke of edinburgh in a statement from Buckingham Palace said they we re from Buckingham Palace said they were absolutely delighted with the news. Our were absolutely delighted with the news. 0urfirst report were absolutely delighted with the news. Our first report comes from oui news. Our first report comes from our royal correspondent nicholas witchel. Theyve known each other for rather less than 18 months and theyve done their best to remain out of sight of the media. This was an exception when they were seen hand in hand at the Invictus Games in toronto earlier this year. But now they are to be married with the wedding planned for the spring of next year. The news was given in a statement from Clarence House at ten oclock. His Royal Highness prince henry of wales and miss Meghan Markle are engaged to be married. News of the engagement has been greeted with pleasure within the royal family, the queen and the duke of edinburgh who celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last week said they were delighted for the couple and wish them every happiness. Those who have seen the couple together say they are very much in love. That much was confirmed recently by Meghan Markle herself, in an interview with vanity fair magazine she declared, we are a couple, we are in love. for harry, the engagement brings to an end the bachelor life which he has led and enjoyed for a good many years. Whilst all the time seeking someone with whom he could settle down and start a family. Twice it had seemed he had found the right person, chelsea davey, born in zimbabwe, educated in britain was his girlfriend for six years up to 2010 and then there was cressida bonas, young actress and aristocratic british family who was with harry young actress from an aristocratic british family who was with harry for two years until 2014. In both cases the relationships foundered at least in part because of the intense media scrutiny. That scrutiny may be something Meghan Markle is better prepared to deal with. Wow, youre pretty. Good, youve hit on me, you can get it out of the way that im not interested. As an american actress with several high profile roles, she is used to the public spotlight. Beyond her acting career there are significant other dimensions to Meghan Markles life. Im smart and i know. Shes described herself as a strong woman of mixed race. Her father is of irish descent, her mother is an african american. Shes been active in humanitarian campaigns and is a un advocate for the empowerment of women. I am proud to be a woman and a feminist. For harry, an engagement finally offers the prospect of the personal fulfilment which at times has seemed elusive. As any girl would ever tell you its, oh my god, hes a prince. This was him in a Us Television interview in 2012. Look at me, im 27 years old and not so much searching for someone to fulfil the role but obviously finding someone that would be willing to take it on. Harry has finally found that special person. Were going to look at privacy and harassment law. One of the couples immediate challenges will be to find some privacy. In a statement soon after the relationship became public harry said, this isnt a game, it is his and this it is his and miss markles life, a life which in her case, is about to take a remarkable change of direction as she prepares tojoin the British Royal family. Nicholas witchell, bbc news. Meghan markle is best know for playing rachel zane in the us tv drama suits. She was born on the 11th august 1981 and grew up in los angeles. 0ur royal correspondent Daniella Relph reports on the actress who will soon be a member of the royalfamily. This is no ordinary royal engagement. Meghan markle, an american, an actress, a divorcee and a campaigner. She grew up in an argument never heard of los angeles, went to a private catholic school, she is mixed race, the daughter of divorced parents, her daughter mother a yoga teacher, her father in respect had lighting director. There is no question over her ability to cope with her new status. She handles herself with poise and grace. As i said, its a great tribute to the way she handles herself, she doesnt seem to be preoccupied, influenced by the fact that she is going to be a member of the royal family. And that she is going to be a member of the royalfamily. And in the that she is going to be a member of the royal family. And in the area her mother now lives there have been many offers of wedding help. Great, love it. I want to be a bridesmaid i think it would be nice, different, the first of a kind, i think its something the community can embrace. Im ecstatic and i would love to do a fascinator or a hat for her or even her wedding peace. As an actress her early career included adverts. And a stint opening the boxes on the tv programme deal or no deal. Before her big break in the show suits. But alongside her acting has been heard humanitarian work, focused on young women and gender equality. That interest in campaigning was Common Ground with her husband to be. But in the early days of their relationship some of the Media Coverage and settled the couple, prince harry issued a statement describing it as having racial undertones. It definitely felt very coded and very racist to me and furry much like there was an attempt to make cursing like an other, and outsider. Yes, that was pretty startling. Meghan markles background is unlike any other Senior Member of the royal family, she will have to navigate life inside the british aristocracy. It isa inside the british aristocracy. It is a path trodden byjulie montague of illinois, she married the son of the earl of sandwich. Marrying into this real old british aristocratic family, you know i have had to i guess, sort of touch up on my manners. When i rode over here i was much more an open book, married into the british aristocracy i realised you have to, you have to close down a little but further his reasons. This will be a whole new world for Meghan Markle, one of great privilege but with it, will come great scrutiny. As weve heard Buckingham Palace said the queen and the duke of edinburgh were delighted for the couple and wished them every happiness. The duke and duchess of cambridge said it had been wonderful getting to know meghan while the prince of wales said he was thrilled. David sillito has more. Prince charles was albus morning looking at community and green initiatives. The first topic was of course. Initiatives. The first topic was of course. Congratulations sir, what do you think about the engagement . Thank you, very thrilled, thank you brain much, for both of them, i hope they will be very happy indeed, that is all i can say. The Prime Minister offered her warmest congratulations, she says its a time of huge celebration for two people in love and Jeremy Corbyn at his press conference, the first matter to be addressed was the engagement. Look, first of all, my congratulations to harry and megan, i wish them well, i hope they have a great time and great fun together and having met harry a couple of times i am sure they are going to have a great deal of fun together. A big engagement announcement from Kensington Palace, prince harry and american actress naked markle are engaged. Unsurprisingly the engagement was Headline News in america. Ricky news out of london, drum roll please, prince harry and american Meghan Markle arrogated to be married. Hip hip, array, congratulations. It even managed to bring smiles out on the street of a damp and great monday. So thrilled, wonderful news. Really great. Ayew excited they are getting married spring 2018 . Yes, lovely. What do you think about it . I think its great, another royal wedding, something to look forward to in times of trouble. Maybe it will make my bloke proposed to me now so we can have a joint one. Congratulations to prince harry and whatever her name is. Meghan markle. Have a happy and long life together. The archbishop of canterbury also said he was absolutely delighted. Cheerful news headline for once. I immediate correspondence there we re i immediate correspondence there were three action on both sides of the atlantic. We have to behave just little differently on British Television but we are having continuing coverage of this that the big news story and we await the photocall later this afternoon. For now, from Kensington Palace, back to you. Well lets get more from our royal correspondent daniela relph. He is fifth in line to the throne, when he is married, he could be six line, this will a greater frank royal marriage. I think so and you can see that with his choice of bright, Meghan Markle is divorced, independent, in her late 30s, a point of view, divorced, not the daughter of an aristocrat. Together asa daughter of an aristocrat. Together as a couple they will have a greater degree of freedom. The duke and duchess of cambridge for one day be queen, but will not be the case for prince harry and Meghan Markle, they will be able to cut their path and do things differently, we may see that with the choice of wedding they have. They could go for the big Westminster Abbey occasion, they may feel they want to do something smaller, different in terms of how they approach that and i think together we are going to see a lot of freedom in terms of the kind of work they do. They clearly are going to forge quite a powerful partnership when it comes to charity and humanitarian work and i think a lot of focus will go on that going forward. Thank you very much. Two other news now. Two pharmaceutical firms one american, the other german have said they will invest more than a billion pounds in the uk creating more than 18 hundred jobs. The government said these biotech deals illustrated confidence it its industrial strategy aimed at supporting more research and development, encouraging firms to embrace new technology, and boosting the economy. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. High levels of investment harnessing cutting edge ideas, the robots at this commentary Manufacturing Centre cost millions to design and programme and the car door as they turn that can compete across the world. With britains weak productivity record innovation like this is very much the rule. We look at how we translate good ideas from academia and take them into industry and if we can utilise bat for other sectors including things like infrastructure and construction i think we have a great opportunity for the future. The government chose a Biomedical Research institute as the venue for its industrial strategy launch, including bigger tax breaks to encourage innovative ideas, be skilling people with better at maths and technical education, investment in infrastructure like five g, improving the Business Environment through partnerships with environments Like Life Sciences and making places were productive with better transport links. On the basis of setting that out in the strategy document these Companies Already recognise this is a long term strategy, have confidence in it and are making big Investment Decisions today that create good jobs around the country. But its not in High Tech Industries but low tech, low wage companies that productivity is wea kest. Low wage companies that productivity is weakest. The new money announced today, 725 million is spread over three years, compare it to total spending of 780 billion, its a small fraction, just 0. 03 . They talk small fraction, just 0. 0396. They talk about industrial strategy they focus on high tech sectors let pharmaceuticals, life sciences, there is space and automotive. Productivity is high already. The problem we have is in the rest of the economy, the everyday economy, sectors like retail, tourism and hospitality, for productivity is considerably worse than most european competitors, tremendous variation between firms and thats really worthy effort needs to go. Many private companies have funds to invest in skills and technology that could boost worker productivity but since the financial crash directors have an uncertain will be be enough demand for the goods for that investment to pay off and with brexit looming, overcoming that uncertainty isnt getting any easier. Andy verity, bbc news. With finau is our business editor. This white paper long in the waiting. What have we learned today . Five sectors, five leaders that the government can pull. The government sticks in a bit of money for research and development. It asks the academic institutions in a certain area to cluster round it, then they let these different centres to have test beds for their stuff. In life sciences, that might be accelerated accept and of new drugs by the nhs, which is something they have committed to. For d riverless they have committed to. For driverless cars, it might be using public streets. They put this in place, and then private investment poured in. They would say that this mornings announcement is the industrial action. It needs to work. We learned last week in the budget that things are tough. We learned a couple of things last week, just how difficult the economic challenges are. Abysmal productivity and growth. Growth downgraded. They are hoping this will cure those economic ills, and you have brexit round the corner. They say they have been working on this for a long time. In the old day, a concerted industrial strategy, they wouldnt have liked the sound of that. But they now say its necessary, and with brexit round the corner, it is urgent. Thank you. The families of five People Killed when a stolen car crashed in leeds at the weekend have paid tribute to their loved ones three of the victims were teenagers. Two 15 year old boys remain in custody on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. At the scene of saturday nights crash, the police were still searching this morning for any evidence. Why did the stolen car career off this straight road . The tree it hit bears the scars of the devastating impact which killed five. The tragedy of young people, its immensely sad. Whatever the rights or wrongs of those involved, theres a feeling of shock that so many young lives could be lost in a single crash. Its hard to get your head round, really, that so many people were killed so suddenly, and this road will never be the same for me. When i think about it and come up here, this memory. In view of whats happened, we simply feel sympathy and want to be alongside those whove lost their loved ones. Named locally, the youngest victims were ellis and elliott thornton, who were brothers, aged just 12 and 1a. Also in the car was 15 year old darnell harte, along with 24 year old robbie meerun, and father of two anthoney armour, who was also 24. The renault clio was stolen, and some of the victims were known to police. Its also understood there were seven people in a car designed to carry a maximum of five passengers. The two survivors, both 15, were arrested on saturday night. The full reasons why this crash happened may not be known for some time. Detailed work needs to be carried out, as the families of those who died try to deal with the aftermath. Danny savage, bbc news, leeds. Our top story this lunchtime. Prince harry is to marry american actress Meghan Markle in the spring of next year. In a statement, Buckingham Palace said the queen and duke of edinburgh were delighted at the news. Coming up, a dropping down under as england lose the first ashes test by ten wickets. In sport, englands eddiejones has ten wickets. In sport, englands eddie jones has been ten wickets. In sport, englands eddiejones has been named coach of the year in monaco. He beat Warren Gatland and new zealands steve hansen. The indonesian authorities have urged People Living near mount agung a volcano on the island of bali to move to safety, because of fears its about to erupt. Last night the islands main airport in the captial denpasar was shut, leaving thousands of tourists stranded. Officials have ordered that 100,000 residents need to leave the immediate area around the volcano, but so far only 40,000 have done so. The volcano first began belching thick smoke last week. The last time it erupted, in1963, more than 1,000 people died. Tom burridge reports on the latest. A giant cloud of rocks, glass, crystal and gas spews out of balis tallest volca no. Crystal and gas spews out of balis tallest volcano. Mount agung started staring two months ago, but the force of nature here has taken another unpredictable turn. Im very concerned for the people within the exclusion zones. I really hope they manage to get out of the way. The biggest worries are the mudflows which began several hours ago now. If this develops and starts to produce hot, rapidly moving avalanches down the volcano, that is avalanches down the volcano, that is a very big concern. Life does go one nearby. Many remain here even as the authorities work to evacuate 100,000 people. The hope, that there will not be the death and destruction brought by mount agung last time round. That was in 1963. In a country with a history of volcanic eruptions, this was one of the worst. Ash and lava leave 100,000 acres forever unproductive. More than 1000 died. The orange glow today, magma visible at the top of the volcano, a sign that a full scale eruption could come soon. As the magma move up through the volcano, it has heated water inside, creating steam and pressure. Breaking of fragments of rock and hurling it thousands of metres into the air. For weeks, some have been living in temporary accommodation, ever since tiny earthquakes caused by the volcano were detected. But others in the villages surrounding mount agung have no choice but to stay put. Translation im scared but i dont have the money to leave. This morning, disruption as the islands airport closed. Thousands of holidays and journeys affected. We have no information because the gates to check in have been closed indefinitely. Some tourists, though, staying put to take it all in. This could be a relatively minor eruption over a long period of time, or something more serious. Even for experts, predicting what i volcano will do next is an impossible task. Six british men whove been in prison in india for more than four years have been freed by an appeals court. They were jailed on weapons charges while working on ships in the indian ocean. They said they were security guards, employed to combat piracy. 0ur correspondent Sanjoy Majumder sent this report from chennai it begins with the moment relatives heard the news during an interview with the bbc. 35 released. Oh, my god. A short text m essa g e 35 released. Oh, my god. A short text message with the news theyd been waiting to hear for four years. Billy irving and joanne tomlinsons brother, john armstrong, among six former british shoulders acquitted of smuggling arms into india. It is an emotional moment for the families of the six men. They had campaigned long and hard to bring them home, and when nervous in the hours leading up to the verdict. Weve been waiting for four years, so we had got used to the waiting, but that doesnt mean it gets any easier, especially at times like this when thejudge easier, especially at times like this when the judge has written his verdict. He knows what hes going to say. The men were on board this ship, the american owned mv seaman guard 0hio, when it entered the southern indian coast in 2013. They we re southern indian coast in 2013. They were accused of illegally possessing arms, a charge they denied, saying they were legally carrying weapons as part of antipyretic operations. Injanuary as part of antipyretic operations. In january last year, to as part of antipyretic operations. Injanuary last year, to their horror, they were convicted and sentenced to five years in prison. This is where they spent their time, behind the high walls of a prison outside the city of chen i. Conditions have been grim. They have slept on the floor and have lost considerable weight, with minimal contact with their families. 0nce thejudges order is contact with their families. 0nce the judges order is communicated to the judges order is communicated to the prison authorities, the six former british soldiers will walk free, emerging from the gates behind me of the chen i Central Prison where they have been kept for the better pa rt where they have been kept for the better part of four years. They have spent anxious weeks awaiting their fate. Finally they can go home. Years of frustration and desperation have finally given way to dry, as news of their release is shared swiftly with friends and family. Gratitude to those who have given their support. Councils in england generated £500 million in profit from parking fees this year. Figures obtained from the Rac Foundation showed four of the five councils with the largest surplus were in london. England captainjoe root says they have to bounce back quickly after losing the first ashes test by ten wickets in brisbane. So despite some promising moments along the way for england, australia needed just an hour to wrap up the win to go one up in the five match series. 0ur sports news correspondent, andy swiss reports from brisbane. Head to head on the pitch. And, it seems, off it. Australia cruised to victory. The focus was onJonny Bairstow behind the stumps. And Cameron Bancroft in front. What did happen between them in a bar in perth for weeks ago . Well, after hitting the winning runs, bancroft revealed ba i rstows rather bizarre greeting. I got into a very amicable conversation withjonny and, yeah, he just greeted me with a head butt, kind of thing. I was expecting a handshake. It wasnt the greeting of choice that i was expecting. As for bairstow himself, he insisted the incident had been blown out of all proportion. Cameron and i enjoyed the evening and continued to do so. There was no intent nor malice about anything during the evening. As you can see, out there today, there is no animosity between myself and cameron, or any of the other australian players. England say there will be no disciplinary action againstJonny Bairstow but after losing this match its a distraction that they hardly need, and one that raises more questions about players behaviour. After the incident involving ben stokes in bristol and now this, the ecb say theyll be reminding the squad of their responsibilities and one former england captain says the players should be more careful. To arrive in australia, youve got to get overjet lag and many teams go out for a drink, and Jonny Bairstow and his team mates had on that night. But with whats gone on back home in bristol, and everything that is surrounding this team at the minute, the lads have got to be a little bit smarter. And, so, englands ashes have begun in defeat and controversy. What was an already tough challenge is now a whole lot tougher. Andy swiss, bbc news, brisbane. Back now to our main story. Prince harry and his girlfriend, the american actress, Meghan Markle, have announced their engagement. Jane hill is at Kensington Palace. Its on. It certainly is. Thank you very much and welcome back to a blustery Kensington Palace. This has been speculated about for some time now. Lets speak to the royal editor of the sunday express. Not least by your own publication. Its going to bea your own publication. Its going to be a busy spring next year. Your own publication. Its going to be a busy spring next yeahm your own publication. Its going to be a busy spring next year. It is. The cambridges third baby is due in april. The statement has gone out that they are going to have a spring wedding, so the question is exactly when, before baby or after . Putting my maternal hat on, i would suggest that perhaps its best to have it before kate gives birth, because i think you would rather be pregnant and shepherding young royal children, because we would expect Prince George and Princess Charlotte to have a starring role in the day, rather than perhaps having a newborn in tow as well. Easy times ahead. Thank you very much. It is a busy afternoon here at Kensington Palace. People like camilla are having to run inside the palace because we are first later this afternoon. The is to his bee . Eheqz ;,,. W girlfriend, bee . £55222 ;,,. W girlfriend, markle, amalgam the wedding will be amalgam the backiing will be amalgam the bacinng wili lets have a 334m k§§ ;s,§ l at is picture for many of usjjleially