In a moment the news where you are, but well leave you with some of todays scenes at Kensington Palace. Have a good night. When i walked into that room and saw her and there she was sitting there, iwas like, 0k, well, im going to have to up my game here just an amazing surprise. It was so sweet and natural and very romantic. He got on one knee. Have you heard, there is breaking news out of london this morning. Drum roll, please. Prince harry and american Meghan Markle are engaged to be married. Its fantastic. 0h, lovely marvellous. My mom just texted me about it so we wanted to come and see. Its really cool. I think its great. Another Royal Wedding, something to look forward to in times of trouble. Were thrilled, thank you very much, for both of them. I hope theyll be very happy indeed. All the stars were aligned. Everything was just perfect, it was this beautiful woman just sort of literally tripped and fell into my life, i fell into her life. Whatever we have to tackle together, it will always be us together as a team. Hello, im holly hamilton welcome to sportsday coming up on the programme. This years nominees for bbc Sports Personality of the year have been revealed well look at who made the short list. As they go 1 0 down in the ashes series, england are forced to field questions about antics off the pitch. And also coming up. Im mark selby, the World Snooker championshipsjoin im mark selby, the World Snooker championships join me later im mark selby, the World Snooker championshipsjoin me later in the programme to find out why i am dressed like this. Good evening first to this years Sports Personality of the year. Tonight this years12 nominees have been revealed with the winner to be announced during the live show in liverpool next month. So who will take home the trophy . Lets take a look at the contenders. Funky music so these are the 12 nominees. Head over to the website to find out more. You can vote for your favourite by phone and online during the live show in liverpool on sunday, 17th december. Voting details will be announced during the programme and online. To cricket now, and while england have less than a week to prepare for their second test in adelaide on saturday the focus today has been off the pitch. Wicket keeperjonny bairstow was forced to field questions about an alleged headbutt towards australian opening batsman Cameron Bancroft earlier this month our correspondent andy swiss has more. Head to head on the pitch, and, it seems, off it as australia cruised to victory, the focus was onjonny ba i rstow to victory, the focus was onjonny bairstow behind the stumps and Cameron Bancroft in front. What did happen between them in a barfor weeks ago . Cameron bancroft revealed Jonny Bairstows rather bizarre greeting. We got into an amicable conversation, and yes, shejust. Hejust conversation, and yes, shejust. He just greeted conversation, and yes, shejust. Hejust greeted me conversation, and yes, shejust. He just greeted me with a headbutt kind of thing i was expecting a handshake, but it wasnt the greeting of choice that i was expecting. As for jonny the greeting of choice that i was expecting. As forjonny bairstow himself, he insisted that the incident had been blown out of proportion. Cameron and i enjoyed the evening, and continued to do so. There was no intent or malice about anything during the evening. As you could see out there today, theres iio could see out there today, theres no animosity between myself, cameron, orany of no animosity between myself, cameron, or any of the other australian players. England say that there will be no disciplinary action againstjonny bairstow but after losing this match its a distraction that they hardly need. Its one that also raises more questions about players behaviour. After the incident involving ben stokes in bristol and now this, the ecb say that they will be reminding the squad of their responsibilities, and one former england captain says that players should be more careful. To arrive in australia, youve got to get over thejet lag arrive in australia, youve got to get over the jet lag and many teams do whatjonny bairstow and the boys did on that first night. With what has gone on back home in bristol and everything surrounding the team at the minute, these lads need to be a bit smarter. Englands ashes have begunin bit smarter. Englands ashes have begun in defeat and controversy. What was already a tough challenge has become a whole lot tougher. Andy swiss, bbc news, brisbane. And tonight, speculation mounting over ben stokes after he was seen at heathrow airport. The ecb says hes making a private trip to new zealand to spend time with family and have denied hes on his way to the ashes or any other Training Camps within the england set up. Stokes is still waiting to find out whether hell be charged after an incident outside a bar in bristol in september that led to his suspension from the national team. That case remains ongoing. Sam allardyce is back in the frame to be evertons new manager. He had ruled himself out of the job, but following their 4 1 defeat to southampton yesterday, evertons search to fill their vacancy has become increasingly urgent. Heres our Sports Correspondent david ornstein. Sam alla rdyce Sam Allardyce was the initial favourite for the job but he publicly ruled himself out of contention because everton delayed making an offer to him. In the meantime, marco silva, the watford manager, became a key target. They tried to get him but they failed. Sam alla rdyce tried to get him but they failed. Sam allardyce kept them in the premier League Previous to that, just one game in charge of england. We dont know where talks with him but hes the favourite to be the new manager at everton. David ornstein there. Romelu lukaku will face no further punishment from the fa, for an apparent kick at brighton defender gayton bong. The alleged incident wasnt seen by the referee at the time but retrospective action could have meant the striker was banned for three games. A panel of three former premier League Referees failed to all agree it was deemed worthy of a red card. There was a dramatic end to the west london derby in the championship qpr scored two goals in injury time to draw with brentford. Danish striker lasse vee ber had scored twice in the second half danish striker lasse vibe had scored twice in the second half which meant brentford, the visitors, looked set to claim all three points. Many of qprs fans had already left when matt smith grabbed a goal back in the third of four minutes of injury time. Qpr still looked like heading for their fourth defeat in a row until luke freeman popped up in the six yard box in the very last minute 2 2 it finished. World champion Bianca Walkden and olympic champion jade jones admit they are shocked and saddened by coach paul greens decision to leave the gb setup. Green guided jones to her two olympic taekwondo titles before the pair fell out over her appearance in channel 4s thejump series late last year. Now he may be thejester from leicester but mark selby has been king of the cruicable over the past two years. On wednesday, hell begin the defence of his uk championship crown at the york barbican where hell face egypts basem eltahhan but will selbys reign last longer than leicesters last royal connection . Our reporterjamie broughton has been to meet him. A king battling to save his crown. Thats a story very familiar to mark selby. What a win for mark selby. What a win for mark selby. He defended his World Championship title earlier this year, to become the crucible king for the third time. Its good to see you. How are you . An interesting place, there is. Its amazing, the first time ive been here, im looking forward to seeing the history. Shall we walk around . Why not . Tragically, for richard iii, his reign ended when he was killed at the battle of bosworth field in 1485. This Visitor Centre is built on the site where his body was discovered. In snookers game of thrones, mark selby has been the world number one since february 20 15. It means everything. Im not really one for history, when i look back at it, but when im in that position, being the world number one for two years, it makes me want to work harder to stay there for as long as possible. Epic battles are something the World Champion knows all about. Absolutely superb last year he beat Ronnie Osullivan to win the uk championship for the second time. He completed the match in style with back to back century breaks. How i performed, it in style with back to back century breaks. Howi performed, it was nice to do that and win a tournament. He does that with everyone else, it was nice to go head to head in that kind of game. His firstround opponent this year in york is from egypt and is africas only professional on tour. It would give me a big boost in my career. Its a good experience as well, whatever the result. Its a good experience. It is one thing to study history and pay your respects to legends of the past but sometimes, you can go too far. |j need to be more padded up the snooker king still has plenty of fight left, his opponents better watch out. To follow mark wielding a cue insead of a sword you can follow the championship on the bbc sport website and 5live. Coverage on bbc one starts saturday lunchtime. Thats all from sportsday. A reminder to head over to the website for more details on this years bbc sports pesonality of the year nominees. Coming up in a moment on the bbc news channel, the papers. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are martin bentham, Home Affairs Editor at the london Evening Standard and victoria murphy, whos royal correspondent at the daily mirror. Theres your clue as to what is on the front pages tomorrows front pages, starting with. The i which has a picture of prince harry and and his fiancee, the american actress Meghan Markle who announced their engagement earlier today. The happy couple also makes the metros front page, with a close up of the Engagement Ring which is decorated with diamonds from princess dianas collection. The telegraph reports how the queens corgis took to ms markle to ms markle straightaway, according to prince harry. The ft leads with how the price of the bitcoin hit a record high today, with the value of the Virtual Currency rising more than 850 since the beginning of the year. The daily express goes with the royal engagement, and comments from harry that the stars were aligned when he met meghan. The mirror reports how prince harry had proposed earlier this month at his home in Kensington Palace as the couple were making roast chicken. The brexit secretary david davis could be in contempt of parliament by refusing to hand over in their entirety the impact assessments on brexit, according to the guardian newspaper. The times details accusations that some ofjeremy corbyns left wing supporters are facing for carrying out what the paper calls an aggressive purge of centrist local councillors. So, theres only really one story today, as we have been reporting today, the engagement, there had been a lot of speculation about it, we didnt know when it was coming, victoria may have known more that engagement today, prince harry and Meghan Markle will be married in the spring. It says on the front page of the i newspaper, bride to be is divorced american actress who will be the first mixed race member of the royal family. The be the first mixed race member of the royalfamily. The queen be the first mixed race member of the royal family. The queen says that she is delighted. What do you think of it all, are you excited at the prospect of a Royal Wedding . Think of it all, are you excited at the prospect of a Royal Wedding7m isa the prospect of a Royal Wedding7m is a big new state, and the fact that she is very different, she comes from america and is divorced, she is an actress, and she has a lot of personality, clearly, it makes it quite an interesting and eye catching event for the public. The fact that prince harry has been able to choose freely the person he wa nts, able to choose freely the person he wants, that is the defining thing. I suppose if you think about his father, there was a lot of pressure on him at the time 30 years ago to choose someone from the right background. Its a good thing that harry can choose the person he wants to be with and that she can do the same. Yes, there is no question that this is a love