Conspiracy theorists everywhere are holding their breath as Lord Stevens prepares to publish on Thursday the "ndings of his inquiry into the death of Princess Diana. Stevens delighted Diana enthusiasts when he announced last year that some of the issues raised by Mohammed Al Fayed (RIGHT) "were right to be raised", and that the inquiry was "far more complex than any of us thought".

And so the world is waiting to hear the gritty details.

The Evening Standard rained on everyone's parade a few months ago when it announced that sources close to the investigation said no conspiracy was involved.

However, Stevens himself let slip that they had uncovered fresh evidence, and Mohammed Al Fayed remains convinced that his son Dodi and Diana were murdered by British agents to prevent them getting married.

Fayed has great faith in Stevens, saying he is "optimistic that he will not be bullied by the intelligence services".

We "nd out if Diana really was pregnant.

We learn if it is true that she was embalmed before her postmortem to ensure that a pregnancy test would be inconclusive, and if this is why the other car crash victims were not embalmed. We should discover why the electricity supply to the tunnel had been cut minutes before the crash, (ABOVE) preventing the 17 CCTV cameras from working. And it might emerge whether the driver of the car was in fact injected with a cocktail of alcohol and drugs immediately after the crash so that his blood would show he was drunk. So many questions..

BBC chooses top sports personality It's that time of year again. Tonight the BBC will announce its Sports Personality of the Year for 2006, with the programme starting at 7pm on BBC1.

In what has not been a vintage year for British sport, to put it mildly, the winner will be chosen from a shortlist of ten that includes Northern Irish golfer Darren Clarke (RIGHT), tennis player Andy Murray, boxer Joe Calzaghe, equestrian star Zara Phillips, cyclist Nicola Cooke, darts champion Phil Taylor and gymnast Beth Tweddle.

The list doesn't contain a single soccer or rugby player . . . hardly surprising given the performances of the English international teams in these sports.

Darren Clarke is the hottest of hot favourites to win the award. His heroic role in helping Europe to win the Ryder Cup at the K Club came just six weeks after the death of his beloved wife Heather and captured the hearts of millions. However, Clarke himself is sceptical about winning the award and he thinks he will be getting it for the wrong reasons. "I'd be getting it for Heather and I don't want that.

That's the sympathy vote. Joe Calzaghe (RIGHT) should get it because he's a world champion."

That's up to the viewers.

Unlike in previous years when voting took place in the weeks leading up to the show, this year's winner will be decided by a public vote, via text and phone, during the show. Clarke has said he doesn't want to "stand up there on Sunday, receive the trophy and burst into tears. That would be wrong".

Millions of viewers would probably beg to differ.