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M M M S S S D D D Y Y Y N N N A A A M M M I I I T T T E E E Britain’s leading female rap star is nominated for six Mobo-awards at the Music Of Black Origin show at the London Arena tonight. 1 MS DYNAMITE may be Britain’s leading female rap star, but anyone expecting a hardnut ‘gangsta girl’ is in for a surprise. The 21-year- old makes it clear in her lyrics that she is anti ‘gangsta culture’, drug dealers and black-on- black violence. As for her style, she likes to keep things low-key, dressing simply and avoiding photo shoots that try to make her look 5 Niomi still lives where she was brought up, sexy, because she feels this takes the focus away from her music. “I’m not interested in flashy material things. Fast cars and diamonds are not where it is at.” 2 In fact, Ms Dynamite, whose real name is Niomi Daley, seems more like a social worker than a pop star. So it was appropriate that she invited me to interview her at her former secondary school, Parliament Hill School, in North London. Within minutes, news of her surprise arrival spread through the school like wildfire. It is a compliment that local star Niomi is careful not to take for granted. She says: “I love children and I want to inspire them, I don’t think you can underestimate the importance of that.” 7 The music being recorded by many other rap stars is often obsessed with sex, drugs and violence. But although Niomi has worked with the controversial rapper Eminem, such subject matter is not for her. This refreshing approach has not brought down sales. So far more than 150,000 people have bought her album A little deeper . 8 Niomi says: “If I had a pound for every person that told me I wasn’t going to get anywhere, I’d be a millionaire. But all it really did was make me stronger. Every time they said, ‘You can’t do it,’ I was like, ‘OK, can you give me the mike now?’” 9 Back at Parliament Hill School, the kids are begging to talk to Niomi and they all want to be TOP CLASS ACT … Niomi back at her old school 3 Niomi proves her point by patiently signing autographs and chatting to pupils, making sure they understand the importance of good grades. The visit to her school is not just some clever PR stunt to impress a newspaper. She seriously feels the responsibility to give something back to her young fans. She says: “I really want kids to realise how important it is to have an education. I am lucky to be where I am, but I also have exams to fall back on if I need them.”

Polly Vacher, 56, sets off today in an attempt to set a new record for flying around the planet alone. By Eve-Ann Prentice P olly Vacher feels like a 16-year-old — even as she discusses death. "I am not frightened of dying, but I am afraid of how I might die," says the 5 former music teacher. Odd words, perhaps, from a woman of nearly 60 who sets out today in an attempt to set a new record for flying solo around the world. Polly will cross vast expanses of ocean, desert 10 and jungle in an attempt to become the first woman to fly alone around the planet, in a small aircraft, via Australia and the Pacific. The flight is all the more remarkable because Polly, a mother of three, learnt to fly a plane 15 just seven years ago — a time-span after which many private pilots still wouldn't think of crossing the Channel. "But I could die on my own doorstep, or more likely in my car or on a train," she says 20 wryly. "Of course, there will be things that go wrong, but I have been thorough in the planning—and if your number's up, your number's up." Part of the planning and training has involved eating worms while 25 learning survival techniques from ex- commandos and being trapped under water to learn how to escape from a submerged cockpit. The prospect that worries 30 her most is the take-off from Birmingham, when she will be accompanied by a Harrier jump jet. "It will be flown by a really top pilot and I hope I don't mess 35 up the formation," she says. From then on, she will be alone as she navigates her way across Europe, the Middle East, India, the Far East and on to Australia 40 before returning via the Pacific, Los Angeles and Iceland. So what makes a woman of nearly 60 take on a mission that makes many pilots half her age 45 turn white? "In 1989 I did a

“I WAS THE SOLE SENIOR AT MY SCHOOL” 1 Imagine walking into the classroom on the first day of school and seeing….no one. That's what it’s been like almost every day for me. From kindergarten to seventh grade, I was the only person in my class. Then I went to Harrold High School and I have just graduated as the sole senior there! 2 People are always so amazed when they hear I’m the only senior. They ask me, “How does your school stay open?” or “What’s class like?” But to me it’s normal. Here is the deal. My town is really small, so there are only a few kids in every class. During my junior year, there were actually two other kids in my class, but one graduated a year early, They filmed me getting ready, putting on my cap and gown, and walking down the aisle to go on stage and get my diploma all by myself. I’ll be attending Black Hills State University – and there are 4,000 students at that school. It’ll be a new experience for me, but I’m looking forward to it. April Kleinschmidt, 18 Harrold, SD

Boy with £1m voice At nine, a new ‘Robbie Williams’ signs a deal to record three albums father watches as he tries again. “It’s a bit slow. 1 BRITAIN’S latest music sensation, nine-year- old Declan Galbraith, has quit the classroom early to go and play pool with his father. “He has permission to be off school because he has had such a hectic 24 hours,” says his mother. The schoolboy has just been signed for an incredible £1 million for recording three albums over the next three years, by record company EMI, which also records his hero, Robbie Williams. 2 Declan has been to London overnight to appear on morning television. It seems to be just a taste of things to come, as TV and radio representatives all want to talk to him. Declan, who started singing at the age of six, was spotted at a talent show by songwriter Barry Mason, who wrote the Tom Jones hit Delilah . His parents initially had no greater goal in mind for him than possibly a child’s role in a West End musical. Now he has acquired an agent, a production company and a manager. 3 Back at home – a three-bedroomed semi on a run-down estate south of London – there are no signs that the family fortune may be about to change forever. “We are going to try to see this thing through properly,” says Alec, Declan’s father. “Declan has a sister, Bernadette, who is only six, and we need to maintain as normal a family life as possible.” 4 Declan is lying on the floor practising his signature for autographs. It takes him a good minute to write his name in a loopy hand. He sighs... “It’s still dreadful, Dad.” His Something to shout about: Declan Galbraith