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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.”

A helping hand for dance floor casualties A nightclub is using drastic measures to keep clubbers safe, says John Naish On a heavy night out, the toxic cocktail of drink, drugs and dancing can be overwhelming even for the 35 getting them to admit they have taken something.” most seasoned of nightclubbers. Many who fall ill on the dance floor have nowhere to turn to for fast, 5 professional help. But a Liverpool nightclub is pioneering a new approach by introducing the country’s first in-house casualty support unit. 40 Storr. “With up to 3,000 people in the building, we get people turning up with every problem imaginable, though it usually involves alcohol. For example, in the autumn we dealt with near-hypothermic girls who 45 turned up wearing hardly anything. They would not wear coats out of vanity and got frozen in the queue outside.” Dr Luke’s initiative is spreading. Six specially trained nurses from his unit now work in local clubs in 50 their own time, paid for by the owners. It is a bold move for proprietors to make – implicitly admitting that drugs feature in their clubs – but, as a recent The unit, at the 3,000-capacity superclub Cream, is the brainchild of Dr Chris Luke, accident and 10 emergency consultant at the Royal Liverpool 55 to take some that evening. Clubs can try to keep out Hospitals Trust, who says the NHS 1) should not be expected to deal with the thousand-plus clubbing casualties every year. While more enlightened clubs around the 15 country have begun to introduce first-aid staff, Cream 60 anyone in our business to claim they were drug-free – is the first to employ teams of specialist-trained nurse-practitioners, paramedics and doctors who can provide everything from trauma counselling to reanimation. 20 Paramedic Phil Storr, who manages the 65 attendance at his hospital for the past five years, nightclub’s casualty services, says: “Cream can manage any type of medical emergency in the club. The people who come to our medical room for help could be in trouble because of drugs, alcohol, or 25 someone giving them a beating up in the toilets. 70 clubs is drink-related violence,” he says. “Around 16 People taking drugs can turn up feeling ill and anxious – freaking out. We acknowledge that and deal with it, rather than pretending drugs don’t happen. 30 At one end of the drugs spectrum it’s about 75 own casualty service.” counselling – at the other it’s about saving lives, though that is mercifully rare. We have people with the clinical experience to deal with that: not just noot 1 NHS = National Health Service

The return of E.T. 20 years young My goddaughter Tanya was about 3 or 4 when she and her sister were taken to see E.T. She was thrilled to bits with it, and entertained me on a car journey from south to north London with the complete story. Tanya is now 22, and although she doesn’t have children yet, many of the other young adults who saw the film when they were kids do. It was this which prompted Steven Spielberg and producer Kathleen Kennedy to reissue a restored version of the original to celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary. “There’s 18 that’s never experienced this movie on the theatre screen,” says Kennedy. “I now have a 5- year-old and a 3-year-old, and Steven has six kids. We all looked at the movie together in a small theatre, and it was incredible to watch their reactions. It played to them with the same enthusiasm as it did to kids of that age 20 years ago.” “I never wanted to make a follow up to E.T., ” adds Spielberg. “But I thought it would be 19 to present a restored version of the film on the 20th anniversary, to please the perfectionist inside myself. For example, I always wanted to fix E.T.’s run at the beginning of the film, because he first time I’d seen it since it first came out, and I was struck by how magical, funny and touching 22 . It gave us unforgettable images, like Elliott and E.T.’s bicycle flight as they cross the face of the moon, and a catchphrase I still hear people using: ‘E.T. phone home.’ It also created a remarkably expressive and endearing hero in E.T. himself. The first time I saw the film, in the scene where E.T. appears to be dying, tears were streaming down my face. ‘This is ridiculous’, I thought. ‘I’m crying 23 ‘. But I was still crying. The Sunday Times