Kingdom FM At this year s Brit Awards, winners were given two trophies - their main statuette and a secondary award, to honour someone else worthy of recognition.
Dua Lipa, who picked up the prizes for best female solo artist and best album, used her first acceptance speech to pay tribute to Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, an emeritus professor of nursing at the University of West London.
In front of a
Brit Awards crowd made up of key workers as well as celebrities, the star was met with rapturous applause as she
called on Boris Johnson to give a fair pay rise to NHS staff. But who is Dame Elizabeth, the woman Lipa described as her best British female of the year ?
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Dua Lipa channelling Amy Winehouse as she arrives at The BRIT Awards 2021 (JMEnternational for BRIT Awards/Getty)
Dua Lipa demanded a pay rise for NHS workers as she won two major awards at the BRITs – and the crowd went wild.
After receiving the award Best Female Solo Artist, the “Levitating” hitmaker used her time on the podium to deliver a powerful speech in support of frontline staff.
She began by announcing she would be sharing her award with nurse Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, the emeritus professor of nursing at the University of West London.
“She has spent her stellar nursing career fighting racial injustice,” Dua said. “She has also spent so much time and is a strong, strong advocate for protecting frontline workers.
Was this London law graduate slain by a hitman? Mayra Zulfiqar, 28, was shot in Pakistan last week after rejecting the advances of two privileged local men and as her anguished family point the finger of blame, police are probing contract killers
Mayra Zulfiqar was found dead on the upper floor of a house in Lahore last week
She had appealed for police protection after a man turned up at her residence
The 24-year-old from West London, was visiting Pakistan for a cousin s wedding
Police are investigating whether a contract killer was hired to pull the trigger
Little Mix won Best British Group at the BRIT Awards. (YouTube)
Little Mix used their historic BRIT Awards speech to pay tribute to Jesy Nelson, the Spice Girls and to call out “white male dominance” in the industry.
Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall beat Bicep, Biffy Clyro, The 1975 and Young T & Bugsey to take home the British Group award at Tuesday night’s BRIT Awards (11 May). They became the first ever all-female band to win the award.
Taking to the stage, Edwards said: “Oh my goodness, guys, we have just made history. This is insane! I’m really emotional.”