Wordmith with Martin Smith

THAT headbanging rock monster Daniel O'Donnell had the City Hall evacuated the other night.

No sooner had the largely female, white-haired audience trooped in to see the Irish crooner than they were out on the street hanging round the fountains again.

Apparently, true to his rock-god status, Daniel's show had been a bit heavy on the smoke machines and had set off the smoke detectors in the hall.

National service, that's the answer.