Allen and Dizzee lead Ivors nods

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Lily Allen and Dizzee Rascal each have a brace of nominations for next month's Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting.Allen's number one hit The Fear is up for best song musically and lyrically and most performed work.

Dizzee Rascal is nominated for best contemporary song for Bonkers and best album for Tongue N' Cheek which he co-wrote with Nicholas Denton.

There is a second best song nod for The Leisure Society's Nick Hemming, an unknown before last year's nominations.

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