Reminds me of my first powered solo at Southend.
Just on downwind about to turn in on crosswind when ATC comes on and asks me to orbit until further notice due to a heavy on emergency with suspected landing gear failure.
This worries me a bit, cos my alternate was Stanstead!
Fortunately he managed to land without anything major giving way and clear the runway. Damn good job too, I was getting dizzy after 30 minutes of orbits!
I'm the only person I know of with a 40 minute first solo! lol