Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Bedsit plan for vacant pub refused on grounds it would offer 'unacceptable standard of accommodation'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxPlans to turn a former pub into bedsits have been refused on the grounds it would provide future tenants with an ‘unacceptable standard of accommodation’.The controversial proposals would have seen The Friendship Inn, in Middleton, divided up into 11 separate bedrooms with a communal lounge and shared bathrooms.Submitted by property firm Gluck, the application generated more than 30 objections from members of the public.Local councillors also voiced concerns that bedsits often attract ‘transient’ tenants, who may not value ‘historic Cheapside’ as other residents do.Other objections included the potential impact on elderly and disabled people living in specialist accommodation nearby.The pub, at the junction of Cheapside.
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