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.
'It can hit you at any time in your life' - Salford cop battling PTSD sets up veterans centre
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA police officer who fought in the Gulf War is building a café for former servicemen and women in Salford. Eccles local police officer Carl Blower has secured a unit at the Eccles Shopping Centre and plans to turn it into The Salford Veterans Community Centre.
The 52-year-old dad of three says he was inspired to build one through his first-hand experience of what PTSD can do to you and provide a service that will help people with their mental health.
Carl served in the military for 13 years and fought in the Gulf War in the air force, he says that over time he has had to battle with PTSD and has witnessed the devastating affect war has had on his colleagues and civilians.
He told the MEN: "I have slight PTSD through the Gulf War and my time as a police officer, it can hit you at any time in your life, it’s like a trigger than can set you off.
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