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.
Moment Manchester council was forced to suspend town hall meeting due to protesters
manchestereveningnews.co.ukProtesters interrupted a Manchester town hall meeting four times today (May 31), forcing the council leader to repeatedly pause proceedings.
Members of community union Acorn were calling on the council to end their use of bailiffs. The two members who disrupted the meeting told councillors of a woman who is 'living in poverty' because her wages are being deducted to pay the council tax she owes.
They claimed the woman, who is a cancer survivor, is unable to work due to the stress she has been put through 'at the hands of the council'.
They asked councillors to meet the woman who was waiting at the town hall reception. It comes after Acorn launched a campaign last year calling on Manchester council to stop using bailiffs, describing the practice as 'cruel'. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community The local authority says support is available for those who need it and using bailiffs is a last resort.
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