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.
Oil and gas boss ordered to take down fence built without permission in Aberdeen
dailyrecord.co.ukAn oil and gas boss has been ordered to remove a fence outside a property by Aberdeen City Council after it was built without permission David Lawrie, the former director of BP Exploration (Delta), had built the controversial barrier around a patch of ground behind his home at Craigden in Countesswells.
He argued it was needed to stop vandals from accessing the site, where they had previously damaged trees and fences, set fires and left litter lying everywhere.Mr Lawrie even bought the 781 square metre area back in 2019 in a bid to tackle the problem himself.
After informing Aberdeen City Council of his plan to fence off the ground, he didn't hear anything back so went ahead with the project.A 1.8-metre timber fence was then installed around the site, and the issue seemed to have been solved.
However, the local authority contacted the oil and gas executive last summer claiming he was using the ground as a private garden.The claim was shot down by Mr Lawrie, who informed the council that the area was being used as a "community garden" by himself and his neighbours.
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