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.
Police pursue 'new, albeit limited' lines of inquiry in 1996 Manchester IRA bomb investigation
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Police say they have pursued 'new, albeit limited' lines of inquiry in the investigation into the 1996 IRA bomb in Manchester.
Today is the 25th anniversary of the blast, in which more than 200 people were injured when a 3,300lb bomb planted in the back of a van exploded near the Arndale Centre on June 15, 1996.
No-one has ever been charged in connection with the attack, which destroyed a large part of the city centre and damaged about 700 buildings.
On the 20th anniversary in 2016 police said they were launching a fresh review of the evidence. Following a previous review in 2006, the force concluded there was 'no realistic possibility' of a prosecution. REA
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