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.
School bus services in West Dunbartonshire could be slashed as council attempts to balance books
dailyrecord.co.ukSchool bus services could be slashed as West Dunbartonshire Council faces “its worst ever financial crisis,” it has been warned.Last week parents and carers across the area were sent a letter outlining potential money-saving changes, which would see free buses only provided for primary pupils who live more than two miles from their school and to secondary pupils who live more than three miles away.Parts of Bonhill are over three miles from Our Lady and St Patrick’s High - which works out at around a 45 minute walk - and more than two miles from Vale of Leven Academy.
Balloch to the Vale Academy is around 2.3 miles.Currently free transport is available for primary pupils living more than a mile from school, and secondary pupils who are more than two miles from their catchment school.West Dunbartonshire Council is battling to balance the books, with the local authority facing a budget gap of more than £18m - with councillors set to decide later this month how to close that.It will see members faced with difficult decisions around what services to cut, with a switch to monthly bin collections another idea mooted.The letter sent to parents read: ‘Like all other local authorities across the country, West Dunbartonshire Council is facing a significant funding shortfall in the coming years, with the difference between the funding we receive and the cost of delivering our services currently anticipated to be in excess of £20 million for the next year alone.‘Our situation has been compounded by a range of factors including increases in inflation, utilities, fuel, materials and employee costs.‘This is our most significant financial challenge since our inception as a council and at a time where our residents are relying on our
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