Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Schoolboy, 7, killed in horror house explosion hailed as 'lovely lad'
dailyrecord.co.ukA schoolboy killed in a horror house explosion has been named, as a distraught neighbour paid tribute to the "lovely lad" and revealed his family are devastated.Archie York was hailed after passing away in a blaze in the early hours of Wednesday morning which saw emergency services racing to the scene.
The explosion and blaze which claimed the seven-year-old's life had a devastating effect on two terraced homes, with pictures showing the scale of the destruction.Six people were rushed to hospital due to the explosion, with police saying they were suffering from "varying injuries" as the investigation into the blast continues.The Mirror reports the "large scale incident" took place at around 12.45am in Newcastle, with engineers from Northern Gas Networks joining police and ambulance crews in rushing to the scene.
Paying tribute to Archie, a neighbour said today: "Everybody knew him. He was a lovely lad. The family are in bits. Archie was always with his dad and he was playing outside a lot. "You would see him with his two dogs.
He went to a school just up the road from here. My kids are having nightmares about what happened."His aunt Abbie York said the family are "all so truly devastated and heartbroken beyond words".
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