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.
Scots community are saving thousands after buying disused petrol station
dailyrecord.co.ukA village bought up a disused petrol station and carried out a £320,000 renovation to prevent fuel poverty - and is now saving families £1,000 a year.
Newcastleton, Scottish Borders, the closest village to the English border, was deprived of a fuel station for a decade, forcing residents, most of whom are self-employed or work in agriculture, to make long journeys to fill up.
Trade suffered in the village, which had at one point had two fuel stations, until in 2015 talks began about reopening one. The fuel station is now processing 21,000 litres per week, and between 400,000 and 500,000 litres per year.
A windfall of £320,000 in funding including from the National Lottery paid for the fuel station renovations - including a new forecourt and fuel tanks.
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