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.
South Ayr housing plan approved despite concerns over hospital traffic and school issues
dailyrecord.co.ukA much-delayed housing development next to Ailsa Hospital in Ayr has been given outline approval despite councillors' concerns about school spaces and access roads.Developers Wilson Hampshire Ltd submitted an application for planning permission in principle for the project, which includes around 250 homes, local shops, hospitality, offices, care home and creche.Around 25 per cent of the houses would be affordable homes, managed in partnership with Ayrshire Housing.It is part of a wider Ayr South plan that had aimed to have hundreds of homes already in place.Despite having the aspirations in place for such a large increase in homes, concerns were raised about the clear lack of capacity at nearby schools – including the likes of Alloway
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