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.
The Greater Manchester streets where people find it 'impossible' to see a doctor
manchestereveningnews.co.ukOn a wet morning in Oldham town centre, pensioner Alan Ingham takes shelter in a nearby shop door as he waits for his wife Margaret to go about her daily errands.
He is in recovery from prostate cancer and both he and his wife are diabetic. Despite this, Alan says he hasn't been able to see his GP, in Shaw, face-to-face since before the coronavirus pandemic.
Maria Mycock and her husband David have had an all too similar experience - spending hours on the phone from 9am - only to be cut off because there are too many people calling for an appointment. READ MORE:Greater Manchester's best and worst GPs as one rated best in country At their doctors surgery in Failsworth, the couple face a torturous game every time they call, they say - as they risk being cut off the line if they reach number 21 in the queue.
Maria, 64, stresses she doesn't blame her GP and recognises the "immense" pressure they are under. "The doctors are very good, it's just getting to see them," she adds.
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