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.
Thornhill-based landmine clearing charity expresses concern for Ukraine-based aid workers
dailyrecord.co.ukA Thornhill-based landmine clearing charity has spoken of its concern for aid workers based in Ukraine.The Halo Trust has around 430 staff in the country where it has been clearing mines in the Donbas region since 2014 but that work has stopped due to the conflict.There is particular concern for staff members based in Mariupol, which has come under intense bombardment by Russia this week, who have not been in contact with the trust since the weekend.A Halo spokesperson said: “Most worryingly we have 21 staff in Mariupol and we haven’t been able to establish communications with them since Saturday.“The footage that has come out of Mariupol is devastating and looks very, very grim and we’re waiting desperately to hear that our colleagues are safe.”A maternity hospital was struck by the Russians in the city this week, killing three people.In Kramatorsk, Halo Trust staff have re-purposed their headquarters into temporary emergency accommodation for refugees arriving into the city.The spokesperson added: “Most of our staff have some paramedic training and they’re delivering first aid to the population and they’re distributing our medical kits. “We have to have medical supplies all of the time because of the hazardous nature of our work and we’re now making sure they’re able to be dispersed to those who need them. “Kramatorsk hasn’t been in the news as much, things have been relatively quiet but I spoke with a colleague this morning and she said there has been loud explosions and sirens throughout the night last night. “One of our colleagues in Kramatorsk, his apartment block was struck by a missile on Sunday.“Fortunately he wasn’t at home and we have since been able to find accommodation for him and his family but clearly
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