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.
Violent crime unit launches in Ayrshire town aiming to tackle poverty driven attacks
dailyrecord.co.ukAyr’s Wallacetown.The Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) has moved into the area as it is among the poorest in Scotland.The team aim to stop attacks such as stabbings occurring in the first place by concentrating on the causes.Its new base will be at Newton Primary headed up by Ayrshire inspector Jason Peter.
Since the VRU's creation in 2005, homicides in Scotland have more than halved. Scottish VRU director Niven Rennie said problems with health, drug addiction, alcohol, homelessness are all linked to violence.Ex-chief superintendent Rennie said: “You can’t separate violence from anything else.
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