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.
Fears parking permit scheme will be ‘final nail in the coffin’ for businesses
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA controversial parking permit scheme could be the ‘final nail in the coffin’ for struggling town centre businesses, shopkeepers fear.
The proposed new zone aims to ‘provide and protect on-street parking’ for people in the Durnford Street area of Middleton, following complaints of non-residents parking up outside their homes during the day.
More than 65pc of residents voted in favour of the scheme following a third consultation. A traffic regulation order (TRO) covering roads including Mellalieu Street, Rectory Street and Sadler Street has now been advertised.
Rochdale council is urging people to have their say by Thursday this week (September 29). Anthony Sharkey, manager of ACE Clearance, in Sadler Street, worries it will sound the death knell for his business and many others badly hit by the cost of living crisis. “Higher energy prices, higher transport costs, higher stock prices, etc are all having a massive effect on us,” he said. “This could be the final nail in the coffin for loads of local businesses.” READ MORE : Hundreds of new homes to be built on old mill site despite fears of 'over-development' An online petition against the permit zone has attracted nearly 2,000 signatures ahead of the deadline for objections on Friday.
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