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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.
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Man who lives above shopping centre left 'imprisoned' in his flat for a week
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA disabled man has been 'imprisoned' in his own home for almost a week due to a broken lift. Hesham Gharib says the lift up to his flat at Mazarin House, above The Rock shopping centre in Bury, broke down last Friday (May 5).
It is the second time in just over a month it has broken. On the last occasion in early April, the 59-year-old was left stranded in his fourth floor flat for two weeks. READ MORE: The corner shop shut down after its association with 'serious crime' "I couldn't go out at all," he said. "I was really distressed and on my own, not talking to anyone. "I felt like I was trapped in my own home.
No one can see me and I can't see any of my friends." Mr Gharib, who is paralysed in his right leg and requires the use of a mobility scooter, said he and other residents were told the lift had been fixed on April 17.
However, it broke again last week. Residential Management Group (RMG) - which manages the block of flats - said the parts needed to repair the lift are due tomorrow (Friday).
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