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.
Manchester council breached disabled orthodox Jewish teen's human rights, High Court judge rules
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxA disabled orthodox Jewish teenager’s human rights were breached by Manchester council after he was offered respite care at a non-Jewish residential home, a judge has ruled.The teenager's family, who live in a strict orthodox Haredi Jewish community, argued he would not be able to follow kosher dietary laws or observe the Sabbath and other religious festivals during his proposed 12-week placement.They had hoped he would be placed in a more appropriate orthodox Jewish residential home in London, which would have allowed him to continue following his religious practices.Manchester council had prepared a care plan for the boy at the local care home, which would have allowed him to ‘manifest their faith as far as was.
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