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.
Paintball centre in green belt woodland set to be approved by council planning bosses
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA paintball centre launched in 2014 on green belt woodland in Eccles looks set to get backdated planning permission. Councillors on Salford's planning and transportation regulatory panel which meets on Thursday (September 1) are being advised by their officers the approve the application from Delta Force Paintball at Grange Road.
The centre is on a 12.5-acre parcel of land in Botany Bay Wood and is part of Worsley Moss. It is the largest single block of woodland in Greater Manchester and has been designated a site of biological importance and is also recognised as a "potential site of special scientific interest" (pSSSI) by Natural England.
The dense woodland is home to one of the UK's largest colonies of herons, although it has "contracted" in recent years. Two other outdoor sports and recreation centres are neighbours - Manchester Clay Shooting Club and the Adventure Now facility. READ MORE:Councillor says police officer 'laughed' after he reported death threat at Manchester Pride The paintball centre operates in eight zones with a registration and area base camp in the centre with car parking at the front.
Its entrance area is made up of shipping containers and tents. A report to the panel says the paintball site "does not fail to preserve the openness of the green belt and does not conflict with the five purposes of the green belt".
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