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.
Prisoner who attacked woman died in hospital as compassionate leave delayed
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA prisoner who attacked a woman died in hospital amid delays in an application for compassionate leave. Owen Maughan was jailed in 2020 after he battered a woman in Blackburn with a metal pole, LancsLive reports.
Within months of his 18 month sentence, he became seriously ill. Maughan, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer, was moved from HMP Lancaster Farms to HMP Preston so he could receive 24-hour health care.
He was then treated between the prison and the Royal Preston Hospital, where he died without his family able to be by his side. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community An application for compassionate leave and early release from prison was delayed due to the prison not being provided medical information from the hospital.
An investigation into his death by the Prisons and Probations Ombudsman (PPO) found that Lancaster Farms started an application for Early Release on Compassionate Grounds on Mr Maughan’s behalf.
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