Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
The Mancunian Way: The new man in charge
manchestereveningnews.co.ukEvery single day lives are impacted by our city council. From bin collections to road maintenance, housing to city improvements, they’re impossible to get away from.
This has been a big week in Manchester’s town hall as a new boss was appointed - poached from just over the river in Salford.
Tom Stannard is set to ‘lead the city for the decade ahead’ - but who is he? A chartered surveyor, Tom Stannard is originally from London but moved to the north west for an undergraduate degree at Lancaster University in the mid-90s.
He then returned south for the first of his 27 years in local government. But he made his way back north in his thirties to take on the assistant chief exec job at Blackburn with Darwen council.
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