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.
Big Baps café next to where 'men from Manchester hold dogging parties' say it's costing them £100 a week
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe owner of a popular roadside cafe near a 'public sex hotspot' says the goings on are costing her £100 a week in takings. Amanda Bissett, who runs Big Baps cafe in a layby just of the M62 at Brighouse is calling for her local council to restrict parking to a maximum of two hours, Yorkshire Live reports.
It comes after her co-owner previously complained her business was being blighted by 'men from Manchester' holding dogging parties in the bushes. READ MOREParking firm 'repeatedly' sending drivers £100 fines for 'perfectly parked cars' Sharon Wherrett said she and her business partner see 'two or three doggers' every morning as they are serving lorry drivers their breakfast.
She claims the men come 'from Manchester' and sometimes so many people turn up there's no room for lorry drivers to park in the layby.
She estimates that the cafe loses about £100 per week due to customers being unable to find a parking spot. The layby, she claims, is 'misused' by people who park up and 'car share' with friends or colleagues in order to save money.
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