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.
Man sparked huge emergency services response after scaling town hall
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man sparked a huge emergency services response after scaling scaffolding at Trafford Town Hall. Scott Wright, 33, caused a four-hour road closure on December 29 last year.
Manchester Magistrates' Court heard Talbot Road was shut after police negotiators, paramedics and firefighters rushed to the scene.
Wright climbed the building before calling 999. A cordon was erected, with members of the public facing disruption. Wright was brought down at around 9.40am and sectioned under the Mental Health Act. READ MORE: 'Scary' scenes on M62 as drivers freed by mountain rescue and cars left 'completely stuck' in heavy snow Prosecutor Shazia Aslam told the court Wright had a 'history' of making calls to emergency and mental health services.
The court heard how Wright, who suffers with PTSD, depression and was recently diagnosed with anti-social personality disorder would call emergency services asking for help, saying he intended to 'cause mayhem' if he didn't get it.
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