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.
McDonald's distribution centre in Heywood blockaded by animal rights protesters threatening supply to UK branches
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor the latest Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here Animal rights protesters have blockaded a McDonald's distribution centre in Heywood.
Over 50 demonstrators from Animal Rebellion have been stationed outside the fast-food chain's four UK depots in Heywood, Hemel Hempstead, Basingstoke, Coventry since 4.30am.
The protesters have blocked entrances and are preventing lorries from leaving to supply approximately 1,300 restaurants. They say they intend to remain at the four sites for at least 24 hours.
Animal Rebellion say that McDonald's is a symbol of the destruction caused by the animal agriculture industry. They are calling for a transition to plant-based food systems to stop the climate crisis and to end the suffering of
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