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.
Ex-police officers asked to return batons - or risk offensive weapon fines
mirror.co.ukRetired police are being asked to hand back their old truncheons – or face fines for having offensive weapons. The move was triggered after a new law meant to crack down on knives came in last week.
But, as well as blades, the Offensive Weapons Act covers personal ownership of knuckledusters, throwing stars, truncheons and batons.
And some police chiefs have decided it extends to mementos like old wooden truncheons given as retirement gifts. Breaking the new law can mean a fine or up to six months in jail.
One force, Thames Valley Police, has written to retirees warning “it will no longer be possible to retain” souvenir batons or truncheons.
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