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.
Poisonous false widow spiders invading UK homes - and their bite is nasty
dailystar.co.ukweather is leading to a surge in Britain’s only poisonous spiders, experts have warned.False widows are romping in their millions as hibernation ends and the thermometer shoots up.The scary eight-legged creatures, related to the deadly black widow, are breeding in larger numbers – and there have been attacks.Pest control expert Clive Boase said: “The population of false widows in the UK is growing all the time.“People don’t realise just how common they have become.
They can survive both indoors and outdoors.“They are generally shy creatures and won’t come out into the open – but they could crawl into curtains or perhaps clothing left on the floor.”Joe Hildebrandt, from Conwy in North Wales, revealed his hand swelled up like a balloon after being bitten in his garden.He said: “Spiders don’t scare me but this one did.“When I saw it on the floor, it spooked me a bit as it had been on my arm – and I know they will only bite when provoked.”The British Arachnological Society says the bite of a false widow is similar to a wasp sting.Experts say symptoms from attacks can include pain, swelling, nausea, tremors and altered blood pressure.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters hereMichel Dugon, an expert from the National University of Ireland in Galway, said: “In addition to their medically significant venom, noble false widows are extremely competitive.
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