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.
Police officers who pulled over a man thought to be driving suspiciously uncovered a huge stash of drugs, thought to be heroin and crack cocaine.
Traffic police spotted the car being driven along Lucas Road, in Farnworth, Bolton, at around 10.20pm on Friday, December 10.
They stopped the driver, a man aged 28, and quickly realised he was in possession of a large amount of drugs in wrapped bags. Read more: Firefighters confirm the reason Blackpool Tower was evacuated In total, officers found 120 bags of class A drugs.
A later investigation of the man's address revealed a BB gun and an air pistol, which police then seized. The 28-year-old was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply.
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