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.
Scots boy rag-dolled by out of control Rottweiler and left scarred for life
dailyrecord.co.ukA Scots schoolboy has been left scarred for life after he was mauled by an out of control Rottweiler. The 12-year-old – who cannot be identified for legal reasons – suffered multiple puncture wounds to his left forearm in the unprovoked savage attack.
The youngster was walking to meet friends when the off-the-lead Rottweiler unleashed the savage attack, after it bolted across a main road, almost causing a pile-up as drivers slammed on their brakes.He was only saved when brave workers who were on a break nearby rushed to intervene.
The dog's owner was said to have been too scared to intervene.The child recalled: "I was just walking when I heard a car horn and when I turned round the dog was on me.
I don’t remember much but it was really scary.”Witnesses pulled the boy to safety over a wall, and chased the dog away. The youngster was then rushed to hospital where he underwent surgical treatment and was kept in for two nights.The child was left with nerve damage, multiple scars, and a profound fear of dogs.He added: “I don’t have much feeling around the bite marks and when I touch the skin it’s like I’m touching someone else’s arm.“I definitely don’t like dogs anymore and now I cross the street if I see any dog coming towards me and I don’t like going to the park or beach where I see dogs off a lead.”The boy's furious mum is now urging people to keep dogs on leads.
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