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 couple kept 76 animals in appalling conditions in filthy two-bed flat
dailyrecord.co.ukA couple who kept 76 animals in appalling conditions in a two-bed flat have been handed a lifetime ban. Scottish SPCA inspectors found dogs, cats, kittens, rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, gerbils, a parrot and various small birds all living in John and Victoria Symons' property in Aberdeenshire during raids.John, 41, previously pled guilty to numerous charges of causing unnecessary suffering to several of their animals and failing to ensure the welfare of all animals under their care at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
His 36-year-old wife, Victoria, pled guilty to one charge on 24 November 2022.As well as the lifetime ban from owning or keeping animals, the couple were sentenced with community payback order and a 12-month supervision order.During searches of the property, animal welfare officers found cats were found hidden within pet carriers in cupboards and kittens found under dirty laundry.
The animals were found to be living in their own excrement and in poor health.SSPCA staff described the smell coming from the flat as "horrendous" and could be smelled from the communal landing.
Scottish SPCA inspector, Fiona McKenzie, said: “I tried on several occasions to work with John and Victoria Symons in relation to their animals.
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