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.
Scottish civil servant 'tied to chair and gagged by colleagues' to pursue unfair dismissal claim
dailyrecord.co.ukA civil servant sacked by the Scottish Government over claims she lied about being tied up and gagged by colleagues will pursue a whistleblowing claim at an employment tribunal.Marine Scotland worker DeeAnn Fitzpatrick was photographed taped to a chair in a picture which went viral in 2018.
She claimed she was subjected to the ordeal because she blew the whistle on misogyny and abuse in an office.But bosses found she lied about the timing and nature of the incident, which was deemed "high jinks".A probe found the men involved had "no case to answer" and Ms Fitzpatrick was instead dismissed for gross misconduct.The Canadian claims the dismissal was unfair and is pursuing her case through an employment tribunal to be reinstated by Marine
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