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Sometimes, a change in profession and career is a choice that can provide you with a sense of relief, but also one of trepidation. More often than not, a career change comes about because an employee is very unhappy in their current job role, or comes from a want to change industry to something that is better suited to their talents. Surviving a career change can be somewhat difficult, particularly if you’re going into something that you have never experienced...

A former nurse claims she is being forced to live in her car and eat dog food because of swinging cuts to her benefits. Ann Cumberland-Quinn, 56, say she has struggled since her Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was stopped following a review in December. She was then dealt a further blow when her Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) benefit was slashed to £250 a fortnight from £375 in February of this year under government cuts. Ann has been living in...

Hundreds of horrified holidaymakers were left stranded after a mobile hotspot named 'Jihadi London' sparked a terror alert. Travel plans were thrown into chaos after the Thomson Airways flight from Cancun, Mexico, to Gatwick Airport was evacuated on Tuesday night. After an hour sat on the tarmac, some scared passengers insisted on leaving the plane, which put crew over their working hours limit and forced everyone to disembark. Families eventually returned to the terminal and were put up overnight -...

Karl Avison, 54, has put farming back on track by revving-up his electric train around a 600m trail around his farm. As well as the machinery helping Karl collect vegetables and fruit from fields - it also allows visitors to the site to climb aboard and pick out their own food. The food goes on sale at Cedarbarn Farmshop near Pickering, North Yorks.,, and is also used to make dishes for its restaurant. Mr Avison, who has been a farmer...

By Courtney Greatrex A man was jailed after he was caught on dash-cam running over his girlfriend’s foot and bundling her into his car. Ashleigh Earl, 25, has released harrowing footage of the moment jobless Jack Cann, 22, reversed into her in December. The brute forced her into his car and in a two-hour ordeal beat Ashleigh with a log before she escaped. Last month, videos caught on a motion-sensor dash-cam and Ashleigh’s iPhone saw the thug jailed for 56...

Generous strangers have raised more than £2,000 for a homeless man who had his meagre belongings stolen on the street. They answered an appeal launched by law firm manager Bob Barnes who befriended the rough sleeper, known only as ‘Steve’. Big-hearted Bob, 34, was walking through Bristol city centre when he spotted Steve holding a sign which said ‘Not a drunk, not a druggie, but drink and food welcome.’ He bought him a hot meal of bangers and mash from...

An investigation is underway after a sick hoaxer threatened to blow up a Scottish high school -- just hours after the terror attack in Manchester. Parents, pupils and staff were left sickened by the bomb hoax early on Tuesday morning. Youngsters remained in their classes at Barrhead High School, East Renfrewshire, as police officers carried out a two-hour search. The hoax threat came only hours after a devastating attack at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester which...

A 12ft crocodile which wandered into a religious temple was ejected by villagers - who wrestled it out with their bare hands. The croc walked into the Hanuman temple in search of food after drought caused the nearby Krishna River in southern India to dry up. So locals in the village of Sonna teamed up to evict the unwanted tenant - using ropes and pieces of wood to tie up the beast. Luckily the reptile was exhausted by a lack...

Dad-of-one Marek Chapanionek, 44, was defrosting his freezer at around 11.30pm on Monday (15/5) night when the woodland critter entered his house. The animal then "terrorised" the account manager's property, eating a Nutri-Grain bar from the handbag of wife Caroline, 47, and terrifying two-year-old cat Dotty. Marek even called daughter Katherine, 19, who is a second-year politics student at the University of Reading, as the creature rummaged through her bedroom drawers. Eventually the unwelcome guest settled down in Dotty's cage,...