Looking for a job? Learn to scare people

A "Scare School" is training young and jobless people to frighten visitors at a tourist attraction at Halloween.

Students are being taught to "excite and scare" at the London Tombs and "make the pulse race and throat sore from screaming". The classes, run five days a week by volunteers at the attraction in London Bridge, are open to all. Students who impress with their scare skills may get the chance to work there for the rest of the year.

Jordan Yeomans, 18, from Welling, said: "It's so much fun when you're in character making tourists jump. It's really rewarding." The Halloween show runs until Monday.