A Brit who saved up for a dream move to Australia is being forced to return home days before starting a job after suffering a major stroke . Liam Rudd and his girlfriend, Stella Slinger Thompson, 28, moved to the Gold Coast in Australia and Liam had been 'excited' to start his new job as a fleet mechanic last month. But the 30-year-old suffered a stroke in the shower and fell to the bathroom floor paralysed on November 11 before Stella found him. After being rushed to hospital , Liam had two