Disc skipping in tray and won't eject

I have put a disc in the tray of my MACbook pro that was sent to me with photos on.
It is making a skipping sound in the tray, will not load and more importantly wont eject.
HELP!
Would really appreciate any suggestions how to ejct the disc.
I have tried the following:
1) Press eject key
2) Turn Macbook off, press eject key
3) Press & hold F12 key
It is now prohibiting me using the windows part of my macbook so I need to resolve this quickly.
Thanks in advance for your seggestiosn folks.

Thank you Pennbank,
I tried several of the suggestions in the thread which did not work for me but did appear to work for others.
The solution for me was to turn off the computer and restart holding the left mouse key down.
It disc popped out very quickly followed by 'The happy Dad Dance' around the living room.
Top work thank you.

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