Food snatching birds have become a problem on Norfolk's coast in recent years, with Cromer being named as a hotspot for attacks as the birds swoop to try to snatch food.

Now scientists say if you shout at them, they'll leave your grub alone.

University of Exeter researchers put a box of chips on the ground at seaside locations to attract herring gulls.

Once a gull approached, they played either a recording of a male voice shouting “No, stay away, that’s my food" or........

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