Scarborough struggles with ‘gull muggings’ as urban seabird population rises

Scarborough struggles with ‘gull muggings’ as urban seabird population rises

I n a flurry of wings, the predator was off with its prize: a steaming pasty snatched from the hands of a day tripper from Birmingham. “What do you want me to do about it?” her unsympathetic husband said. “I can’t fly.” There were 220 reports of gull incidents on the Yorkshire coast, stretchin