'Don't kill seagulls' police urge after reports of shootings near tourist hotspots

They swoop to steal ice cream and chips from unwary holidaymakers and occasionally gash them - but today police insisted: "Don't kill the seagulls."

The North Wales Police rural crime team said they "are currently receiving numerous reports of the illegal shooting of gulls in Denbighshire and Abergele coastal areas, as well as the deliberate act of destroying the nests when in use".