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We haven't been able to take payment You must update your payment details via My Account or by clicking update payment details to keep your subscription. Act now to keep your subscription We've tried to contact you several times as we haven't been able to take payment. You must update your payment details via My Account or by clicking update payment details to keep your subscription. Your subscription is due to terminate We've tried to contact you several times as we haven't been able to take payment. You must update your payment details via My Account, otherwise your subscription will terminate. Saturday May 4 2024 They have been called the rats of the coast for stealing food, waking people with their screeching and pecking at windows. Now, however, a competition in Belgium aims to do away with the rowdy reputation of seagulls — by making humans imitate their screams. A British boy, nine, took home a gold medal at the European seagull screeching contest last weekend, having been inspired after being pecked by one on a seaside holiday. Cooper Wallace from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, won the junior league, scoring 92 out of 100, more than any of the 56 competitors, including 46 adults. "Your life will never be the same again," he was told by Claude Willaert, organiser of the fourth European meeuwenschreeuwen, or gull screams championship. "This is a
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