A TEIGNMOUTH businessman has come up with a novel and humane way of deterring those pesky gulls that swipe food from folk on the seafront.

Robert Phipps, who runs the two cone-shaped kiosks, is flying a kite shaped like a hawk, and it works.

'When it first went up, the seagulls went ballistic and were screeching around. Now they are more used to it, but still keep their distance.

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