Seagulls repeatedly tearing open bags of rubbish outside a block of flats are making residents' lives a misery, it has been claimed. People living on Sandown Road in Seaforth, Merseyside, said they have had enough of waste - including broken glass and food scraps - being strewn all over their courtyard. They told the Local Democracy Reporting Service their refuse collectors would only deal with bin bags rather than wheelie bins. "It's terrible," Virginia Mason complained.