Dorset residents angry over TV show's beach hut competition

Christchurch locals say 12 new huts will ruin unspoilt and fragile cliffs and accuse local council of being starstruck

They are a traditional emblem of the British seaside but plans to build innovative beach huts designed by viewers of George Clarke's Amazing Spaces on an unspoilt stretch of Dorset coastline have infuriated local people.

Twelve winners of a competition run by the Channel 4 programme will be given 8,000 each by the local council to build their huts at Highcliffe, despite the fragile cliffs being designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).