Stampede for beach hut in seaside resort for millionaires crashes council website

A stampede to join a waiting list for an exclusive beach hut at the millionaire seaside resort of Sandbanks crashed a council's website. Almost 3,500 people rushed to sign up to rent a sought-after beach hut at the luxury destination in Poole, Dorset, after the waiting list opened for the first time in seven years. But applicants were left frustrated after Poole council's website crashed under the strain of web traffic. Sandbanks, which is just a square mile of golden sand, has been described as the fourth most expensive area in the world to live. After 24 hours the application page had been visited 8,540 times - but just 223 people succeeded in signing up to the list.

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