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'Shipping Container' beach huts make waves in Essex.

A row of new beach huts has been making waves on the Essex coast.

Made out of recycled timber from Southend Pier, the eight cabins in Shoeburyness have been criticised by some locals for resembling shipping containers.

Leased by the council at a cost of 20 thousand pounds each, there's concern that the amount of seafront open to the public is disappearing. Luke Farrington reports.