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Stuart Smith with his daughter Masie, 11, and two dogs Bella (small) and Sasha on their last day at their beach hut on Bournemouth seafront

A man who waited 13 years for a sought-after beach hut is one of 11 owners who will lose their cabins so a new eco education centre can be built.

The 11 privately-owned huts will be demolished to make way for the £2.4m 'Environmental Innovation Hub' which will highlight to visitors the damage caused by plastic pollution.

A row of 8ft by 6ft beach huts that presently stand in the way of the site earmarked for the hub on the prom at Bournemouth, Dorset.