Council staff trying to stop people flooding to a closed breach were verbally abused today. Car access to Durdle Door in Dorset was shut off and road blocks put in place after four people were injured, three seriously, after they jumped from cliffs into the sea yesterday.
Dorset Council pleaded with visitors not to come to the area, but despite putting up barriers to an access road in the neighbouring coastal village of West Bexington people have been pictured parking up and walking miles to get to the beach.
Motorists approaching the barriers were turned away and lashed out on staff who were doing their job. The council tweeted: "We have no authority to close the car parks or the beaches as they're privately owned by the Lulworth Estate. "