Police website crashes

Wiltshire Police Credit: Emma Hallett/PA Archive/Press Association Images

Recruitment for new constables at Wiltshire Police was closed after just a few hours after the force's website had nearly 300,000 hits.

Demand was so high for the £19,000-a-year posts that the website initially crashed when applications were launched at 4pm yesterday.

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Wiltshire Police have had so many applicants to be officers that they have closed the application process after just one day. They had more than 283,820 hits on the force website alone.