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The only consolation about living now, rather than the 70s, is that people are able to call out racism where they find it – and are increasingly being listened to WARNING: STORY CONTAINS LANGUAGE READERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE

Named locally as Stephen Baxter, 61, and wife Carol, 64, the couple are thought to have been overcome by deadly fumes as they relaxed on Easter Sunday

A couple have been found dead in their armchairs following a suspected carbon monoxide leak in Essex.

Chris Ryley's pub The White Hart Inn in Essex had its display of offensive dolls removed by police - and now an unearthed Facebook post from 2016 appears to show the landlord making a vile joke about lynch mobs WARNING: STORY CONTAINS LANGUAGE READERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) group has said the Essex pub at the centre of controversy over a golliwog display should not be considered “for future awards or inclusion in our Good Beer Guide” while the dolls remain on show.

Carly Burd has been growing produce to help feed those in need from her allotment in Harlow, Essex, since last July, but over the weekend sick vandals tore up the plants and salted the earth

The actor, who has also appeared in The Bill, shared the terrifying ordeal in a video warning which has since gone viral

The landlady of a pub in Essex has been expressing bemusement about the complaints of “snowflakes” after her display of golliwog dolls attracted the attention of the county’s police – only for them to be told, reportedly by the home secretary Suella Braverman, that they shouldn’t be wasting their time…

Benice Ryley plans to display new dolls despite police investigation into an alleged hate crime

Love Island 2021 winners Millie Court and Liam Reardon are believed to be back on, but Essex beauty Millie has revealed that her fans played a huge part in their break-up last year

Golly dolls have long been accepted as deeply offensive to Black communities as images from the The White Hart Inn, in Grays, Essex, show some of the dolls being hung by their necks from the top of the bar WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS LANGUAGE SOME READERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE