The Latest Breaking News from Essex Police

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

Only 13% of Conservative voters say displaying dolls is racist after home secretary intervenes in police investigation

Landlady Benice Ryley says she is ‘grateful’ for home secretary’s intervention, adding: ‘She’s totally right’

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

The pub was also reported to the local council in 2018 for displaying the dolls, but did not take them down

Two people in their 60s were found dead at a property in Victory Road, West Mersea, Essex, yesterday afternoon. Essex Police launched an investigation to determine the circumstances behind their deaths

HOME Secretary Suella Braverman has been condemned for “encouraging racism”.

Essex Police seized several golliwogs from the White Hart Inn in Grays last week as part of an investigation into a hate crime. The Daily Mail claimed Suella Braverman had reprimanded the force, but the police deny the claim.

A source close to the home secretary said her unhappiness at the incident had been passed on to the force.