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Tories twice as likely as Labour voters to think golli***s are acceptable, poll shows

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

The Independent UK

Pub owner embroiled in racist dolls controversy posted vile 'hanging' comment

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

Daily Mirror

The Golli*** row: What is the controversy and why are the dolls deemed racist?

A pub has closed after a row over the controversial rag dolls, but what is the history behind them?

Evening Standard

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Pub landlord in golli*** row joked about US lynchings and posted far-right propaganda on Facebook

‘They used to hang them in Mississippi,’ Chris Ryley commented on photo of dolls dangling from wooden beam

The Independent UK

Gollies race row landlady defies police by putting dolls back on display in pub

The White Hart Inn made headlines when police were captured storming the pub and seizing the controversial toys after reports of a hate crime.

Daily Record

Landlady puts ‘golli***’ dolls back on display days after police raid

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

The Independent UK

Racist dolls row landlady defies police to put dolls back on display

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

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Suella Braverman criticises police for sending officers to seize offensive dolls from pub

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

The Independent UK

Two people found dead at property as police launch probe into 'unexpected' deaths

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

Daily Mirror

'Pathetic' Braverman blasted for Home Office golliwog dolls seizure response

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

The National (Scotland)

Police force deny scolding by Home Secretary over seizure of pub's offensive dolls

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.

Wales Online

Police force deny scolding by Braverman over seizure of racially offensive dolls from pub

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

The Independent UK

Pub landlords won’t back down over ‘racist’ golliwogs seized by police

Home Secretary Suella Braverman criticised Essex Police for not focusing on real criminals

Evening Standard

‘Controlling’ man who murdered partner who wanted to leave him jailed after failed cover-up

Garry Bennett killed Madison Wright after ‘she had the courage to say she was leaving’

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The Independent UK

Chief constable tells of officers using food bank as he pushes for better pay

Essex Police chief Ben-Julian Harrington raised the issue of pay in a speech to new recruits.

The Independent UK

Chief constable pushes for pay rise for officers to halt ‘erosion of talent’

Essex Police chief Ben-Julian Harrington said a number of people had left the force citing financial reasons.

Evening Standard

Drunken murderer returned to scene of killing to brag to police that he knew what happened

Video captures him boasting to police while swigging from a bottle of brandy

The Independent UK

Lorry crashes into a row of houses in Essex killing a man

Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward

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The Independent UK

Police reveal reason behind Leicestershire ‘sonic boom’

The loud explosion was heard over Leicestershire, Banbury and Oxford

Manchester Evening News

Stephen Bear jailed for 21 months after being found guilty of revenge porn

The reality TV star, 33, appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court on March 3 where he was handed a 21-month prison sentence

Manchester Evening News

The 53-day search for missing mother Constance Marten and her newborn child which began with a burning car

"Risk is getting so great that we have to consider the possibility that the baby has come to harm."

Wales Online

Poachers banned from owning dogs in 'legal first'

Both men admitted a charge of daytime trespass in pursuit of game

The Independent UK

Poachers banned from keeping dogs for three years in ‘legal first’

The two men were stopped by police on private land in Essex in October 2022.

Liverpool Echo

Mum who 'gave birth in or near car' missing for six weeks

Police have issued CCTV of Constance Marten, Mark Gordon and their newborn baby

Daily Record

Fugitive Nicholas Rossi has electric wheelchair confiscated in prison - for using it as a weapon

The wanted sex offender attacked fellow inmates with it at HMP Edinburgh after they taunted him with "Nasty Nick" comments.

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