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BBC presenter contributes to £88,000 fund in response to attack on Carly Burd’s initiative to help feed vulnerable people in Essex

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

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

Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan regularly show off their lavish £3.5million home in Essex, with the pair moving into the mansion last year after finally finishing renovation works to the impressive property