The Latest Breaking News from Grays

Landlady of White Hart in Grays ‘has been crying all week’ after decision to close following backlash for displaying offensive dolls

A collection of the dolls were removed from the White Hart Inn in Grays, Essex.

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

Force rebuffs claim home secretary said they should focus on ‘catching criminals’ after items taken from White Hart Inn in Grays

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

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.

The victim was getting out of her car in Grays, Essex, when she was attacked by Peter Fricker's dog. She was badly bitten suffering eight deep wounds to her legs and needed urgent surgery

The student nurse was last seen at her home in Grays, Essex on July 4 and then reported missing to police at 12.50pm on July 6. She was found eight weeks later in Hampshire