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"We are too upset about offending people these days, even if it means sacrificing our pub heritage. Everybody is outraged. There is not one person who uses this pub that thinks the name or the sign is racist.

"It should stay as it is because the pub is an integral part of the village's history."

Local John Rogers, 80, said he fears the pub and village will lose its identity and its heritage if the name is changed.

He added: "It has been called the Labour In Vain for more than 100 years. They only want to change the name to attract interest and deceive people into thinking it's a new pub.

"I hope the people in the village boycott a new name, I really do."

Brewery Enterprise Inns said it was looking to change the name once it reopens following a refurbishment.

It is understood that Enterprise wants to rename the pub the Yarnfield Arms, although no decision has been made.

Diane Lander, who runs Yarnfield Post Office, has set up a petition that has already attracted around 300 signatures.

The 47-year-old said: "There is strong opposition against it. It has been the Labour In Vain for 166 years."

Labour in Vain have had their sign replaced by a more politically correct one (Newsteam)

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Village pub embroiled in race row over sign showing black boy being scrubbed in bath by white couple

A village pub may change its name after becoming embroiled in a race row over their sign which shows a black boy being scrubbed in the bath - by a white couple.

The Labour in Vain, in Yarnfield, Staffordshire, was deemed politically incorrect by council equality chiefs who previously asked the traditional boozer to take their sign down.

But now a brewery taking over the 166-year-old pub are considering changing the name as well - over fears that could be considered racist too.

A row has since broken out with residents who believe the historic country pub should keep the title it was first given in the mid-19th century.

Regular Jimmy Cawdell, 56, said: "If it goes ahead, which we're sure it will, it will be political correctness gone mad.

"We are too upset about offending people these days, even if it means sacrificing our pub heritage.

"Everybody is outraged. There is not one person who uses this pub that thinks the name or the sign is racist.

"It should stay as it is because the pub is an integral part of the village's history."

Local John Rogers, 80, added: It has been called the Labour In Vain for more than 100 years.

I hope the people in the village boycott a new name, I really do."

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Village race row over 'politically incorrect' pub whose sign shows white couple washing black child

NBC is adding a new comedy voice to its pilot slate, giving a green light to an untitled multi-camera comedy from Aseem Batra (Animal Practice). This marks the first pilot order for writer-actress Batra, who has been under an overall deal at Universal TV.

Written by Batra, the untitled project is apolitically incorrect office comedy centered on best friends Dale and Georgie whose relationship is upended when he starts dating the perfect woman. Batra is executive producing with Joe and Anthony Russo for Universal TV. Last season, Batra developed another comedy for NBC and Uni TV withthe Russo brothers executive producing, a single-camera project loosely based onher life growing up in Georgia. It didnt go to pilot stage.

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Batra, repped by WME andOdenkirk Provissiero, got her start as a writer/actress on Scrubs before moving to The Cleveland Show, on which she worked as a writer-producer and a voice cast member.

The Aseem Batra project brings the number of NBC comedy pilots to 11 6 of them multi-camera in addition to the straight-to-series order to Eva Longorias single-camera comedy Telenovela.

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Aseem Batra Office Comedy Produced By Russo Brothers Gets NBC Pilot Order