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Secret hate letters turn Shiptonthorpe village to 'poison'

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Summary
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59% Informative

Anonymous letters have created a 'village of poison' in Shiptonthorpe , East Yorkshire .

Residents say they have been "terrorised" through their letterboxes for the past two years .

Humberside Police has carried out inquiries into some of the incidents.

The saga is reminiscent of scandalous letters that blighted Littlehampton in 1920 .

VR Score

44

Informative language

32

Neutral language

36

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

41

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

possibly hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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