A Lancashire pub has apologised after a ‘disgusting joke’ about missing teenager Jay Slater was posted to its Facebook page.
The distasteful ‘joke’ caused an uproar when it was shared by The Bees Knees in Blackburn Road, Accrington. The post featured a picture of Jay and a football with the caption ‘both not coming home’ - a reference to the ongoing search for the apprentice bricklayer who remains missing in Tenerife, and England's faltering Euro 2024 campaign. It has since been removed from the page. The pub has apologised and made a £1,000 donation to the family’s GoFundMe appeal.
' In a statement on Monday, a spokesperson for AJP Pubs, which manages The Bees Knees Accrington, said: “This morning a conversation between Bees Knees Directors and Affordable Social has taken place in which we have decided to terminate our contract with immediate effect, after not receiving an adequate explanation into how this happened. “Affordable Social were challenged three months ago to improve our social media pages via light hearted humour, good content and sports talk.
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