An arts centre boss is alleged to have thrown eggs at a statue of Margaret Thatcher on Sunday.
A university has said it "does not condone defacement" after a staff member was accused of egging a statue of Margaret Thatcher in Grantham.
Officers attended the scene on Sunday, and egg residue and a piece of shell could be seen on the statue's lower half. Meanwhile, Neil Kinnock, who led the Labour party between 1983 and 1992 and who regularly faced Mrs Thatcher in the Commons during that time, condemned the egging, adding: "The statue should be respected, full stop.
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