Man climbs BBC HQ scaffolding and hammers at statue

A man has climbed a scaffold at the front of the BBC’s headquarters in London and hit a controversial statue with a hammer in an apparent protest.

There have been calls for Eric Gill’s Prospero and Ariel statue to be removed because the sculptor recorded sexually abusing his daughters in his diaries.

It is the second time the 1930s work at Broadcasting House has been targeted.

A protester took a hammer to it last year and damage from that incident is still being repaired.

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