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Police are investigating a hate crime after cemetery gates have been vandalised. The cemetery gates at the Minster Cemetery extension on Bishops Drive, Southwell were graffited. Southwell Town Council has reported the crime to Newark and Sherwood District Council and Nottinghamshire Police. The graffiti has been cleaned off by the district council street scene team. A Southwell Town Council spokesperson said: The Police are looking into it. They confirmed it will go to special branch as is classed as a hate crime. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact the police on