To suggest an issue or topic has ‘divided a town’ is the sort of local news cliche which would probably cost your marks in your Oxdown NCTJ newspaper practice exam. But for once, this week, one local newspaper was faced with that exact dilemma (although, as far as we can tell, managed to dodge that dreaded cliche in the process). Journalists on the Grantham Journal found themselves covering a news story which unexpectedly went national when a statue to former…