Jeremy Clarkson 'hasn't done what he's been told' as locals rage over Diddly Squat plans

JEREMY Clarkson puckered up for a smooch with his girlfriend Lisa Hogan in first-look pictures from the second series of his hit show Clarkson's Farm. The TV star, 61, and his partner, 48, enjoyed the sweet moment while farmer Kaleb Cooper, 23, awkwardly faced the ground.  In another snap, Jeremy is pictured driving a tractor while Kaleb is sat in the box at the front as he hangs on for dear life.

Filming is in full swing at Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire and will include many of the same popular names from series one including farm hand Kaleb Cooper, Jeremy’s girlfriend Lisa, Cheerful Charlie and Gerald. Newly released pictures show the gang having fun on the farm, and Jeremy planting a kiss on Lisa.

Jeremy Clarkson and his girlfriend Lisa Hogan, 48, cosying up for a smooch in front of a horrified Kaleb Cooper, the lovable tractor driver made famous in series one.Kaleb can be seen lowering his head as the pair lock lips on a wide plot of grass.Another of the images sees the former Top Gear presenter driving a tractor with Kaleb terrifyingly dangling from the front.Meanwhile, a third first-look image sees Jeremy sitting in a field inside a car while cheerful Charlie looks on outside.Filming for the second series of Clarkson's Farm officially began last year.

"(sic)The person in question added: “You should have a knighthood by now!”Jeremy then responded, implying that knighthoods aren’t just handed out for free.He said: “You have to pay for knighthoods I’m afraid.”Meanwhile, Jeremy has been presenting his self-titled show Clarkson’s Farm alongside co-host Kaleb Cooper.The former Top Gear host, however, recently had plans scrapped to expand his farm enterprise.Jeremy was recently refused planning permission by the local council after complaints by local residents to expand the retail arm of his Diddly Squat farm.More than 50 objections were raised with the council when he applied to build a new 70-space car park and 60 seat cafe on his site in Chadlington.Jeremy attended a meeting of the West Oxon District council in order to make a personal plea.There were 12 letters of support for the star, but seven out of 10 councillors refused his plans.The grounds of refusal were that building a restaurant would be “out of keeping” with the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.After the result, Jeremy said it was “a poor day for farming".But Clarkson’s Farm has caused a lot of trouble in the local area, creating traffic caused by innumerable visitors.The Amazon Prime show showed cars clogging up the lane outside the farm shop.Clarkson’s Farm first aired in June last year and viewers have kept tuning in to watch the star run a farm ever since.The show aired on Amazon Prime Video and has been renewed for a second season. 

Jeremy Clarkson spent his luxury sunshine break gawking at giant randy tortoises go at it like porn stars.The ex-Top Gear loudmouth, 61, said witnessing the reptiles’ eardrum-bursting banging in the Seychelles made it worth the "terror" of facing Covid tests to go on holiday.He added: “I watched two giant tortoises having quite the most complicated sex you can imagine."Of course you can see this sort of thing on television, but while Sir Attenborough will tell you that the future of the giant tortoise is in danger because of climate change, what I learnt by actually being there is that, while it’s engaged in the act, the male makes exactly the same noises as male Germans do in porn films."Jezza said he was left tearing out his hair by the process of having to submit to pre-travel Covid testing before his getaway at Christmas – then became convinced he was carrying the virus before he got the all-clear.The host whined: "Now the authorities have a new terror. A terror that turns your holiday into a faint pinprick of sunlight at the end of a mile-long tunnel filled with bureaucratic landmines and ‘Go directly to jail’ booby traps.

Jeremy Clarkson, 61, got more than he’d bargained for when he decided to take some time off, away from his hectic schedule running Diddly Squat Farm. The Grand Tour host packed his bags and went to the Seychelles in search of sun, sea, and sand last month.However, he was in for a fright when he started to feel “really ill” on the plane.After dealing with numerous debacles at the airport due to Covid travel restrictions, Jeremy found himself turning down the complimentary champagne on his flight, due to his symptoms.Recalling his concerns in his latest column for The Sunday Times, Jeremy admitted: “I started to feel ill. Really ill. “So ill that I declined the complimentary champagne.“Seven hours later, bathed in sweat and barely able to breathe, I landed in Dubai, where I took my laptop out, again, and removed my shoes and watch, again, before setting off on the 200-mile trudge to the train that would take me to the A gates, where the flight to the Seychelles was due to depart.”By this point Jeremy started to fear the worst, thinking he could have come down with Covid.He added: “And all the while I knew I should not get on it.

Jeremy Clarkson took a barbed swipe at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle when he said they were "less interesting" than somebody he claims he's "never heard of" - Joe Rogan.The Clarkson's Farm star spoke amid rock star Neil Young's recent row with Spotify in his his weekly column for The Sun.In his column, he blasted Harry and Meghan's lucrative $18 million Spotify deal when comparing their earnings to US podcast titan Joe Rogan.Jeremy wrote: "I learned this week that a man called Joe Rogan, who I’ve never heard of, has trousered $100million after selling tape recordings of himself talking to people."The Top Gear star proceeded to compare the UFC commentator's earnings to that of Harry and Meghan's own Spotify deal.He said that Harry and Meghan, "who like to think of themselves as the biggest stars in the world – are selling tape recordings of themselves talking for just $18million."Which means they are actually 5.55 times less interesting than someone I’ve never heard of."It comes as Spotify removed Neil Young's music from their streaming site - after the Canadian singer urged they take his music down if they continued to host Joe Rogan's podcast - The Joe Rogan Experience.Comedian Joe's podcast is reportedly downloaded 200 million times a month, and apparently signed the sports broadcaster for £75m.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee slammed Spotify for "allowing fake information about vaccines" to spread on their site.He said: "Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them."On Wednesday, Spotify agreed to remove Young's hits from their platform, and said they hoped the singer would return to Spotify soon.They said: "We have

Jeremy Clarkson has hit out at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry once again, branding them "less interesting" than US comedian and presenter Joe Rogan.The Clarkson's Farm star, 61, made the comments in his weekly column, which saw him take a swipe at the $18 million the Sussexes have raked in for their podcast deal, compared to the amount "trousered" by Rogan, which is over five and a half times bigger.Writing in his column, Jeremy took a swipe at the couple after comparing their podcast earnings to that of UFC commentator Rogan, who he claims to have "never heard of".The Top Gear star wrote in The Sun: "I learned this week that a man called Joe Rogan, who I’ve never heard of, has trousered $100million after selling tape recordings of himself talking to people."He went on to compare the comedian's whopping $100 million to that of Harry and Meghan's $18 million Spotify deal.Jeremy commented that Harry and Megan "who like to think of themselves as the biggest stars in the world – are selling tape recordings of themselves talking for just $18million."Which means they are actually 5.55 times less interesting than someone I’ve never heard of," he finished.The car fanatic's comments come days after it was revealed that Spotify is hiring in-house producers to help deliver on the $18 million deal with Harry and Meghan after they only produced one podcast episode.The streaming platform is now taking things into their "own hands" after little content emerged from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.Harry and Meghan released their Archewell podcast episode more than a year ago in December 2020.But now, Spotify are reportedly looking to hire new staff to work alongside the duo on a podcast that features "the voices of high profile

Jeremy Clarkson, 61, has weighed in on Prince Andrew’s decision to request a trial by jury in his battle against sex abuse claims made by Virginia Giuffre.The Clarkson’s Farm star has predicted that the Duke of York could “make a fool of our Queen” following his disastrous 2019 interview with Emily Maitlis on Newsnight, during which he attempted to convince the British people of his innocence while being embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.Sharing his views on the matter in his latest column, Jeremy declared that even if Andrew is innocent, he will “make a hash of it” when he appears in court.The star penned: “If he’s innocent, he will feel aggrieved and angry and will want to stand there in court, telling everyone who’ll listen. “But he’s Andrew. He has the PR skills of a wasp and the intelligence of a ­dishwasher.

Jeremy Clarkson, 61, has seen some setbacks in the planning of his Diddly Squat farm shop, which opened in 2020. In April 2021, it emerged that the former Top Gear star had lost a planning permission appeal on the basis that the materials used to build the store were not “visually harmonious”.In a bid to homogenise his property with the traditional Cotswold structures in the surrounding area, Jeremy has now changed the green steel roof on the shop.On Tuesday, the material was swapped with Cotswold tiles, according to MailOnline.According to a source who spoke to the aforementioned outlet, Jeremy had attempted to keep the steel roof.The council insider said last April: “As the application has been refused he will have to change it.”Jeremy has faced fierce opposition from locals in the West Oxfordshire area since starting his venture there.His farm was recently blamed by a local villager after she was late for a medical appointment.The area experienced an increase in footfall and traffic last month ahead of its two-month closure.A local resident hit out about traffic chaos around the Chipping Norton estate, blaming it for a delay in getting to an appointment.The villager has claimed the Diddly Squat Farm Shop caused "complete chaos”.The unnamed female told Oxford Mail: “It is complete chaos – I was 20 minutes late for a doctor’s appointment due to queues.“They have parking management on the entrance of Clarkson’s farm who are instructing cars to park on the road.“The cars parked to go on for more than a mile.

JEREMY Clarkson has trademarked his iconic Clarkson's Farm catchphrase as he hopes to cash in ahead of the upcoming second series. The former Top Gear star saw huge success on the launch of his Amazon Prime Video farming series, which saw him get to grips running Diddly Squat Farm. Jeremy, 61, is now getting busy trademarking some of the catchphrases he became known for throughout the series.

JEREMY CLARKSON now has something in common with Paul Hollywood – other than being a fellow petrolhead. The former Top Gear host followed the baker’s lead by having his catchphrase “I Did A Thing”, from hit series Clarkson’s Farm, officially trademarked.

Clarkson’s Farm presenter Jeremy Clarkson posted a picture of long-time girlfriend Lisa Hogan to the Diddly Squat Farm Shop Instagram account today. In view of their 703,000 followers, the star shared a snap of Lisa looking glam in a swimsuit and bucket hat.Lisa, 48, showed off her long legs and stunning curves in a black and white patterned swimming costume, featuring a busty cut-out section.The star could be seen posing in a dark green bucket hat with one hand in the air and the other on her hip.Jeremy, 61, jokingly captioned the photo: “A old lady in an hat”.

Jeremy Clarkson, 61, has big plans for his farm Diddly Squat, but sadly it seems the sleepy village of Chadlington has other ideas.The Grand Tour star has run into numerous issues from opposing villagers, most recently for his proposed farm café, that was scuppered by a planning subcommittee - but he's not giving up.Jeremy prides himself for playing outside the rules, and vowed he would continue to fight to diversify farming to help his fellow agricultural workers that are struggling due to rules set out by local governments.In his latest column for The Times, he launched a scathing attack on those who tried their hardest to get his case thrown out - and succeeded - but not for long.After he spent thousands turning an unused lambing barn into a small, wood 'n' sawdust café, Jeremy was perplexed when planning permission was refused, despite having the backing from numerous organisations, including the parish council, Thames Valley Police, Oxfordshire county council's transport division, West Oxfordshire district council's drainage division, their environmental health people and their business development department."Other farmers in the area pledged their support too, which isn't surprising as I'd be paying rather more than what they could get selling their pork and vegetables and chickens to the supermarkets," he joshed.Of course there was opposition, but the job looked a good'n until he received the bad news.He penned: "The fateful meeting where this happened was held in a puscoloured room at the headquarters of the West Oxfordshire district council, in Witney."Inside there was a lot of press, an angry rich couple from my local village and, facing the local civil servants and minute-takers, ten councillors from the

Jeremy Clarkson, 61, has admitted he expected to receive planning permission for his farm restaurant recently.

Jeremy Clarkson has taken to Twitter in an attempt to "settle an argument" over Meat Loaf lyrics, a day after it was announced the star had died aged 74. Jeremy probed the meaning of lyrics in the hit I Would Do Anything For Love, a day after coming under fire for branding the rockstar a "fat oaf" in a resurfaced clip of himself in his former presenting role on Top Gear in 2005.The star posted on the micro-blogging website asking his 7.6 million followers to help him settle a debate.Jeremy wrote: "Settle a Meat Loaf argument."What is “that”?"The Grand Tour host was referring to the lyrics in the rocker's 1993 song, I Will Do Anything For Love.In the love ballad, Meat Loaf famously sings: "I would do anything for love, but I won't do that."It seems the car fanatic has now decided to find out what the "that" is referring to once and for all following the star's death.Following the star's post, Jeremy's followers rushed to the comment to have their say on what the musician was talking about.Twitter user @willbarrington argued: "Meatloaf himself has confirmed ‘that’ is simply the line he sings previously."He went as far as doing a lecture type presentation on it to an audience once."@Mrsm1th888 commented: "1/ Thread Clues are in the song each verse.

Jeremy Clarkson has made a swipe at BBC's Doctor Who, claiming that the programme has lost its spark with viewers after its recent episode accumulated underwhelming figures in ratings.The latest instalment of the sci-fi show, which was once one of the flagship programmes on the broadcaster, saw just 3.4 million tune in.And according to the Clarkson's Farm star, it's all over the writers' decision to focus storylines around lecturing its audience instead of entertaining them."Doctor Who is no longer written to entertain or frighten kids," the 61-year-old wrote in his latest column for The Sun."It's used to lecture them about climate change and corporate greed and all the other go-to storylines in the BBC playbook."Actress Jodie Whittaker took over Peter Capaldi's role as the current incarnation of the Doctor, a character she has played since her first regular appearance for season 11 in 2018.The series premiere logged a moderate 5.6 million viewers at the time, showing clear signs that the show has been heading down a steep decline in recent years.Further on in his column on January 7, Jeremy took another jab at the BBC, asserting that it wasn't just Doctor Who that had been affected by how writers were handling storylines."It's the same thing with just about everything they do these days, from the Six O'clock News to Countryfile."I watched a charming show by Sir Attenborough this week, about the noises birds and whales make."The father-of-three continued: "It was lovely."Right up to the end, when he played us an old recording of a bird that's now extinct due to, yes, you've guessed it, climate change and habitat loss."It's been an interesting start to the new year for Jeremy who learned last week that his bid to open a

Countryfile's Anita Rani is to front ITV’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire spin off show Fastest Finger First.It’s based on the game that contestants play on the main show where they have to put answers to multiple choice questions in a specific order in the fastest time.Whoever wins their round lands a prized place on a seat in front of Jeremy Clarkson.The ITV spin-off is an expanded version of this.Five contestants will compete against one another in several rounds of “fastest finger first”.And the winner of each episode bags a guaranteed seat opposite Jezza on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and stands a chance of grabbing the jackpot.Anita said" “I’m a huge fan of quiz shows.

Clarkson’s Farm star calling him a “fat oaf” has resurfaced just as Jeremy sent out a tweet saying he “liked” the star.Bat Out Of Hell singer Meat Loaf has died, his family has announced today.Plenty of stars have already paid tribute to the talented musician, including Cher, Stephen Fry and Piers Morgan.One celebrity to pay his respects was former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson.Jeremy, 61, sent out a tweet in view of his 7.6 million followers which simply read: “I liked Meat Loaf.”However, some of Jeremy’s followers didn’t seem too impressed by the Tweet.Twitter user Alexander Pan attached a YouTube video, which was entitled “Top Gear Really Hates Meat Loaf” and replied: “We know”.The comment received 35 likes, with others chiming in to say that they had remembered that moment on television.In the clip Jeremy is presenting on Top Gear and begins by saying: “Now as you know we are on a quest to find the greatest driving song, and for the last few weeks people have been emailing us with their nominations.His co-presenter Richard Hammond went on to explain the voting rules for how their audience’s “best driving song” would be determined.Gesturing to their current song chart, Jeremy continued: “It is very, very important that you do get voting because this is the chart so far: ACDC, Motorhead, Golden Earring, Queen, Steppenwolf…”At this point Richard cheekily interjected that their viewers were setting a trend of “black T-shirts and long hair”.Getting more worked up, Jeremy said: “It’s unbelievable! And there are a few great driving songs in there… But look what’s at number one! Please! Meat Loaf! Bat Out Of Hell?“If you want us to stand in front of the world and say that the best ever driving song is a fat man or the

Amazon Prime Video, Kaleb Cooper has hopped onto Instagram to let it be known he had some exciting things to share.The TV star and farmer teased his one million followers with a snap of himself being photographed as he casually posed for the camera.Kaleb sported grey jeans, a green polo sweater and a pair of wellies for the occasion."Exciting things being announced soon," Kaleb wrote along with two wide-eye emojis.While it's unclear what Kaleb plans to announce in the coming weeks, his fans, friends and fellow colleagues utilised the post's comment section to ponder what the father-of-one could be hiding under his sleeve.Jeremy Clarkson's daughter Emily quipped: "Only fans? Only farms."A post shared by Kaleb Cooper (@cooper_kaleb)The official Amazon Prime Video account continued: "Finally releasing that album because this would make a great cover."Instagram user @mrglenbuchanan joked: "Prada have finally commissioned a Prada X Kaleb range of wellies?"About time!"The farming contractor became a household name thanks to the enormous hit of Clarkon's Kent's first season, which debuted in early 2021.Their first run was a success for both Jeremy and Kaleb, who took home the Flying the Flag for British Agriculture at the British Farming Awards in October."Behind every good farm is a great farming team," Kaleb said after accepting his prize.Jeremy dedicated their award to his co-star, who he deemed the "star of the show"."Kaleb, I couldn't have done this without you," the 61-year-old said."You are the star of the show (apart from Gerald) but what was great and I'm sure everyone in the room would say the same thing."Every farm has a Gerald, every farm has a Charlie, every farm has a Kevin, every farm has an Ellen, every farm has

Jeremy Clarkson, 61, reacted to news that four people who were accused of illegally removing a statue of Edward Colston in Bristol cleared of criminal damage.Sage Willoughby, Rhian Graham, Milo Ponsford and Jake Skuse were charged after the monument of the 17th Century slave trader was torn down and pushed into the harbourside last June during a Black Lives Matter protest in the city, and the Clarkson's Farm star appeared to wonder where actions like this would end.The four claimed the statue of the English merchant, who sold slaves, was a "hate crime" in itself.Sharing his views in his latest column for The Sun, The Grand Tour star pondered the future, while taking a swipe at former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who faced damaging anti-semitism scandals.Jeremy penned: "Four young people were acquitted this week of causing criminal damage, even though they admitted they were involved as the statue of a slave trader ended up in Bristol Harbour."They argued the statue itself was a “hate crime” and, obviously, the jury agreed with them."This, of course, means the statue of Sir Winston Churchill which stands in London’s Parliament Square will soon be at the bottom of the Thames.