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Jeremy Clarkson, 61, has told Oxfordshire farmers he wishes he had known about their protest today as he would have “been there like a shot”. Farmers were speaking out after Oxfordshire County Council proposed banning meat and dairy from council events and only serving vegan produce instead.The Liberal Democrat and Green Alliance run council passed the decision in December in a bid to help meet green targets.Leader of the council Liz Leffman told the BBC: "This is about councillors taking a stand and saying we want to make our planet more sustainable, make agriculture more sustainable and we will source that produce locally wherever we can."The local farmers have hit back and insisted that the council should be supporting local produce instead.Jeremy confirmed on Twitter that he did not attend the protest at Oxford’s County Hall, but said he wished he could have been there.He told his 7.6 million followers: “Farmers of Oxfordshire.

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.

David and Victoria Beckham are "set to build a bat hotel” at their sprawling £6million country pile in the Cotswolds. Former footballer David, 46, and his wife Victoria, 47, have submitted plans for a new outbuilding at their gorgeous retreat in the quaint village of Chipping Norton where eldest son Brooklyn celebrated his 21st birthday.

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