Clarkson's Farm

Clarkson’s Farm's Kaleb Cooper's plan to get super rich as show hangs in jeopardy..

Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper isn't letting the grass grow under him as he plans to rake in the cash amid the show's uncertain future.

It has been reported Amazon Prime has parted ways with Jeremy Clarkson following his vile rant about Meghan Markle.

However, Kaleb, 24, who has been a key figure in helping the outspoken host on his farming show, is now said to have trademarked his name in a bid to boost his bank balance.

The father-of-one wants to market merchandise and his services with a new logo submitted last month featuring his initials KC.

A friend of Kaleb’s said “He has used his name for his business interests since he started working at 13.

“Most people know Kaleb as being part of Clarkson’s Farm but it’s a lesser known fact that Kaleb is a successful farm contractor.

“As part of his business he needs to have a logo and domain name and so he has registered Kaleb Cooper

Kaleb, whose fiancée Tanya is expecting the couple's second child, formed Kaleb Cooper Contracting, offering “agricultural contracting solutions in Oxfordshire”, long before he appeared on TV.

Jeremy revealed last year his wily co-star had struck a deal to buy cut-price human waste from Severn Trent to use as fertiliser.

However, he later quipped: “That raises an interesting point.

“Would you buy food if you knew it had been grown using human excrement?”

The news comes as Jeremy claimed he emailed Meghan and Prince Harry on Christmas Day to apologise, after his hate-filled rant about the Duchess of Sussex last month.

The presenter said his bosses at ITV 's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Amazon, who make Clarkson's Farm and the Grand Tour, were "incandescent" after his decision to share his disturbing thoughts with the public last month.

In a lengthy statement shared on his Instagram page, Jeremy said he "really is sorry" for what he said in the controversial column – all the way "from the balls of my feet to the follicles on my head".

However, following Jeremy's apology, the Sussexes responded with their own statement.

Their representative said: “While a new public apology has been issued today by Mr. Clarkson, what remains to be addressed is his long-standing pattern of writing articles that spread hate rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories, and misogyny.

“Unless each of his other pieces were also written ‘in a hurry,’ as he states, it is clear that this is not an isolated incident shared in haste, but rather a series of articles shared in hate.”

Jeremy Clarkson's farm branded 'a menace and a success'..

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Jeremy Clarkson's farm shop has been described as both a "menace" and "a success for local people" during a planning meeting.

Villagers clashed at the meeting about the impact of the business on the Oxfordshire countryside.

The hearing relates to Mr Clarkson's appeal against the refusal by the council to grant planning permission for an extension to the car park at his shop.

The meeting continues on Wednesday.

Mr Clarkson, 62, is also challenging West Oxfordshire District Council's (WODC) move to shut down his restaurant on the same plot of land because he allegedly did not have planning permission when he opened it in July last year.

The former Top Gear presenter's attempts at running his farm are the subject of a documentary series on Amazon Prime Video.

At the meeting on Tuesday, villager Hilary Moore said the tourists who visited the farm - which sits between Chadlington and Chipping Norton - came to "show off their cars" and block roads, while Joanna Cecil, a florist at the farm, came to its defence.

Chadlington resident Ms Moore said: "I don't think the people who come are particularly respectful.

"They come in their cars with their souped-up engines - they are motorheads, they are not here to support our little farm shop.

"We have been disrupted by them in the two-and-a-half years since it's been open. It's ruining our area.

"There are farm shops all over the country that they could support instead of all converging here at the weekends.

"It's a total menace. It's a danger."

Ms Cecil told the meeting she had been working as a florist at the farm "since the very beginning", and it attracted visitors who wanted to support local farming.

"People go to the shop because it sells local," she said.

"This is what Jeremy loves: he invests in the farm, he invests in local people.

"He is making a success of it for local people, for our children, and for our future."

WODC took action against Clarkson in August saying in its enforcement notice that the "nature, scale and siting" of the restaurant on his farm was "incompatible with its open countryside location" in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

It then ordered closure of the restaurant or anything selling food that will be consumed on the farm, along with removal of the dining tables, chairs, parasols, picnic tables, and mobile toilets.

It also previously denied permission for an expanded car park at the site, despite the council's own tourism manager saying it would help improve safety and prevent problems.

Agents working on behalf of Clarkson say they are not in breach of planning laws, claiming that the council's decision is "excessive".

The John Phillips Planning Consultancy (JPPC) wrote in its appeal against the enforcement notice that existing planning permission gives the right to use the farm as a restaurant, and there has been no "material change" to the land.

WODC's lawyers argued that the "level of use of the site" has "significantly increased" due to the restaurant, and the land was "now used for a mix of purposes which go well beyond that of a farm shop".

The council has said that due to these reasons, the current planning permission "could never apply" to the new enterprises on the site.

A final decision on the plans will be published in the coming weeks.

Discussions about Clarkson's farm have been heated, and WODC said it had put extra security measures in place for Tuesday's hearing as a result of death threats sent to a councillor and member of the public who had opposed the plans.

Generous Clarkson's Farm fans raise nearly £40,000 for Cotswold farmer featured in season two..

Clarkson’s Farm fans have raised nearly £40,000 to help a Cotswold dairy farmer who appeared in the second series of the hit programme. Emma Ledbury has said she is ‘overwhelmed’ by the support shown after thousands donated to an appeal to help her keep her farm afloat.

In an episode focussing on TB in cattle, Emma told Jeremy Clarkson that how her herd had been decimated by the disease that is rife in the West Country. Rebecca Poole was so moved by her plight after watching the Prime Video series that she set up a GoFundMe page aiming towards a £40,000 target.

In a new video statement Rebecca tells fans that the appeal now stands just a few hundred pounds short of that sum but she would like them to keep on giving. Emma will take some of her money to badger-proof her sheds but has asked for the rest to be donated to a charity that offers farmers emotional support in times of need.

Rebecca, 45, who lives in Solihull, West Midlands, says Emma is "overwhelmed" that fans of the TV show had raised £39,530 towards the £40,000 appeal. Donations have come in from across the world and the women were both astounded when it hit £25.000. But it has continued to grow.

“Emma and I have been overwhelmed by the amount of support shown and Emma will be investing some of the funds into badger-proofing one of the sheds to prevent nose-to-nose contact between badgers and the dairy herd," Rebecca says in an update.