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Clarkson backs down in bid for restaurant on his farm

- BEN ENDLEY

JEREMY Clarkson has closed a controversial restaurant on his Diddly Squat farm, to the delight of his neighbours.

The former Top Gear host opened it in a barn in a field last July despite protests from locals.

It was then closed after an enforcement order from Cotswolds council officials. But Clarkson, who already has a shop on the site, boasted hed found a "delightful little loophole" to keep it on his 1,000-acre holding despite a breach of planning laws.