Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been left "absolutely devastated” after his Diddly Squat Farm was hit with a tuberculosis outbreak. The motoring journalist confirmed that his estate, which is the subject of popular Amazon Prime series Clarkson's Farm, had “gone down” with the infectious disease.

Jeremy Clarkson has shared some “devastating” news from Diddly Squat, telling fans that his Cotswolds farm has been struck by an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis.

It’s just dreadful,’ a devastated Clarkson said after ‘hypothetical threat’ became real and infected his cattle