THE BBC has suspended Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson amid claims that he punched a producer of the show.

Mr Clarkson, who lives in Chipping Norton, was suspended after what the BBC described as a fracas.

This Sunday’s episode of the show has been axed and it is expected that the two final episodes of the show will be cancelled.

In the Sun newspaper Clarkson, in which Clarkson, 54, writes a column, he said: "I'm having a nice cold pint and waiting for this to blow over.”