The hugely popular Prime Video show began in 2021 and follows the agricultural adventures on Diddly Squat Farm in Chadlington, Oxfordshire.

Former Top Gear and Grand Tour host Jeremy Clarkson bought the farm back in 2008 and has been getting to grips with running it in recent years.

Five seasons have been released so far, with last year’s release of series four seeing eight episodes drop on Amazon’s streaming service.

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The house in the Cotswolds. (Image: Raffle House)

Rachel Hawkins, who helped Jeremy Clarkson get his Cotswolds pub The Farmer’s Dog up and running in the new clips, lives nearby.

The hospitality entrepreneur, who specialises in helping rundown pubs, was selling off her £2.8 million country home in a raffle this time last year in June.

The six-bedroom house can be found in the heart of Stow-on-the-Wold, and entries to the draw were available from as little as £10.

After purchasing the pad in November 2015 for £750,000, Rachel set up home there with long-term partner Will Kennedy.

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An outside view of the home. (Image: Raffle House)

The 41-year-old star had chosen to move out with Will and their five dogs, with a novel way to sell the home.

A 4,000sq ft detached home included a unique bar area as well as a living area and eat-in kitchen flanked by a separate dining area on one side and a stylish family room on the other. 

The family room has bi-fold doors that open onto a stone terrace, which features a garden room for sunny days.

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Inside the kitchen. (Image: Raffle House)

Downstairs also features a cosy sitting room, study and cellar, plus visitor features for a country pad with a boot room for wellies and a bespoke dog bed.

On the two upper floors of the Cotswold stone house are six bedrooms, all with en suites.

A huge master suite, a collection of guest rooms and a quirky loft room with two single beds under the eaves of the house make it a family host’s dream. 

The luxury home comes fully kitted out with stylish furniture, and Raffle House also covers stamp duty costs and fees, so the winner will be able to move in cost-free.

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The living area. (Image: Raffle House)

The competition company also offers the option to take the cash equivalent of the nearly £3 million home if it’s not their “dream”.

A portion of each entry into the draw goes to the charity, chosen from one of 20 by the player.

This is exactly what happened, with Raffle House later confirming that the winner chose the money over the property.

Mr Clarkson has returned with a fifth series of Clarkson’s Farm this week, with four new episodes having dropped on Wednesday (June 3).

The college’s car park in Oxpens Road has been the subject of an ongoing dispute with Oxford City Council over whether the college could continue offering a cheap parking option for visitors to the city on weekends and outside of term time.

Since 2012, parking had been offered at the city centre college for just £6 per day – significantly cheaper than, for example, the council’s Oxpens car park opposite which costs £7 for up to three hours parking during the day.

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But the college was told to stop offering the 91 spaces to shoppers in 2024 when the council said the use of the site went against one of the planning conditions issued to the car park in 1999.

The council refused two certificate of lawful development applications from Activate Learning, which runs the City of Oxford College, the first of which was also dismissed at appeal by a planning inspector.

City of Oxford College car park (Image: Andy Ffrench)

This latest application constitutes another certificate of lawful development, which was proven to the council’s officers that the car park had been continuously used by drivers not associated with the school at weekends and outside term time for more than 10 years.

Including staff time sheets, parking income breakdowns, signage details and invoices, social media marketing, newspaper articles, declarations from car park users and other items, the evidence convinced the city’s planning officers that the use was established.

The council’s officers stated: “The substantial evidence submitted by the applicant since December 2011 in support of the application does not contradict the council’s own enforcement records.

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“As such it is considered that car parking, as shown within the red line plan, for the City of Oxford College, has been in use as a sui generis part-time paid for public car park on weekends and out of term-time for a period of at least 10 years prior to the submission of this application.

“In the absence of any conflicting evidence, and on the balance of probabilities, it is considered that the lawful use of the highlighted area as a sui generis part-time paid for public car park on weekends and out of term-time can be certified by the council.”

This means the college can continue offering its 91 spaces for parking to shoppers at the weekend, and the council cannot take any steps to prevent it because the time for enforcement action has expired.

Experts say the spike in sightings are due to the recent heatwave that has accelerated breeding in outdoor habitats.

When the temperature suddenly drops, booming spider populations invade their way indoors, squeezing through gaps around window frames, door seals and air bricks in search of warmth.

Luke Newnes, a garden expert at Hillarys, said: “A sustained hot spell is good news for false widows – warm conditions speed up breeding and push population numbers higher than normal.

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“The cool-down afterwards is what sends them inside.

“They are not aggressive and they are not hunting people out, but they will move through any gap they can find in a door threshold or window seal.

“The entry points are the thing to focus on, and most UK homes have not had those checked in years.”

Oxford University ecologist Clive Hambler, who has described the noble false widow as “the most dangerous spider currently breeding in Britain”, warned: “The days when you could just treat spiders as benign in Britain are over.”

Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust previously said: “Spiders live alongside us all year round and this is something to celebrate, not fear.

“These amazing animals are a vital part of our ecosystems, feeding on an astounding number of insects.

“Some spiders have found their perfect home in our houses, hiding away behind furniture and hunting the other invertebrates that find their way inside, from house flies to wasps and mosquitoes.

“They tend to keep themselves to themselves, preferring dark corners where they can live in peace.

“But in late summer and early autumn, some spiders become more active as males reach maturity and seek out a female to woo.”