The 66-year-old revealed in the latest episodes of the fifth season of his series Clarkson’s Farm that he had been diagnosed with “aggressive” prostate cancer that had been discovered early.

In an interview with The Times, Clarkson confirmed that a PSA test two months ago revealed no indication of cancer and he is officially in remission.

He said: “I was talking to David (Cameron) about it earlier this morning. He said the amount of people that come up to him is mostly in public conveniences and say, if you hadn’t owned up to it, I wouldn’t have got checked, and they wouldn’t have found it.

“So now there’s a group of us, (food writer) Giles Coren, David, me, one or two other people, and we meet for lunch every so often. Everybody has different Gleason scores, and everybody has different Stockholm and PSA scores. We all compare notes and I actually get muddled with what mine were.

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“But it is quite funny watching people looking at us and going, ‘that’s quite an interesting group of people, what do they all share in common?’.”

Clarkson went on to say that the news of his diagnosis has “landed harder than I thought it would”.

He added: “This is why I have to say to everybody who’s reading this, please, please, please go and get checked.

“It’s not uncomfortable, it’s not undignified, and it’s a no-brainer. I did, and that’s why I’m sitting here talking to you 11 months down the line.

“I’ve seen so many people die of cancer. It doesn’t bear thinking about what it must be like to live knowing that an illness is going to kill you.

“It must be very, very, very distressing. I don’t know the history of what happened to (former Olympic cyclist) Chris Hoy, but to be told your cancer is inoperable and to still carry on you’d have to be incredibly brave.”

Speaking from a hospital bed at the end of the season finale, Clarkson revealed he had experienced complications during treatment, which he told The Times had been caused by him resuming a course of tablets he had been taking for his earlier vascular and cardiac problems.

He said: “That was horrific and it was all my own fault. I’d been on drugs for heart issues and I had to come off them during the cancer treatment.

“Two or three weeks after the cancer operation, I thought I’d better put myself back on those blood thinners. Big mistake, huge.

“It (resulted in) a very big emergency in the middle of the night. I’m not even going to go into the treatment that was required as a result of that, because it was horrible. I didn’t ask a doctor, I just thought, ‘I’m sure it will be all right to go back on blood thinners’.”

The diagnosis came almost two years after Clarkson underwent a heart procedure, which saw him fitted with two stents to improve blood flow to the heart.

At about 9.20pm on Monday, June 15, an initial incident occurred in Barberi Close/St Nicholas Road in Littlemore, during which a man was approached by a group of males travelling in a blue vehicle and threatened.

The victim was able to leave the scene without injury.

About ten minutes later, an incident took place in Beckett Drive, Radley, where a group of males travelling in a blue vehicle believed to be linked to the first incident, assaulted another man who sustained a serious injury.

He was treated at hospital and has since been discharged.

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The police cordon in Beckett Drive, Radley, on Wednesday, June 17 (Image: Matthew Evans)

Thomas Quinn, aged 19, of Deacon Way, Banbury, has been charged with one count of section 18 grievous bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed article.

He appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court today (June 20) and was remanded in custody pending a further court appearance at Oxford Crown Court on 17 July.

The force has made a further seven arrests in connection with this investigation.

Six have been released on police bail, with a further person released with no further action.

Officers previously reassured residents that they are treating the stabbing as an isolated incident and that patrols have been stepped up locally.

Police previously appealed for witnesses and footage regarding the incident which “scared” members of the community.

The actress, who lives in South Oxfordshire, first came to widespread attention in the late 1990s as Dr Elizabeth Corday in the American medical drama ER.

She went on to win a new generation of fans as River Song in the BBC’s sci‑fi series, appearing in the show between 2008 and 2015.

Playing the Doctor’s enigmatic wife, Ms Kingston acted opposite three different incarnations of the Time Lord as portrayed by David Tennant, Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi.

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The popular sci-fi programme is facing an uncertain future at present, with the 2026 Christmas special cancelled and the show put out to tender by the BBC.

In the final scene of the show to date, Ncuti Gatwa’s 15th Doctor regenerated into familiar face Billie Piper.

The Swindon-born actress previously played fan favourite companion Rose Tyler alongside Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant.

Ms Kingston has now outlined her favourite picks for a new Doctor when the show eventually returns to screens.

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Speaking to the Oxford Mail on Thursday (June 18) ahead of the OUH Staff Recognition Awards 2026, she said: “I think it’s got to be somebody who has got fun in them, but also heart and soul.

“He’s now about to play [Hercule] Poirot, but I thought Edward Bluemel would be a brilliant Doctor.

“I’ve worked with him on Discovery of Witches, and he’s got all of the characteristics and qualities that would make a good Doctor.

“But then I also just worked on a theatre play called Copenhagen with Damien Molony, who just happens to be Bergerac.

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“We had a lot of time sitting on stage, and I would watch him, and he was so physically energised and active that there were times when I was sitting there going, ‘You could be a really good Doctor’.”

Ms Kingston then joked: “I shouldn’t have been thinking about that, yes, I’m the expert [having played the character’s wife].”

She added: “I mean, there are so many actors that could do it, but who knows.

“I think maybe it’s a good thing to just take a little bit of a breath now it’s just been put on ice.

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“The same thing happened in the late 1980s through the 90s, but it might just need a little bit of a moment to have somebody else come along who can take the reins of Russell T [Davies], take them confidently, and take the Doctor then in another direction.”

Ms Kingston was speaking ahead of her hosting the OUH Staff Recognition Awards 2026 ceremony on Thursday night.

You can find more breakouts from our chat on the Oxford Mail over the coming days before the full interview is released next week.