The presenter is well known to audiences for working with Richard Hammond and James May on both the BBC’s Top Gear and Prime Video’s The Grand Tour.

Having spent over two decades as part of the iconic trio, Mr Clarkson also has presented Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? on ITV since 2018.

This came after he replaced former host Chris Tarrant, who had been on the programme since its inception.

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Only six UK contestants had ever won the £1 million prize on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? until last month.

Retired IT analyst Roman Dubowski became the seventh, winning the £1 million jackpot during this current series of the show.

In the wake of the win, The Express has claimed that there is a “glaring issue” with the show that ITV “can’t hide”.

Deputy showbiz editor Rebecca Jones went on to write that the prize money is no longer what it once was when the programme first aired 28 years ago.

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“When the ITV programme launched in 1998, hosted by Chris Tarrant, the prize money was astounding,” she wrote.

“While nobody can deny that £1 million is still a life-changing amount of money all these years later, the figure has certainly not kept up with UK inflation

“According to the latest data, £1 million in 1998 had the same purchasing power as around £2.5 million today.

“So why haven’t ITV bosses boosted the figure to at least £2 million? The show’s title wouldn’t need to be changed, as it would still apply with the higher number offered.”

Smoke could be seen rising from the ground in Cowley Road outside Sundaes Gelato, opposite the O2 Academy on Saturday evening (May 2).

Multiple Thames Valley Police cars and Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service fire engines arrived at the scene shortly after, and a cordon was put in place with tape closing off the road.

Members of the public were warned to move away from the site with flames soon “erupting” from the smoke, according to onlookers.

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Firefighters have now revealed the cause with a new statement made this morning (Tuesday, May 5).

A spokesperson for Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were called at 8.26pm on May 2, sending a fire engine from Slade Park fire station to Cowley Road, between East Avenue and Bullingdon Road.

“There was a fire involving underground power cables, and the crew helped to clear smoke from some properties.

“The area was cordoned off, and crews left the location at 11.03pm.”

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An onlooker, who works nearby and wishes to remain anonymous, told this newspaper: “I have never seen anything like this.

“I felt that flames would explode wider in the area; it is so scary.

“I don’t know if the black smoke could be toxic or harmful, so the rest of the public and I got a good distance away from the area quickly.

“When the incident happened, there was only one police car, but then the fire engines arrived not long after- they are so quick. Then more police cars came.”

Oxford Renters’ Union launched their first campaign on May 1, with a march through the city on May Morning, after forming the not-for-profit co-operative last November.

The union’s aim is to collectively resist rent increases and stop the ‘soaring’ rent costs in the city being decided by landlords alone.

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Strategically launching their campaign on the same day the Renters’ Rights Act took effect, the union is asking renting households to pledge to challenge their landlord if they attempt to increase their rent, by going to a tribunal.

The Act has made the campaign possible by ending ‘no-fault’ evictions, giving tenants the ability to complain to and challenge their landlords without the threat of losing their home.

Housing in Oxford (Image: Oxford City Council)

Maisie W, communications officer for the union, said: “Why should landlords get yet another pay rise by leeching off of my hard work?

“Why am I paying for my parasite landlords’ fancy cars and holidays when I can’t afford to have either?

“Housing should be a human right, and not a commodity. That’s why we’re asking you to resist your next rent increase.

“Resist on principal. Resist for yourself, and for the others in your community who can barely afford to live.”

Oxford Renters’ Union launched on May 1 with a march through the city (Image: Oxford Renters’ Union)

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Average monthly private rent went up across the England in the year to March 2026, up by 3.4 per cent to £1,434, according to data from the Office of National Statistics.

The data also revealed that Oxford paid the highest average rent of anywhere in the UK outside of London in March, at £1,952, up 6.9 per cent on the year before, more than double the average rent increase within that period in the rest of the country.

Oxford has also seen high and increasing numbers of people experiencing homelessness, with figures consistently going up over the past five years, and charities like Homeless Oxfordshire pointing to the ‘stark’ rental market picture for tenants.

Oxford Renters’ Union plan is to take private landlords who want to increase rents to tribunal, where they will ‘flood the hearing’ with pledges to demonstrate that the city’s ‘market rate’ is already too high and is still increasing.

The union also argues that overwhelming the tribunal with disputes will prolong the hearing’s processing time, keeping rents ‘lower for longer’.

It is part of a coordinated campaign being launched alongside other unions doing the same, including Resist Rent Rises, a network of unions including London Renters Union and Greater Manchester Tenants Union.

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Resist Rent Rises’ website said: “If your landlord is asking for extra rent when you can afford it least, you’re not alone.

“The cost of rent is out of control across the country, squeezing more and more of us out of our homes.

“Renters have the right to resist rent rises. We need to use those rights, or lose them.”