Suffolk Gazette motoring columnist Jeremy Clarkson has been sacked after he threw the Editor off a cliff.

He and Suffolk Gazette staff had a furious row over the direction of his column in the paper and the choice of biscuits.

And when The Editor demanded a lunchtime showdown meeting with Clarkson at Dunwich, the controversial Top Gear star lost his cool.

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A spokesman for Suffolk Gazette said: "Jeremy and the Editor had a blazing row.

"The Editor wanted Clarkson to write more about tractors, but Jeremy would not budge.

"The argument got worse - and then he suddenly gave the Editor a Chinese burn, grabbed his coat and threw him off Dunwich cliff."

Amazingly the Editor was unhurt as a passing dog walker on the beach below broke his 50-foot fall.

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Clarkson, who has sparked controversy over his comments about Norfolk, and who was once hounded out of Norwich while writing a Suffolk Gazette column about a Lotus with the number plate 1TFC, was sacked on the spot.

He began his career on the Suffolk Gazette as a cub reporter in 1963, moving up to be chief farming correspondent in 1978.

But his love of cars (and the fact the Suffolk farmers hated him) saw him launch the paper's first motoring column in 1983.

He earned millions a year from his successful column, allowing him to do some filming for the BBC show Top Gear in his spare time.

Clarkson's row with the Suffolk Gazette Editor came just days after the BBC suspended him over a fracas with a producer.

Clarkson, 74, said last night: "Some say he is the best Editor in the world. All I know is he likes tractors. I quit."

And on that bombshell...

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