Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm, whose day to day workings are documented in his Prime Video show Clarkson's Farm, have announced some good news just a fortnight after revealing one of their donkeys would have to be euthanised. Taking to the Diddly Squat Farm Shop Instagram page, they posted a short clip of an adorable black nosed lamb with its mother, which Jeremy's girlfriend Lisa Hogan, 51, captioned: "My first Valais lamb. She’s perfect!" The Valais Blacknose is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the Valais region of Switzerland which is raised both for meat and wool.

This happy news came after a troubling period for the farm. Last summer Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host Jeremy, 65, revealed he had a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak on his land. He said he was "absolutely devastated" when he revealed his farm was facing issues. However on March 13, he finally gave a positive update on the outbreak and confirmed the Oxfordshire farm is now free of TB for the first time in seven months.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious, contagious disease affecting both humans and animals, primarily caused by bacteria.

While M. tuberculosis mainly affects humans, M. bovis causes bovine TB in cattle and wildlife, according to the government website. It usually affects the lungs and can cause lesions and weight loss.

While the eradication of the disease on the farm was welcome, it was a bittersweet announcement for Jeremy as he also revealed he had suffered a devastating loss.

Writing in his column in The Sun, he penned: "After seven months of lockdown, Diddly Squat farm became officially TB-free this week."

"But before we had a chance to celebrate, we found out that one of our donkeys has laminitis and must be put down. In farming, it seems you are allowed one bit of good news, but it must always be accompanied by some kind of disaster," he pondered.

The heartbreaking update comes just two weeks after Jeremy welcomed a new donkey to his farm. It is unclear if it was the new addition which has been affected by the disease.

At the time, he revealed he had named the animal New Ben and it was apparently a replacement for his previous donkey called Ben.

The first Ben was something of a social media star as Jeremy regularly posted him alongside his companion Bill. The pair came to Diddly Squat Farm to retitre in June 2025.