Jeremy Clarkson cleared by BBC Trust for using racist word on Top Gear

Los Angeles - Jeremy Clarkson has been cleared by the BBC Trust for using the word 'pikey' on Top Gear.

The 54-year-old presenter - who was suspended by the BBC last week following allegations he'd punched a producer - put up a sign with the words "Pikey's Peak" written on it on the BBC motoring show last year leading viewers to complain that it was "grossly offensive and racist" to the "gypsy traveller community".