North Yorkshire Police has said there will be no further action against Jeremy Clarkson after he attacked a Top Gear producer last month.

Oisin Tymon, who was left with a split lip after the fight at a hotel, said last week that he did not wish to press charges against his former colleague.

He had to drive himself to hospital after the row in which he also received a torrent of verbal abuse.

Clarkson reported the March 4th incident to the BBC five days later and was suspended by the broadcaster on March 10th - before it announced his contract would not be renewed.

The force spoke to people who witnessed what the BBC called a "fracas" and has now completed its "routine enquiries".

It said: "Now that all the interviews are complete, we have properly established that there is no need for further police action."

It emerged last week that Clarkson will appear on stage with his former Top Gear colleagues, Richard Hammond and James May, later this year to fulfil a series of gigs planned before he left the BBC.

The gigs will be stripped of all BBC branding and content, and billed as Clarkson, Hammond and May Live.

That means the shows, which will take in venues as far afield as Australia, Norway, South Africa and the UK, will not be able to use clips from the show or feature The Stig.

The move is likely to spark rumours the three men intend to team up to continue their careers together after Clarkson's exit from the corporation, but sources close to the tour say it is just a matter of fulfilling commitments to the fans.

The future of the show's other two presenters - Hammond and May - is unclear, with both men's Top Gear contracts having run out.