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The Clarkson's Farm star on how he's coping with fatherhood and hoping his new book will inspire children

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The notion of getting some paternity leave to bond with his newborn son gets a laugh out of Clarkson's Farm favourite Kaleb Cooper. What with harvesting, filming the fifth series of the hit Amazon Prime TV show and promoting his debut children's book, he's a touch busy.

Suffering a bad cold and getting less sleep thanks to the arrival of his third child Ashton in August, the 27-year-old farming contractor and tractor driver - the breakout star of Clarkson's Farm when the series began in 2021 - looks understandably tired. Kaleb was harvesting a field when his fiancee Taya went into labour, but managed to complete it in time to get back for the birth.

"Because it was baby number three, Taya was so relaxed, and she rings me about one o'clock, telling me, 'Kaleb, I'm in labour, I'll let you know when I'm close'.

"I said, 'Well, I've just got this one field', and Taya understands. We've been together 10 years. I think, to go forward in life to get where you want to be, you don't need someone nagging at you and saying, 'Don't do that, don't do this'. They've got to be supportive all the time.

"She's been out there on the combine [harvester] with me when we've had to finish the field, because of the weather or whatever."