Jeremy Clarkson's spanners, a Vine farewell and taking Trump seriously

Jeremy Clarkson has spoken about some of the challenges in making The Grand Tour. Photograph: Ellis O'Brien/Amazon Prime Video

MediaGuardian’s top stories

Jeremy Clarkson tells of BBC legal spanners in run-up to Amazon show

Netflix’s glittering Crown could leave BBC looking a little dull

Vine-al countdown: fans share favourite Vines before app shuts down

Rolling Stone publisher says UVA rape article was not entirely retracted

BBC news translation service should be funded by government, say MPs

BBC series Planet Earth II will be unparalleled, says Attenborough

Imam loses libel action against BBC over Sunday Politics show

Martin Baron: ‘We took Donald Trump seriously from the beginning’

Best of the rest

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has had to launch his Prime service in China without its digital content. Photograph: Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters

Amazon Prime launches in China without digital content (Variety)

TV advertising woes leave UK executives pining for Christmas past (Financial Times £)

Comic Relief Bake Off is scrapped as show-makers snub BBC charity special before move to Channel 4

BBC Two drama filmed in Liverpool not London because there are more “unspoilt” places, writer claims (Telegraph)

And finally...

Claims cannabis can cure cancer were among the latest fake stories to be promoted on Facebook. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

The Guardian has been charting Facebook’s ongoing difficulty with fake news, and the latest instalment, including stories about Michelle Obama being born a man and cannabis as a miracle cure for cancer, show the problem isn’t going away.