Getting Html character in Grid

Hi while binding grid getting html tags : for "&" getting & and space nbsp; please help

Protected Sub OnRowDataBound(sender As Object, e As GridViewRowEventArgs)

        If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then
            e.Row.Cells(1).Text = Regex.Replace(e.Row.Cells(1).Text, txtSearch.Text.Trim(), _
                Function(match As Match) String.Format("<span style = 'background-color:#FFFF00'>{0}</span>", match.Value), _
                            RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)
           
        End If
    End Sub

Private Sub fillGrid()
        Dim strSQL As String
     
        strSQL = "select * from CUSTOMERMST"
        FillDataGrid(gridData, strSQL)
        End If
    End Sub

  Public Sub FillDataGrid(ByVal d As Object, ByVal qry As String)
            Dim myadp As New SqlDataAdapter(qry, con)
            Dim myds As New DataSet
            myadp.Fill(myds)
            d.DataSource = myds
            d.DataBind()
        End Sub

<asp:TextBox ID="txtSearch" runat="server" ></asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button ID="btnSearch" runat="server" Text="Search" CausesValidation="false" />

 <asp:GridView ID="gridData" OnRowDataBound="OnRowDataBound" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataKeyNames="CUSTID">
                                <Columns>
                                                                        <asp:BoundField DataField="CUSTNAME" HeaderText="Customer Name">
                                        <HeaderStyle HorizontalAlign="Left" Wrap="false " />
                                    </asp:BoundField>
                                       </Columns>                            </asp:GridView>

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        If Not IsPostBack Then
            Call fillGrid()
        End If
    End Sub