Doncaster businessman missing from second episode of The Apprentice
A Doncaster businessman bidding to win TV’s The Apprentice was missing from last night’s episode of the show – the second time in the series he was unable to take part.
Former RAF gunner and HGV driver Levi Hague is one of 20 candidates aiming to win £250,000 of investment from business mogul Lord Sugar in the hit BBC show.
Last week, pet urn entrepreneur Mr Hague was missing from the boardroom segment of the task, with Lord Sugar telling viewers he was absent due to ill health.
And last night he didn’t feature at all in the episode which saw teams take part in a cooking task before attempting to sell their produce at London’s Greenwich Market.
No reason was announced on air for his non-particpation in the show.
After the first episode of the 20th series aired, Mr Hague was named as a rank outsider to win by bookies.
Before the BBC One show got under way he had been made 3-1 favourite.
But despite being on the winning team in a shopping challenge in Hong Kong in the opening episode, his odds plummeted to 50-1 after both sides delivered a calamatious perforfmance which enraged business tycoon Lord Sugar.
Talking about his business ahead of the show, Mr Hague said: "Each urn is crafted with care to help families honour their pets in a truly meaningful way.
"I plan to scale production, expand into the pet cremation service sector, and establish Living Forever Memories as a globally recognised brand within the cremation industry."
Ahead of the show Mr Hague said he will do the city proud, after issuing a video statement apologising for offensive messages shared when he was younger, releasing a three minute apology after a national newspaper unearthed old tweets.
He said: “I’m proud of the man I am today. It’s going to be a good show and I hope I do Doncaster proud. I’m proud to be from Doncaster, I’m proud to be a Yorkshireman.
“I am sorry for the tweets and if they offended anybody, the terminology wasn’t right and wasn’t very articulate – we’ll end that there.
“I am really excited to get this going – I do have some really good moments – I hope people get behind me.”
"On one episode, you’ll see that all this will be irrelevant. You’ll be blown away.
"I can’t go into it or give and spoilers but you will be surprised.
"Tune in and watch me do Doncaster proud – I hope you’ll all get behind me.”