Apprentice hopefuls revealed

THE 20th series of The Apprentice launches later this month, with 20 new candidates looking to impress Lord Sugar and secure his £250,000 investment.

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Supported by his advisers, Baroness Karren Brady and Tim Campbell, Lord Sugar will whittle down the candidates across 12 episodes until there is only one winner.

The BBC show will see the candidates undertake a series of tough tasks including creating a children's book, selling live on television, and hosting a corporate away day on the Red Sea in El Gouna, Egypt.

This year's hopefuls include 46-year-old grandmother Andrea Cooper, who runs two businesses in Barnsley, south Yorkshire.