Well done to local lass Leslie Warwick as she once again ducked getting fired from TV’s The Apprentice. This week Lord Al Sugar kicked a record three candidates off the show as they really were c**p. And although Leslie was back in the boardroom for the sixth time and the cause of the teams failure to win Sugar sent her back to the house. Reminding him she had a very compromising photo of him certainly helped save her. It won’t be long before she wins the series and becomes Lord Als’ new business partner. Her plan is to open a large ventriloquist’s dummy shop in Beckworth. Good luck Leslie. Yours sincerely, Valerie Saddleworth CBE. Chairlady. The Beckworth Guild of Trade & Commerce

Congratulations to local entrepreneur and female impressionist Leslie Warwick as she once again survived a dressing down and near sacking on TV’s The Apprentice. Her regular appearances opposite Lord Al Sugar have made her a force to be reckoned with and the whole nation has taken her to their hearts. Every week so far she has ruined her teams’ chances of winning, but in an interesting twist this week she messed up the opposing teams’ task with a bit of skullduggery (She stole a box of their naff children’s book so they had fewer copies for sale). Hence the idiots made less profit and quite rightly lost. And for the first time ever, on the frankly otherwise predictable Apprentice, a team captain brought a member of the opposing team, Ms Warwick, back in to the boardroom to potentially have Lord Al say “You’re Fired.” But once again “Teflon” Leslie survived (She has some “dirt” on fellow contestants and judges). So she is through to the next round and well on her way to winning the series. Good luck to Leslie, her underhand ways certainly make the programme more watchable. Yours sincerely, Valerie Saddleworth CBE. Chairlady. The Beckworth Guild of Trade & Commerce

(Above) A nonchalant Leslie back in the firing line again