Another 'Apprentice' fired by Sugar

Noorul Choudhury has become the sixth contestant to be fired from this year's Apprentice.

The 33-year-old science teacher was accused by Sir Alan Sugar off attempting to "escape under the radar" during the course of the series.

"Noorul, I don't know what you've been doing here," said the multi-millionaire. "I think you have escaped the radar - you're fired!"

Earlier, Margaret Mountford and Nick Hewer revealed that both teams made a loss on this week's task. Phillip Taylor's Team Ignite lost £34 in off-loading auction items, but Ben Clarke's Team Empire did worse, losing £169.

In the boardroom, Debra Barr ended up in a sharp exchange with Hewer over specific sales and was sternly reprimanded about her behaviour by Sugar.

"Excuse me! You find another way to express yourself," he told Debra. "Stop talking to [Nick] like he is a second class citizen. Do you understand?"

After much deliberation, Ben eventually brought Debra and Noorul back into the boardroom.

Sir Alan said that he feared Ben was a "broken man" and warned Debra again about her "mouth", but picked Noorul for the axe.

Speaking after his firing, Noorul insisted that Sir Alan had got the wrong man. "I certainly think Sir Alan did fire the wrong person," he said in the black cab.

"Ben is such a hot head and he lied throughout. The fact that I spoke out against him probably was what led to my downfall."

The Apprentice continues next Wednesday at 9pm on BBC One.

> Click here to read our interview with Noorul