According to the Press Association, The Apprentice stars Philip Taylor and Kate Walsh are engaged.

Kate has apparently been showing off a £3,000 engagement ring which the pair chose together at a jewellers in London.

A source is quoted by the PA as saying, “They are very much in love and this was always more than a work fling. Neither of them wanted to split.

“Once the show aired they were reminded of how well they had got on and Phil picked up the phone. They were back in each other’s arms within days and now it looks like they will have each other for life. Read more & comment »

There has been much speculation about the supposed relationship between Apprentice candidates Philip Taylor and Kate Walsh since this years series began. These pictures would make it hard for the pair to deny that there was, at one point, something going on.

Kate and Philip’s rumored romance is put under the microscope on tonight’s The Apprentice: You’re Fired. Host Adrian Chiles asks: “who’s under whose spell?”

Tune in to The Apprentice, tonight at 9pm on BBC One, followed by You’re Fired at 10pm on BBC Two.

OMG!!! Sir Alan Sugar appeared on The One Show tonight saying that this years bunch of Apprentice candidates are his best yet, but to me they look like a bunch of bumbling idiots.

Their first task consisted of Sir Alan providing them with a van and some cleaning materials (all of which they paid for out of their budget). They then had to clean some stuff and make as much money as they could in just one day.

The girls in particular astounded me by trying to charge £300 to clean three cars! When the customer pointed out that his current cleaner does the job for £60, Mona Lewis told him he was wrong and basically implied that he was a liar. They landed the contract in the end but after dropping their price dramatically they then had to summon their customer to help them work the pressure washer.

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