On BBC1’s reality TV show The Apprentice during the week, the aspiring entrepreneurs were challenged to develop marketing campaigns for English sparkling wines. I’m taking a closer look at how they fared on the blog today (blakecreedon.wordpress.com) but some more immediate questions are raised by the programme.

US monitors say a magnitude-6.4 earthquake has struck just off the shore of central Chile, affecting the same area where last year’s much larger earthquake set off a devastating tsunami.