Sweet success for Lee in TV surprise

LEE MCQUEEN revealed his first purchase would be a “new pair of shoes for the missus” after he was declared the surprise winner of The Apprentice.

The son of a milkman said he had to take “a deep breath” when Alan Sugar told him “you’re hired”. McQueen, 30, was the only candidate not to have been hauled into the boardroom.

But formidable opponent and finalist Claire Young, a senior retail worker nicknamed “the rottweiler”, had been the outright favourite to land the £100,000 (€126,237) job.