{"id":378066,"date":"2026-01-19T06:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378066\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:23:09","slug":"apprentice-makers-urged-to-tighten-vetting-after-candidates-social-media-storm-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378066\/","title":{"rendered":"Apprentice makers urged to tighten vetting after candidate\u2019s social media storm &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxQc1lITkhWNWp2UGpORVNlN25tRjluTVpPd1FDY2xIM2hERWk2NVlNVld4LWg2QlNYekVfNkdKOEJjQmp0bXN2ckVTdGdQR25BaGZSZ2sxaHBQUlkwOTVUNDJwRUFJUWtGc1NkbnNOQVNXUFl4T0U2cmtRTXpEUncyR1hTcUVGRWd1alNLbkUtaXlrOTJaT2RkNlpScXBzelFaZ1dsUEpmdGREYXdSQl9hSGtWRlBHd05Z?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apprentice makers urged to tighten vetting after candidate\u2019s social media storm<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxPUUF0VlRVX0ZVNDdwdnJ5UHhDXzhPMVRTSThsYmNfd0U4a0J0Si1QeFl1OEx2OVlrcXZvdkJXZ3Y5RFYzbi0ySV9CYWdxTmtzeFZ3ajZUU2FkMDBldC1KNUYwZHNXLTQ0MjNHbms1RG14eThibTRTNW4yeTZ5c2FHOTJBM1hBdlFJQ2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fresh BBC scandal after new Apprentice star Levi Hague posted vile racist and sexist comments online<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE5Qa29ZWTI0dW05OC0yU1dZcW1sRUNHQzFydXhfUHpMOC1obzdQM0J5MnZqc0pMUFd4bmdrOVpMcW1iNFBvenNnMGlmMjY2TURRbUNMbHptdTJpY1dn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC demands tighter vetting after Apprentice candidate&#8217;s offensive social media posts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQZElkSFROc1NKYjFDdlpLeWhkRV9YNk9sU0thaUFPWkdTYmlqZ0JGazA3bW5hNnJRdmp6bkN6M0NNZmx6UTUzSzd3Ml9lSGpTM0xjcENwZGJEbkJiQUxPczlBeHY0RnUxb2d1NnQ3TDdIaHVuczFGTTRzS2U1eTdlWjBGdWVKdXRjczNRbkxORkJkZENiQk50U0VVUWN4bW5JLWh3b1BOVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC blames The Apprentice for contestant\u2019s racist social media posts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxNTThuWVVyTjljcWVtd2ZVM1lHNFRpTlpUc2Q2dnZGS0NMdnFUNk5pOXhRcmRMNXU5TENKXzZIaE53TUpXTm1BbjU4d3Z3UXF3a1RTVnhpanBBdm9JdFJZSU5pbWhoU2tRTkJHZnZTanNZd1ZSZHJEcjlZdHFuMEppVHJRMXhQYzliMzdGbndB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC The Apprentice under fire ahead of new series after contestant&#8217;s &#8216;racist and sexist&#8217; comments unearthed: &#8216;Vile&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GB News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apprentice makers urged to tighten vetting after candidate\u2019s social media storm&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardFresh BBC scandal after new Apprentice&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[243,96,143471,121198,42109,7862,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-378066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-lord-sugar","11":"tag-south-yorkshire","12":"tag-the-sun","13":"tag-tommy-robinson","14":"tag-tv","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}