Former BBC Apprentice contestant Stuart Baggs dies

Former Apprentice contestant Stuart Baggs has died aged 27, a spokesman has confirmed.

The self-styled "Stuart Baggs the brand" entrepreneur, who ran Blue Wave Communications on the Isle of Man, was found dead in a property on the island this morning.

A police spokeswoman said Mr Baggs' death was "sudden and unexpected" but there was nothing "to indicate that his death is criminally suspicious".

Baggs was the youngest ever candidate when he appeared on the BBC One show in 2010, when he was 21-years-old.

He was eliminated at the interviews stage and the series was eventually won by Stella English, but he became a cult favourite with his steady stream of catchphrases and his description of himself as "Baggs the brand".

Lord Sugar paid tribute to the "one of the stand out characters" of the show.

Watch Baggs being probed by Lord Sugar's interviewer Claude Littner and memorably describing himself as a "big fish in a small pond".

Baggs, who recently turned 27, gave an interview to Isle of Man newspapers last week about his latest scheme to bring 4G broadband to the island.

Talking about his career, he said: "I work, as my hair will tell you, at least 18 hours a day. I sleep for four hours religiously, I would not have it any other way, like Margaret Thatcher."