‘Apprentice’ star Howard Ebison is in training to run Derby’s 10k run in memory of a fellow contestant’s mum, who died of cancer; he also hopes to run in the London Marathon.

Ebison finished sixth in 2009’s edition of the BBC series, becoming a casualty of Sir Alan Sugar’s boardroom after choosing low-risk products as product manager in his team’s shopping channel challenge.

But Ebison, who moved to Derby in 2008 to live with his partner is aiming now to be a hit and raise £3,000 by running both the Derby race and the London Marathon in aid of the MacMillan Cancer Support charity and in memory of the mother of his fellow Apprentice rival James McQuillan.

Both James and Yasmin Siadatan – the series’ eventual winner – will join Howard in the Derby run.