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Matthew talks things over with Jimmy and convinces him that it might be best if they take business matters into their own hands. Elsewhere, despite Lesley trying to stop her, Nicola goes furniture shopping. Lesley and Simon have a chat with Matthew who has some bad news for them. He doesn’t want to invest in their kind of business. Meanwhile, just when Val thinks she's got away with hiring Delilah behind Eric’s back, he unexpectedly turns up at work forcing Delilah to hide. Eric invites Val for dinner resulting in Delilah being locked in the factory for the night.

A guilty Max is feeling sorry for himself after the accident, believing that his father doesn’t want to see him until Sadie points out that Max has always been his dad's favourite. Encouraged by Sadie's support, Max agrees to visit Tom in hospital. Simon confesses to Rodney that he has no choice but to sell his business. Rodney offers to help, but Simon is adamant that he’ll sort the mess out on his own. Rodney demands Simon should tell Nicola about the business failing as she is blissfully unaware and continuing to shop for items for their new home. Delilah demands that her services at the factory are made legitimate leaving Val with no option but to tell Eric she's been working for him.

Rodney is angry to hear that Simon hasn’t told Nicola the bad news and so tells her himself. Nicola is furious that Simon has lied to her. Lesley later tells Nicola that Simon has had to sell his share of the restaurant as well as losing the fishmongers business. On hearing that Nicola knows his secret, Simon feels extremely guilty. The couple look set to split up unless Rodney and Lesley can make them come to their senses. Emily finds looking after the Dingles single-handedly a strain so decides to draw up a cleaning rota. Delilah flies into a rage calling Emily pathetic and tells her she’d have more fun if she was dead. Emily is shaken up but is grimly determined to continue with the rota. Meanwhile, at the factory, Delilah sets up a plan to make Eric appreciate Val more. She gives her the number of a man who owns a mill in Bradford, who can get her better fabric but for the same price, providing she doesn’t give Delilah's name.

Lesley and Rodney join forces to remind Nicola and Simon that they love each other and Lesley is in fact to blame for Simon's losses. The two are initially defiant that their relationship is over but their parents are determined to get them back together. Meanwhile, at the Dingles, Emily is getting increasingly frustrated by the household's attitude to her rota but seeing that Debbie is upset by the end of her relationship with Andy agrees to do her chores for her. Daz pays Debbie a visit but is terrified to see Cain. Cain takes the opportunity to wind him up and a scared Daz sharply leaves. Debbie appears at the bottom of the stairs, seeing him run off and is suspicious of what Cain has said to him.

Debbie is determined to find out what has been going on and confronts Daz who reluctantly confesses that he stabbed Jimmy and that Cain beat Andy up during the fire. Debbie vows that Cain will not get away with it and Daz is worried about what will happen to him. Debbie confronts Cain about Andy's attack and is furious with him and she warns him off scaring Daz. However, Cain is having none of it and says if she doesn’t keep her mouth shut Daz will be going to prison. Meanwhile, Simon is planning to get a job so that he and Nicola are not just relying on her income. Their relationship seems to be improving as they bond over painting the house.

Cain is irritated when Jack arrives with Andy to take Sarah away for the morning. Later on in the day Cain bumps into Daz and Andy in the village. Cain is displeased to see Andy playing happy families and grabs him in a threatening manner. He is only put off when Daz and Jack interfere. Later again, Robert continues to seek his revenge on Andy and offers Cain a job at the garage. Dawn is frustrated to see that Scott is not responding to her affections and seems more comfortable in Kelly’s company. Meanwhile, Sadie bumps into Sam and he tells her he is going to be a dad. The intimate chat between the two friends causes Alice concern.

Robert is starting to wonder whether taking on Cain was a good idea as he is proving hard to control. Debbie visits Robert at the garage later to check up on her dad. Robert tells her Cain isn’t that bad, in an attempt to win her over. Debbie leaves feeling happy and Robert is satisfied that he might get what he wants from hiring Cain. On hearing that Dawn wants to cook Scott a special lunch, Kelly promptly goes to visit Scott and gets him to invite her along. Dawn realises what Kelly is up to and welcomes her with open arms. As this wasn’t the reaction Kelly had hoped for, she realises she will have to work harder to upset Dawn and sets about doing so. Meanwhile, Viv is disgusted to see Bob canoodling with Avril. Bob pulls away, trying to diffuse the situation, but Avril continues to try to wind Viv up.

Scott is drowning his sorrows in the pub and lets slip to Kelly that he has an impotence problem. After getting her step-brother drunk, Kelly takes him back to her house. As she gives him a massage she rings Dawn and boasts that Scott is in her bed. Scott is too drunk to know what's going on. Elsewhere, Laurel worries when Jasmine is offered a job working with Steph at the B&B. She talks through her concerns with Ethan and he asks her if she misses her life as a carefree singleton. She tells him she doesn’t. Meanwhile, Viv takes delight in telling Avril that Bob has two tickets to the cookery competition in Newcastle, knowing that he is planning on taking Terry. However, Viv is later left lemon lipped when Avril manages to secure herself a place on the trip.

Dawn is furious about the phone call the previous night and when Kelly makes a dig at her, Dawn is unable to contain her aggression. She pulls Kelly to the floor by her hair and when Ethan intervenes he ends up being punched in the face! Ethan's interfering also gets him into trouble elsewhere, and when he tells the Bishop that Laurel and Ashley aren’t getting on, it suddenly dawns on him that he has betrayed his colleague and friend. Meanwhile, Terry is uninterested as Louise attempts to make conversation, and he responds to her small talk with impatience.

Kelly has her eye on Ethan and she joins him and Laurel for a drink. It's not long before Kelly notices that Ethan is fixated by Laurel and she manipulatively threatens to tell Ashley unless he is especially nice to her. Meanwhile, Louise is making every effort to put things right with Terry, but it's clear he isn’t interested. She is later forced to watch on as he and Dawn unite over their troubles and Dawn begins to wonder if she gave up on her relationship with Terry too soon. Elsewhere, Donna is frustrated when Marlon refuses to go out as he is busy brushing up his talents for the chef competition.

Louise is desperate to win back Terry and she invites him round to talk. She cooks him a romantic meal but her attempts to impress fall flat, and when she asks him for another chance, Terry tells her that he is disgusted by her proposition. Meanwhile, Kelly quickly realises that Ethan isn’t playing along with her games so she decides it's time to be more obvious. Ethan is stunned when she locks him in a car. Elsewhere, Donna resorts to a skimpy outfit to get Marlon’s attention but she doesn’t get the desired response. Marlon is more concerned with ‘Mack’ the carving knife and refuses to let anyone touch his lucky charm!

Feeling rejected, Louise takes out her anger on Dawn, but she soon realises that it's Matthew who should be bearing the brunt of her bad mood. She storms round to his office, but when he refuses to seem even vaguely bothered by her mood she takes things one step further by going to his home and hacking up his suits with a pair of scissors. Matthew later confronts Louise and locks her in the ladies’ toilets. Remembering the suffering that her ex-fiancé caused her, Louise is terrified and agrees to stay away from him. Elsewhere, Donna is feeling rejected by Marlon and starts to wonder if she is good enough for him. However, when Kelly tells her that she could never replace Tricia, her insecurities deepen. She begs Marlon for time alone and he eventually agrees to a picnic. Meanwhile, Kelly quizzes Laurel about Ethan’s single status and is delighted to find out that he is unattached. Laurel decides she likes the thought of Kelly and Ethan together.

As Marlon packs for his picnic with Donna, Bob complains that Viv has been badmouthing him to Avril. Marlon convinces him that it's only jealousy and then asks him to help him carry the picnic hamper. Donna is furious when her step-father stays for a beer and can’t believe it when her mother turns up as well. She is certain that it's all Marlon's fault. Over in the bar, Louise rushes to the back to avoid Matthew and it is clear that he relishes the power he has over her. Meanwhile, Jarvis complains about his contract with the Kings and decides to call a union meeting with his colleagues. Later that day, Carl invites Ivan into the office for a chat and warns him that Jarvis is putting the future of the whole team in jeopardy.

Viv thinks Marlon needs to get his priorities right and decides to get revenge on Donna’s behalf. Getting ready for Newcastle, Marlon realises Mack, his beloved knife, has gone missing. He accuses Donna, who is unable to convince Marlon of her innocence. Meanwhile, Steph shows her father the positive comments written in the book at the B&B and asks him to take it off the market so she can run it permanently. Alan isn’t sure so confides in Ethan.

A run-in with the law brings Marlon and Donna together. When Donna and Viv arrive in Newcastle to hand over Marlon's treasured knife, Mack, for the cooking competition, they are shocked to find they've managed to misplace it somewhere. Marlon and Donna go in search for it and finally find it at the Metro lost property office. Marlon jokingly threatens to kill Viv in front of police officers who take him seriously and lock him in a cell. Eventually they release Marlon who is now extremely late for the competition. Whilst rushing back Donna admits it was her mum who vindictively stole the knife so she'd have an excuse to come and see Bob. Marlon is furious causing Donna to call it a day on their relationship. Marlon is left to decide between Donna or the competition, he chooses Donna and proposes. Viv tries to win back her man by showing off her chef skills.

Tony Christie isn't Diane's only blast from the past in Toon. At the hotel Diane confesses to Paul that she once had a fling with Tony Christie. Diane makes Paul swear to secrecy. Later that evening Viv attempts to chat Tony Christie up but miserably fails when he notices Diane across the room. They have a brief catch up then he has to rush off to start his concert during which he dedicates a song to her. After the concert Diane literally bumps into Jimmy Pepper, Val's ex. He and Paul have a brief conversation resulting in Jimmy Pepper finding out the truth - he isn't Paul's father. A double proposal leads to drunken decisions in Newcastle.

Diane confronts Val over Paul’s revelations that as a child he was beaten by Jimmy Pepper. Val claims she did the best she could and bursts into tears. Jimmy later arrives in the village and, when he finds Val, pins her against the wall and demands to have the money back for the wedding he paid for that she lead him to believe was for Paul. Elsewhere, Donna confronts Kelly and asks why she isn’t happier for her and Marlon. Kelly promises she’ll make the effort but can’t help but point out that Donna doesn’t have an engagement ring. Taking Kelly's words to heart she confronts Marlon who worries that she's expecting too much.

Jimmy waits for Val demanding the five grand, but unable to find the money, she offers herself to Jimmy. With Jimmy still after the cash, Val hides in the pub until Donna alerts her to a removal van outside Pollard's factory. Elsewhere, a worried Marlon sets off to the shops to buy Donna an engagement ring. He arrives back with a rather large rock - it's made of glass and is a promise ring until he can afford a better one. However, when Diane tries it on and it gets stuck. Also, Carl hears on the grapevine that their rivals, the Garrets, are about to go bust. Jimmy tells Carl that Tom wouldn’t make an offer and to leave it alone. Undeterred, Carl tells Tom and he tells Carl to go ahead with the offer. Carl mentions that Jimmy isn’t keen on the idea and a disappointed Tom says he’ll have a word.

Matthew has set up a secret meeting with Andrew Raftry regarding access through a field. Matthew arrives back to hear that Tom is selling their land to concentrate on the haulage and plant hire. Matthew declares that he will take his dad on as he has found a great way to access the development. He asks the others to out vote his dad. Elsewhere, Val arrives at the factory and is shocked to see the room bare. She receives a threatening phone call from Jimmy demanding the money. She tells him to stay away from the village and Paul if he wants his money. Also, Ivan fears Jarvis’s working days are numbered when Tom points out to Carl that his bins weren’t emptied on time, and later when Carl finds Jarvis in the pub with Ivan and reminds him he's supposed to be working. Later, Carl catches Ivan and tells him he knows he is covering for Jarvis and taking on the work load.

Scared that their father is going to find out about their plans to sell the haulage business, Matthew and Jimmy divert their attentions to keeping him out of the office. Meanwhile, Sadie has convinced the brothers she is on their side but is quick to head off to Holdgate Farm to inform a shocked Tom of what his sons are up too. Later, Tom informs Jarvis that he is being taken off the bins and he interprets this as being sacked. Tom convinces him that they just want to offer him a job in the office but Jarvis is offended and storms out. Elsewhere, Rodney is pleased to hear that Zoe has dropped the price of Home Farm and asks her to give him time to raise the money.

Jimmy tells Matthew that Don Clough is interested in buying the haulage business. Later on, Edna informs Tom of Jimmy's meeting with Don Clough, confirming to Tom that Sadie was telling the truth. However, when Tom lets Sadie know that he still can’t trust her, she tries another tack to earn his respect by helping him buy Home Farm. Elsewhere, Effie asks Callum to take Joseph on his rounds with him, much to Zoe’s concern. Whilst out on the estate, Callum spots Shadrach poaching and as he tries to catch him, Joseph gets pushed over into the mud. Meanwhile, in The Woolpack, Jarvis soaks up the sympathy by playing the victim and telling everyone that the Kings have sacked him.

Over dinner, Effie tells Zoe that she will not be going with her to New Zealand. As Zoe tries to persuade her, Effie realises that Zoe wants them to go as partners and she make it clear that she is not interested. An upset Zoe asks her to leave. Callum later finds Zoe and as she explains what has happened Callum asks her to take him instead. Elsewhere, Tom is concerned about the business and offers a shocked Carl a directorship. A vote in the office is unanimous and a delighted Carl is on the board. Jimmy and Matthew are left wondering why their dad has appointed Carl as a director but they decide that they can turn Carl around to their way of thinking. Meanwhile, there is stunned silence at Donna and Marlon’s engagement party when Bob arrives back from his holiday and explains that because of a mix up Viv has been arrested for possession of drugs and is in a Caribbean jail.

Sadie arrives at Home Farm armed with champagne and the gossip on Viv’s arrest. Zoe is warming slightly to Sadie until she reveals that she would like to buy Home Farm. Zoe quickly makes it clear that she will never sell to the King family. Later, in the village, Zoe takes great delight in telling Sadie that she has sold Home Farm before heading off to ask Rodney if he is still interested. Meanwhile, Jimmy strikes a deal on the Haulage business with Don Clough. On his return to the office he tells Carl his plans to sell. Carl is feeling guilty about their father being kept in the dark. Simon and Nicola are feeling positive about their business plan and she later suggests they should ask Rodney to invest.

Jimmy and Matthew reluctantly put the sale of the haulage business proposal to Tom. They are surprised to find out that he was already aware and they suspect Carl and Sadie. Tom reads the proposal and the Kings take a vote - Tom and Sadie are against and Jimmy and Matthew are in favour. When it comes to Carl with the casting vote, he goes in favor - leaving Tom incredibly disappointed. Meanwhile, at the garage, Scott tells Cain that he is no longer needed. Cain doesn’t take the news well and drops a car bonnet on Scott's hand, conveniently enabling him to keep his job until Scott has recovered. Elsewhere, it dawns on Rodney during his lunch that Simon is asking him for a loan.