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Mick agrees to help Lee with his duties at Home Farm as he still feels secretly guilty for indirectly causing Lee's accident with the hunting trap. Nathan is interested to hear of this development from Katie and continues to goad Lee about where Katie's affections lie. Lee lunges at Nathan and has to be restrained by Mick.

Lee won't forgive Mick or return to work for the Wyldes. Katie appeals to Nathan on Lee's behalf. Mick begs Lee for a chance to explain and Lee agrees to forgive him when Mick explains he's in debt and desperate.

Mick encourages Lee to swallow his pride and ask Nathan for his job back. Nathan is more than happy to give him his job back in front of Katie, but when Katie leaves the room, Nathan turns nasty and warns Lee to tow the line.

Mark investigates after getting a mysterious text during the shoot and he is alarmed when he's confronted by a face from the past, Faye. Mark tries to bribe Faye to stay out of his life as she demands to know why he walked out on her.

Daz confronts a surly Victoria about her bad attitude. Victoria is unrepentant and Daz walks out on her. Victoria is furious when she discovers that Daz has booked a romantic weekend away for him and Scarlett and she confronts him and tells him she might be pregnant. Daz is shell-shocked but heads off on his break with Scarlett anyway, much to Victoria's despair.

Daz returns from his weekend away and tells Jake that Victoria thinks she's pregnant. Jake tries to make a joke of it, but he is shocked to see that Daz is in tears.

Zak is back and is distraught to find out that he is been excommunicated. When no Dingle will take him in, Zak barges into the factory to speak with Lisa, but is dumbstruck when Lisa explains that Belle called the Dingle court.

Daz warns Andy that they have to do something about Victoria and Aaron after the pair get thrown out of the cafe for being drunk, but Andy is concerned that getting into a feud with the Dingles could compromise his custody claim for Sarah.

Victoria steals a key for Dale View and takes Aaron over there to consummate their relationship and after a passionate kiss they head upstairs. Later, Daz and Scarlett walk into Dale View and realise what Victoria and Aaron have been up to and a furious Daz tries to throw Aaron out.

Daz meets with Victoria and asks her to lie to Aaron in order to shut him up. The pair of them go round to Smithy to confront Aaron but panic when Chas explains he's at Butler's. Andy is unnerved to see a cocky Aaron on his property, but when he tries to march him away, Aaron smugly divulges the truth about Victoria and Daz.

Laurel feels awkward when she learns that one of her community service days will be in the Emmerdale village. Laurel comes across an old war hero begging in the street and takes pity on him, but she quickly recognises the voice - it's Eli! Laurel pleads with Eli to come home, but he refuses and tells her not to share her discovery with the other Dingles.

Furious to receive a letter from Natasha’s solicitor, Andy and Maisie confront Debbie. Things get heated and Debbie dunks Maisie in a horse trough. As Andy tries to pull Debbie away, she kicks him and has to be dragged away by Lisa. Aware she may have ruined everything, Debbie returns home extremely low. She is shocked to find Cain awaiting her return.

Debbie is happy having Cain back and he marches her straight round to Butler's to see Sarah. With Andy out, Maisie struggles to contain Cain and Debbie as he gives Sarah a present. Andy rushes back from his work and confronts Cain.

Debbie nervously visits Natasha and tiptoes around a conversation about her relationship with Mark to ascertain whether she should reveal her discovery the previous day. Debbie tentatively tells Natasha about seeing Mark with a lady.

Natasha is gutted to find out that Mark did not run an errand for her as she thought. As she finishes the call, Mark returns home and Natasha fills him in on her conversation with the client. Mark admits that he paid Jimmy for the job but chooses not to dig any further despite wondering where her husband went.

Natasha is suspicious when Mark cries off supporting Nathan at the protest walk to go for a golf lesson and she asks Debbie to help her follow him.

Leyla tells David that she thinks Eric is colluding with Nathan to close the footpath once the elections are over. David is grateful to have Leyla back in his corner even though she's masking her true feelings. Edna offers to let David move in with her when he decides to leave Eric's.

Leyla helps David prepare for the debate, while Eric is unhappy that the election battle has become personal. An experienced Eric gives a good speech at the debate, while David flounders to put his own case across. Leyla helps out David by giving a passionate speech about his honest values.

Bob is hurt when Brenda is nowhere to be seen as the auction starts, but as the lot comes up Brenda rushes in and whispers to Bob that she has the money to save his businesses. Bob calls a dramatic halt to the auction after agreeing to let Brenda have a stake in the businesses rather than accepting her charity.

Lexi thinks Nicola was putting on a sobbing act and tells Laurel her frustrations. Later, Nicola bursts into tears in front of Laurel and confesses she thinks she's pregnant. Laurel forces Nicola to take a pregnancy test and it's confirmed - she's having Jimmy's baby. Nicola prepares to tell Jimmy the news, but when Jimmy insults her in The Woolpack she decides to deal with the baby on her own.

Andy and Victoria are struggling to cope at the farm following Maisie’s departure. Realising that Victoria is at the end of her tether, Andy suggests she takes Sarah to the swings while he tidies up.

Aaron agrees to do a job with Eli and they break into Holdgate Farm to steal cast iron fireplaces for scrap metal. Cain catches them in the act and can't believe how stupid they have been as the police have been alerted and are on their way.

Chas fears that Cain is leading Aaron astray and turns her frustrations on Paddy. Concerned for his girlfriend, Paddy asks Marlon whether he should say something to Cain but is warned not to endanger his own health by provoking a confrontation.

Nathan is worried that David is capturing the popular vote and he discusses his concerns with Eric. The Woolpack regulars overhear and an argument develops about why the candidates are standing.