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Zak makes a final stand to save his beloved home. As the bailiffs arrive to serve an eviction order, Zak, faced with several burly minders, resorts to physical violence as Lisa watches horrified. He menacingly picks up a metal bar in a threatening gesture as they attempt to pass him and enter the house. It's a tense stand-off until Lisa begs him to stop. Zak appears a broken man as he drops the weapon and slumps to the floor, resigned to losing his home. At The Woolpack the dispossessed Dingles congregate and the village rallies round. Betty offers to take in Mandy and Lisa and Rachel wishes she'd kept her mouth shut when she says the menfolk should have plenty of offers. Quick as a flash Zak takes it as an invite for him and Butch to stay at Mill Cottage.

Paddy reduces Mandy to tears when he admits that despite everything he still loves her. It really takes the wind out of mad Mandy's sails - who has only stopped him to issue a warning to keep his interfering mother away from her. It's clear both of them are fighting their true emotions, but Mandy says she can never have Paddy back after he refused to lend her family the money to buy their home, especially now they have been evicted. Scott twists his gullible mother Viv around his little finger as he tells his version of the Cass story and how he came to be discharged from the army on psychological grounds.

Mandy and Paddy look to have settled their differences - much to Zak and Mrs Kirk's chagrin. Zak immediately calls a Dingle pow-wow to decide Mandy's fate while Mrs Kirk warns her son that she'll fight tooth and nail to stop them getting back together. Laura tells Zoe that Chris is becoming obsessed with linking Kim and Steve to the Home Farm robbery. She's moved Steve out of Chris's way by making him her admin clerk, but wants Zoe to have a stiff word. Tricia prepares to leave Emmerdale and gets as far as the taxi before Alan's pleas bring her back. Donna falls into bad company with hard-nut school pal Chelsea. Could she be heading the same way as her sister Kelly?

Chris's pursuit of Kim and Steve runs into double trouble. First he discovers Laura has appointed Steve as her admin clerk. And as if that wasn't enough he is forced to eat humble pie when Kim later tells him that his slanderous accusations are having a marked affect on business - and damaging hers and her husband's reputations. If he doesn't stop she'll consider suing him. Mandy is still reeling from the decision reached at the Dingle ' summit. Dingle honour means she must give Paddy up, or become an outcast like Marlon. Meanwhile, Paddy, unaware of this, tells his mother that he'll marry Mandy just to spite her

Barbara Kirk is vying with Viv for the title mother-from-hell as she tries to find ways to end her son's on-off relationship with Mandy and after chatting to her new found ally she believes she's discovered the Dingles Achilles heel - money! First she tries to offer Mandy money to set-up her own business - but only if she'll leave Emmerdale. Then when she's rudely turned down, she offers Mandy several thousand pounds to marry someone else. Suddenly Mandy seems to pay attention. Kathy has started to move, but Betty jumps the gun saying that she's on a fast track to recovery. None of this is good news for Steve and once again Chris doesn't waste the opportunity with a poor joke that Kathy is already talking to the police. After a good fill at The Woolpack Steve rolls home to a less than pleased Kim. He's still worried that Kathy might have seen him, despite what he'd earlier told his wife.

Steve is provoked beyond reasonable bounds and lunges at Chris when he crudely implies he'd have preferred it, had Kathy not started to recover. Luckily, Laura is on hand to separate the warring factions, as Steve looks set to wipe the smug look from Chris's face and haul him from his wheelchair. It looks like the residents of a housing estate in Leeds are about to have their worst nightmare come true ... the Dingles as neighbours. Zak and Lisa seem almost resigned to moving into a council estate when suddenly Mandy blurts out Barbara's outrageous offer. Lisa is shocked that both Zak and Mandy seem interested in the idea. Andy is so bothered by the un-ladylike antics of Chelsea and Donna, he feigns illness to get a day off school. And Woolpack regulars give Laura the silent treatment when she pops into the pub for a drink.

The race is on to find a groom for Mandy. Zak, much to Lisa's annoyance is fully in favour of a deal that will mean they can buy their home. He draws up a list of prospective husbands, but when Mandy collars Roy to be the lucky man, he turns her down flat. She has one last go at Paddy to lend them the £6,000 to buy the farmhouse, but marches off in a huff when he stands his ground. Later she finds an ideal candidate to fulfill the business proposition - her grinning cousin Butch. Robert is surprised when Andy backs down to Donna who later pinches one of his school books and throws it in the stream. Laura tells Kim about Steve's spat with Chris and asks if she'll tell him not to rise to the bait. Alan leaves the bar in the capable hands of Terry and Tricia. Terry tells Tricia this is the chance they've both been looking for but her look says that perhaps it isn't! And Biff is astounded when Kathy opens her eyes and asks what's happened.

Mandy and Butch tell Zak and Lisa about their decision to get married. Butch is over the moon that Zak agreed to the wedding. Laura gets a cool reception when she arrives in the pub but Tricia stands up for her. Biff tells Kim about Kathy and the penny drops. Paddy is distracted by thoughts of Mandy. He knows there is something the matter. Tricia tries to get Terry drunk. Terry tries to close the pub early to get Tricia into bed but Tricia decides to have a lock-in instead. Biff spreads the word about Kathy's recovery. On hearing about Kathy, Steve looks mortified and leaves The Woolpack, to drive to the hospital. Steve puts a pillow over Kathy's face. Kim follows Steve to the hospital and stops Steve from killing Kathy. Kim is disgusted with Steve when he confesses that he saw Kathy and drove straight at her.

Alan can hardly bear to look at the charred exterior of his beloved pub. Tricia is guilt-ridden but as usual manages to calm her grandfather, and deflect blame for the fire onto Terry - despite telling him she'd stick up for him. Calculating Kim - now aware of the full story of the night of the robbery - tells Steve that Kathy may well identify him and he should skip the country. Armed with a small share of the robbery money, he sets-off with Kim promising to follow later. But events are about to take a dramatic twist. Lisa and Barbara are both appalled that Mandy intends to marry Butch to fulfill the business deal. But first they must clear with the registrar that it is legal for cousins to marry.

DI Spalding throws the book at Steve, who was arrested as he tried to board a flight to Venezuela. He's now been positively identified by Kathy as the person who knocked her over and is having problems explaining the £10,000 found on him at the airport. Kim has been taken back in for questioning too, but her protest that she is an innocent party appears to fall on sympathetic ears. She is released but told to stay in Emmerdale. Chris who finally believes his former step-mother has been 'ought to book will be in for a nasty shock. Robert approaches Ned for some boxing tips so he can deal with the bullying girls Donna and Chelsea. And Viv shocks Vic when she offers homeless Terry a bed at the Post Office.

Steve secretly agrees to take the rap for the robbery when Kim visits him in custody. After all she could have walked away and left him when he gambled and lost her fortune on the stock market. It's a selfless act on Steve's part - and fits in beautifully with the self-preservation plan Kim's already put into action, for herself! Robert puts Ned's boxing lessons to good use when he confronts Donna about bullying Andy. When the wicked Windsor girl lunges at him he lets her have a right hook. Viv is incensed, Sarah and Jack livid and Ned is left in the dog-house. Tricia puts the spark back into her granddad Alan when she arranges with Ashley for the village hall to be turned into a temporary bar while The Woolpack is renovated. Butch tells Lisa that while he did once fancy Mandy he is in control of his feelings and knows the wedding is only a business transaction. But is he really telling the truth?

Steve is hoping to cut a deal with the police by coming clean about the robbery. He tells his version of the story, carefully editing out the bits that involved Kim, in the hope that he will get away with a more lenient sentence for being co-operative. But DI Spalding is not convinced and leaves Steve high and dry when he demands to know where all the money is. The horse was worth around £300,000 yet Steve claims he only received the £10,000 found on him as he tried to leave the country - which doesn't add up! Barbara is at her manipulative best when she tries to entice Paddy to leave the country with a paid-for holiday. He's deeply suspicious, but as yet remains oblivious to the reasons why. Robert is grounded for punching Donna. Andy wants to tell Jack and Sarah why, Ned asks Jack if it is possible Donna was the bully the lads mentioned. Ashley tries to talk to Mandy about the wedding.

Ashley is looking for divine intervention as he gets caught in the middle of a "Holy War". First Butch is less than pleasant with him for telling Mandy that he knows about the wedding. Then he is accosted by Paddy who has realised something is happening behind his back. But Paddy is hardly prepared for what the vicar reluctantly tells him. The temporary Woolpack bar is opened in the village hall. Everything's going fine until Terry turns up as a guest of Tricia. Alan still hasn't forgiven him for the fire at The Woolpack and gives him his marching orders. Terry though has other things on his mind, like an interview with a brewery for a manager's job. Chris is invited for a meal by Laura and is coaxed into revealing the full story about his and Kim's long-standing war-of-words. And Eric is cleverly out-manoeuvred by Laura and forced to drop his claim for compensation against Alan for the slight injury he suffered when the pub burned down.

Paddy is on the warpath after finding out about Mandy's wedding to Butch. First he confronts Lisa but she says he'll have to speak to Mandy herself. When the pair finally meet it's clear Mandy is torn between her love of Paddy and her loyalty to her family. Paddy is unaware of his mother's involvement at this stage and jumps to all the wrong conclusions. Butch is desperate to change his image and twists Biff's arm to go shopping with him. Donna and Chelsea are in big trouble when they give Robert a real beating on the first day of term. Rachel and Graham kiss and make up after his unannounced holiday at half term. And Tricia sends out the wrong signals to Terry when she wishes him well for an interview with a brewery for a pub manager's job,

Chris fans the flames between Kim and Steve with an impromptu visit to the remand centre. His relentless crusade against the deadly duo has Steve hot under the collar, especially when he suggests that with him banged up Kim is now free to make the most of the money from the horse theft. Laura tells Kim that bearing the name Marchant is killing the Stud Farm business. She suggests Kim thinks about divorcing Steve. Donna gets the third degree at school and but for the intervention of Graham may well have been excluded like her friend Chelsea for beating up Robert. Viv is knocked off her high horse when she realises Donna was really the bully, but quickly jumps at the chance to smooth over the situation when the deputy headmistress suggests she joins Donna's class for a school trip. Butch goes in search of a new image, armed with £60 he's saved - supervised-by mildly amused Biff.

A triangle of love and lust, with Tricia at the centre is beginning to take over the lives of Scott and Terry. Tricia is stalling on Terry's plans for her to join him at the fun pub in Scotland while Scott is busy working his charm. And tonight, the canoodling couple push their luck when they sneak past snoozing Terry, who's lodging at the Post Office, for a night of passion. Butch's plans for a cosy curry for two with his intended, Mandy, takes a comical twist when the rest of the clan join them. Sarah spikes Viv's guns when she too enrols for the forthcoming school trip. Kathy astounds Betty, Marlon and Biff when she turns up for work. And Zoe teases Chris about his night at the opera with Laura.

The seeds of doubt are racing through Mandy's mind as she prepares to marry Butch tomorrow. With her thoughts firmly focused on saving the family home she has no trouble dealing with the worries of Ashley and Kelly. But when Paddy returns from Venice early and tries to dissuade her, she's caught in the horns of a dilemma. Can she possibly go through with it and face losing the man she really loves? Ashley's gospel band turn out to be a bunch of skinheads up from the smoke and intent on causing trouble. But when a fight breaks out and Terry flexes his muscles, he draws admiring glances from several quarters. Scott has seduced Tricia and is keen for second helpings.

After being told the events of the earlier night by Mandy, Kelly advises her to proceed to pursue Paddy, it's her last and only possibility of happiness. Mandy sets her profound longing aside and puts her family first by deciding to wed Butch. Regardless of being told that the marriage is sincerely for the saviour of the Dingle homestead, it looks as though Butch is developing affections for his cousin. Meanwhile, Paddy confides in Zoe. Zoe believes he should get on with the rest of his life and let go of Mandy once for and all, although later on, Ashley comes surging into Smithy Cottage encouraging Paddy to stop the wedding. Once arriving at the registry office, the Dingles are informed that the service has been delayed after the bride is running late for the wedding before them. Paddy catches up with a distraught Mandy in the ladies bathroom.

Zak has got everything he wanted - his house back and his family under one roof again. But the sacrifice Mandy has made has gone over his head and he rushes headlong into organising a party, to celebrate their return. When Zak finally announces what's gone on, there's stunned silence and Mandy rushes out, closely followed by Kelly saying she now knows she's made a huge mistake. Zoe throws a party to celebrate Paddy's partnership in the vets practice. He tells everyone it's the first day of the rest of his life. Sarah and Viv are at each other's throats on the school trip. And when Viv spots Rachel and Graham sharing a stolen kiss she goes ballistic. Tricia tells Terry she can't go to Scotland with him. Kathy wins a holiday to London for two. But who will she take with her? And Kim collars Laura at Paddy's party and seeks professional advice on Steve and the question of divorce. Laura naively mentions this to Chris whose mind starts to do somersaults.

Kim finds herself having to do some quick thinking when a furious Steve calls her from the remand centre. Callous Chris has paid him an unexpected visit to break the devastating news that Kim is planning to divorce him. While she tries to placate him we can sense the growing loathing she has towards her incarcerated husband. Ashley tells horrified Lisa that Butch confessed to him three weeks before the wedding that he really was in love with Mandy. Terry arrives for work at the temporary Woolpack in the village hall as an employee of the vicar. Alan is very unhappy that the man responsible for ruining his premises is back working alongside him - and there's nothing he can do and Rachel takes Kathy's advice and lays her cards on the table with Graham. She feels very strongly about him - but does he feel the same way?

Laura blows her top with supersleuth Chris after hearing that he spilled the beans on Kim's planned divorce from Steve. He went to see Steve in Home Farm time and as far as she's concerned he's on a final warning. If he transgresses, she tells him she'll fire him, shareholder or not. Kim goes to see Steve again and he suggests that they split the ¢200,000 they made from the horse theft and hand over half to DI Spalding, claiming that was what he made from the deal. Kim is sceptical and the mood between the couple grows ever more tense. Roy is thumbing through a magazine and suddenly pales when he thinks he spots Lord Alex Oakwell, the man responsible for killing his sister, in a photograph. Mandy informs the family shes off to see her dad. He heard about the wedding and is unhappy ... he wants a cut of the money! Lisa has a heart to heart with Butch and tells him what Ashley said.

Steve has seen the writing on the wall, and accompanied by his solicitor is driven from the remand centre to the police station to talk to DI Spalding. He wants to change his statement and is intent on implicating Kim. She masterminded the whole thing, he tells the detective. Officers are immediately dispatched to Home Farm and Kim is asked to go with them for more questioning. DI Spalding puts the new allegations to her, and hiding her initial shock, she coolly tells him her husband has changed his statement because she's decided to divorce him. Will the police believe her or is this the start of the slippery slope? Scott is sick of Terry mooching round Tricia. He tells her if she doesn't tell the besotted barman she's going out with him, he'll do it himself. Graham tells Rachel he wants to move their relationship on.

Scott is putting Tricia through an emotional assault course. He's demanded she tell lovestruck Terry they are an item or he will dump her ... or deliver the news himself. And at the end of a hard days pulling behind the bar Tricia finally gets the chance to speak to Terry alone. But as she struggles over the right words Scott suddenly appears. Can he really be so heartless and spill the beans on the affair? Chris takes the afternoon off when he gets a call from the blue from Steve, wanting to see him. Steve wants Chris to help him nail Kim and the two form an unlikely partnership.

Chris is working feverishly to bring about the downfall of his former step-mother. After his chat with Steve he's found a record of Kim's mobile phone calls in the Home Farm offices - and in particular the call she made on the night of the theft when Steve was supposed to be upstairs. Suddenly the police sit-up and take notice. Both Ashley and Zoe are pulled back in for questioning about Kim's precise movements on that night. And they start to investigate the claims that Helen Dixon bought Orsino. Later that day Kim is talking with Zoe when suddenly the police arrive. Has the net finally closed on her? Bernice Blackstock the new bar temp drops herself and Alan in it when she says she understands her new landlady Betty is 'a dragon' while shopping in the Post Office.