Seasons & episodes

Cain wonders aloud to Mark how Natasha would react to seeing his bit on the side living in the village. After trying to get hold of Faye all day, Mark marches her out of The Woolpack set for an argument and demands to know what she's doing in the village.

Rodney is excited ahead of the arrival of his company car, but he's mortified when he discovers the car is in fact a delivery van! Rodney is glad of Diane's support when Eric and Val clap eyes on his new set of wheels and fall about with laughter.

Doug and Leyla cower in the destroyed shop and Ryan isn't moving. Mark dives through the back of the van to get to Ryan and orders Cain and John to get a tractor to move the debris. Mark tenderly wipes the blood from his son's face and assures him everything will be OK.

Mark is rattled to witness Nathan inviting Ryan for a drink in the pub. Back at Home Farm, Mark bumps into Sam who is picking flowers ahead of the anniversary of Alice’s death.

Mark confronts Faye and asserts that she and Ryan aren’t wanted in the village. Faye stands firm telling him she's not going anywhere, but she's intrigued when he warns her to stay away from Cain.

As Cain probes Ryan about Faye, Ryan quickly realises Cain has eyes for his mum and asserts he’ll have to work hard if he wants to attract her - she's very choosy and doesn’t really do relationships. However, when Cain mentions Mark and alludes to the tension between him and his mum, Ryan clams up and end the conversation.

Determined to stop Rodney getting back together with Diane, Val puts her plan into action dolling herself up to go and seduce Rodney. He's bemused by her provocative attire and is stunned when she reveals she's still in love with him. As Val pursues Rodney extolling her feelings for him, he struggles to get away and rejects her advances telling her to control herself!

Val worries how to repair the damage from her stupid mistake and she begs Rodney not to tell anyone about their kiss. Diane sees them arguing and drags them into the back room at the pub to find out what's going on

As Eric waits for someone to tell him what's going on, Val is devastated and unable to face up to him, she runs out of the pub. A confused Eric bangs on the door to the cottage demanding she let him in, while inside a tearful Val struggles to figure out what to do.

Val has spent the night in the B&B and while Betty fishes for gossip about what's happened between her and Eric, Val continues to beg him for forgiveness to no avail.

Nicola is worried when she notices Carl isn’t sharing Lexi’s enthusiasm for the IVF and when she overhears him telling Jimmy not to release the money to Scarlett, she's furious and tells him if he doesn’t tell Lexi what he really wants then she’ll tell her herself.

At the hospital, Carl, Rodney and Lexi wait for news about Nicola and its clear Carl blames her. The doctor eventually informs them she's well enough for visitors, but Lexi is left feeling isolated when Carl tells her she's the one who put Nicola in hospital and she's the last person she’d want to see.

Nicola finally concedes to a relieved Lexi that she was harsh to blame her after what Carl had put her through. Meanwhile, Jimmy firmly tells Carl if he doesn’t sort things out with Lexi, or have the courage to cut her loose, he and Nicola will have to find somewhere else to live.

Brenda is preoccupied with her financial worries and still hasn’t had the courage to tell Terry what's going on. At the café, relations between Viv and Brenda are more fraught than ever, but Bob asserts they can’t afford to buy Brenda out, so they’re stuck together whether they like it or not.

Trapped in the shop in the throes of labour, Nicola struggles to retrieve her phone. Rodney realises she's in trouble and enlists Cain’s help to break into the shop. Unable to wait for the ambulance to arrive, they head to the hospital in Rodney's van, joined by Lexi. Terrified Nicola is desperate to hold off the birth, she's wheeled into delivery and Jimmy asks an upset Lexi to leave.

Natasha has returned from holiday early and heads straight over to Faye’s house with a bottle of wine. Cain watches in the distance as Faye reluctantly invites Natasha in and takes great delight in informing Mark that his two favourite women are having a chat at Faye's house.

Faye is pleased that Ryan and Nathan are getting on so well. However, there's an awkward atmosphere at Home Farm when Ryan is forced to wait in the living room and make small talk with Mark while Nathan gets changed for their night out.

Ryan is stunned when he gets a phone call at the garage offering him the job in Dubai. Mark approaches and mentions he passed his details on to a friend in Dubai, Ryan is incredulous when he realises Mark is behind the job offer and accusing him of trying to pay him off with a dream job to make up for the way he has treated Faye, he warns him to keep away from them both.

Natasha is terrified that Ryan is going to turn down the job in Dubai and is unimpressed when she arrives in the pub to find Nathan with Ryan and Faye. Ryan mentions the offer to Nathan who wonders how he got such a big break and Ryan pointedly remarks that someone with more money than sense owed his mum a favour.

Nicola notices Lexi’s (Sally Oliver) reluctance to hold the baby and she can see how badly Lexi wants a baby of her own. She tells a forlorn Lexi that if Carl (Tom Lister) won’t give her what she wants she needs to find a man who will and stop being such a victim.

On the roof of the hospital, Nicola pleads with Lexi to give her baby back. Lexi wields her power and asks, in front of everyone, why when Carl he's happy to coo over Angelica, but doesn't want to baby with his own wife.

The Kings are left reeling after yesterday's events at the hospital. Meanwhile, Leyla notices a spark between Katie and Ryan, and encourages her to make a move while he's still in the village. Meanwhile, Mark is uncomfortable when he arrives in the pub and Nathan invites him to have a drink with him and Ryan.

Hannah sets about sprucing up the caravan for Andy and while John and Adam are amused, Moira and Holly are worried about Hannah's crush on Andy. Determined to find out the truth, Moira goes to the pub to speak to Diane about her concerns.

Val is feeling very sorry for herself in the B&B and when she breaks down in tears and begs Terry for help, he's worried he's going to be stuck with her for even longer. In the pub, Terry tells Diane that he's concerned that Val's not herself and seems genuinely miserable, but Diane's determined not to help.