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Eric tells the police that he loaned Adam money so that he could get away from Steph. Meanwhile, word starts to spread about Adam’s illegal practice, prompting Diane and Shadrach to try and convince Alice to sue the health authority. Elsewhere, the police arrive to take Len’s statement forcing Danny and Edna to admit that they have reported Pearl missing to the police. Len admits to Danny that he still loves Pearl. Driven half mad by grief, Bob locks himself inside Pear Tree Cottage and demands that the Kings admit responsibility for the house collapse.

Steph spends the day trying to get on with her life and Alan is proud of her. However, later that day the police arrive at the Woolpack and arrest Steph in front of everyone. Meanwhile, Simon receives a message from Tash, saying she is coming to see him.

Simon is shocked to find that Tash has brought her fiancé Russell along and has only arranged the meeting with him to ask him to give her away. A devastated and drunken Simon is comforted by Diane but embarrassingly misreads her goodwill. Meanwhile, Steph refuses to plead unfit to go to trial at her bail hearing and pleads not guilty.

It is the day of Dawn's funeral and Viv feels sick. As the funeral procession head toward the church, Donna goes inside to see what's taking Viv so long and arrives just in time for her mother to faint. Donna takes Viv to the hospital, where she is told that she is pregnant. Meanwhile, at the funeral, Bob gives a heartfelt eulogy to his daughter but can't go on and is led back to his seat by Jean. Following the wake, Bob returns to the graveyard to find Alice paying her respects and he confides in her about his absence from most of Dawn's life. Elsewhere, Ashley and Sandy make Jasmine go to the doctor's when she is too ill to go to the funeral. Afterwards, Jasmine tells Sandy that the doctor told her she has a stomach bug.

Alice is unwell and falls on her way to answer the phone. Once on the floor she realises that she can't move her legs. When the doctor arrives he thinks that Alice would get better care at the hospital. Elsewhere, Matthew takes control of the haulage firm again and admits to Tom that Sadie was having an affair with Cain.

Alice’s cancer is beginning to get the better of her. When the doctor arrives with more bad news, the Dingles realise she only has weeks to live. The doctor suggests she move into a hospice but Alice insists on staying at home with Sam and Samson. Meanwhile, Matthew and Sadie are at loggerheads in the haulage yard office. Matthew threatens Sadie and tells her that he'll tell people the truth about the JCB incident. Elsewhere, when Sandy overhears Jasmine failing to rearrange her abortion appointment, he asks Jasmine outright if she is pregnant.

Alice is feeling weaker and gets upset after struggling to hold her baby. She realises that she hasn’t got much time left and decides that she wants her agony to end. With that in mind she asks Sam to help her die. Meanwhile, Matthew is furious when Sadie allows Ivan and Simon to leave their jobs. He threatens his former fiancée after she criticises his business management and tells her that he could make her disappear. Elsewhere, Laurel returns from her break and promises to be open with Ashley from now on.

Sam can't come to terms with Alice's request. Marlon talks to him and they discuss how he let Tricia go. After sharing an emotional moment with his wife, Sam tells her that he'll do anything she wants. Alice says to him that she needs morphine so Sam goes to see Marlon again and asks his cousin to help. He is a little reluctant at first but finally agrees and they obtain the morphine from Eli. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the Dingles, Alice says her final goodbyes. When Sam returns home he is left alone with Alice and fills a syringe with the drug. After he struggles to push down the syringe, Alice tells him that she is strong enough to do it herself.

The Dingles are adamant that nobody can ever know the truth about Alice's death. Zak tells Sam about the consequences of his actions and the family relax when the doctor writes a death certificate. Later, when Sam watches Alice's tape with Samson, he is in complete agony.

Sam begins to make Alice’s funeral arrangements with Ashley. However, he reveals too much about her death and the vicar realises that Sam may have committed an act of euthanasia. Meanwhile, Jasmine can’t believe her luck when Ashley gives her a cheque for a school trip instead of cash. Sandy gets his granddaughter a job at the factory to earn her own wage. Also, Ivan has to reassure Simon about their trip to Costa Rica. Later, their leaving party in The Woolpack is a low key affair with Rodney trying his best to embarrass the pair of them.

Jasmine fails to secure an advance from the factory and is forced to tell Cain that she's pregnant. When she asks him for money to pay for an abortion he is convinced that it is a lie and laughs it off. Meanwhile, Ashley confronts Zak about Sam’s part in Alice’s death. Zak firmly denies his son caused her death and tells Ashley that Sam is confused. Later, Sam is angered when Zak and Lisa tell him to lie to the villagers about the death. Elsewhere, Toni reveals her feelings to Paddy. He is embarrassed and thinks that she is joking. That evening she convinces Paddy that everything she said was true, only to be interrupted by Del.

Toni tries to convince Paddy that her feelings are genuine, but he still believes she is joking. After Marlon tells Paddy to stay away from Toni, Paddy confronts her, saying that he's with Del and has moved on. Elsewhere, Debbie takes pleasure in watching Jasmine suffer. After initially refusing to help her former friend she has a change of heart and goes to see Cain to demand the abortion money. Meanwhile, Laurel tries to talk to Ashley about what's bothering him.

Jasmine is shocked when Cain tells her to have the baby and that he’ll bring the child up. Cain later confides in Sadie that he would like the opportunity to be a father again. Sadie sneakily goes to Jasmine and tells her that she knows about the pregnancy, before producing an envelope full of money. Elsewhere, Paddy has a lot of grovelling to do when he sleepily calls Del 'Toni' by mistake. Paddy insists it was an innocent slip of the tongue. Meanwhile, Val toasts the memory of Noreen by buying everybody drinks in The Woolpack.

When Cain can’t contact Jasmine and Debbie he fears the worst for his baby. He goes to ask Ashley and Laurel if they knows of their whereabouts. They are stunned when Cain angrily tells them that they are bound to have gone off so that Jasmine can abort his child. When the girls return Cain angrily confronts them. Elsewhere, an emotional Ashley takes his rage over Jasmine and Cain out on the Dingles who are drinking in memory of Alice. Diane takes the angry vicar outside to calm him down. Meanwhile, after spending the day together Del gives Paddy an ultimatum saying the only way they can be together is if Toni moves out.

Martin tells Louise that he overhead Ashley telling Diane that Sam helped Alice die. He begins an investigation by going to see Dr Abbot. She tells him that there was nothing suspicious about the death. Meanwhile, it is the day of Alice's funeral and Sam wants everything to go as she had planned. The Dingles gather together and remind themselves that a Dingle funeral should be fun, not a sad occasion. But as Belle lays flowers on the coffin the group can’t help but be tearful. Sam struggles to keep it together when the funeral is interrupted by some uninvited guests.

The police turn up outside at the Dingle homestead with a warrant to arrest Sam for Alice’s murder. Zak and Cain tell Martin that Sam isn’t there. As the police become more determined to get into the house, Cain and Zak shove Martin back and bolt the door. Lisa is horrified as she watches them barricade the door with furniture. Ashley is forced to tell a shocked Laurel what has happened. He is in turmoil as he feels he betrayed Sam's confidence. Laurel can’t help but sympathise.

The pressure builds at the Dingles and Zak calls a Dingle Court realising someone is going to have to own up to get them out of the situation. Insisting that Samson needs his father out of prison, both Marlon and Zak step forward. Zak is determined it should be him until, to everyone's shock, Cain insists that he will go to prison for Alice’s death. Elsewhere, Sandy makes it clear to Ashley that he disagrees with his behaviour. The vicar snaps and orders his father out of the house.

The Dingles are questioned about Alice’s murder. Sam and Lisa stay quiet but Marlon lets slip about Cain’s involvement. Later, Cain is interrogated and says that he killed Alice. Zak is the final person to be questioned. Elsewhere, Ashley goes to see Sandy to apologise for the previous day. Sandy tells his son that although his shoulder can be fixed; what can’t be put right is the fact that Ashley has considered him a murderer for all these years. Meanwhile, Kayleigh is proud of her father for tracking down a murderer and as she waxes lyrical, Diane gets increasingly frustrated. Louise tries to defend Kayleigh and Martin.

Cain is stunned when Zak claims he has the money to pay his £10,000 bail. Meanwhile, Louise defends Martin's role in the Dingle's arrest, prompting a furious Diane to remind her of what happened with Ray but the copper overhears the conversation and demands to know the whole story. Meanwhile, Ashley finds himself the object of the Dingles' scorn, and is surprised when the Bishop tells him that Sam has requested another vicar to officiate the service. He heads over to the cottage to convince Sam otherwise, but Sam is adamant.

At Alice's funeral, the Bishop surprises everyone when he announces that Alice should have the last word. A tape recording from Alice is played to the congregation and is met with spontaneous applause and cheering. As she is finally laid to rest Sam throws a rose onto her coffin. Meanwhile, Martin feels compromised but admits he loves Louise and so can’t act on the information about Ray. However, he tells Louise their relationship can never be the same again leaving her devastated. Elsewhere, Cain is stunned to discover from Sadie that she paid his bail. She explains she has come up with a plan to fleece the Kings and offers to cut him in on the deal.

Relations between Diane and Louise are frosty at best and when Diane picks up a phone call for Louise from an estate agent about selling her share of The Woolpack there's no sign of improvement. Later, Louise throws another spanner in the works when she announces that she has sold her share of the pub to Rodney. Elsewhere, Jo privately enjoys the tension that Jamie staying is causing between Andy and Katie. She stirs things up even more when Katie insists Jamie moves in permanently rather than leave for Spain.

Andy overhears Katie and Jo talk about Daz kissing Katie and feels betrayed. Left alone, Jo seizes her chance to seduce Andy by bad-mouthing Katie's lies and implying something's going on with Jamie. Andy succumbs. Meanwhile, Katie pushes off an advance from Jamie and rushes home to declare her undying love for Andy. Meanwhile, things start to get petty at the pub when Louise devises a rota which means she and Diane won’t work with each other. Diane starts to realise that she is losing a good friend in Louise. Elsewhere, Rodney tells a shocked Paul and Kelly that he's buying The Woolpack and needs to sell Holdgate Farm to pay for it.

Katie tells Andy she’ll do anything to make things work and asks Jamie to move out. When Jo hears from Jamie that he's moved out and sees his shame, she quickly tells Andy something's happened between Jamie and Katie then seduces him for the second time. Meanwhile, Viv’s pregnancy begins to take its toll and she almost faints in the Café. Donna takes Viv upstairs and tries to convince her to tell Bob. Over at the haulage yard, Tom is helping Matthew out. When Tom reveals that he has the death of three people on his conscience, Matthew feels guilty and tells him that Sadie was behind the JCB incident.

Viv secretly books an appointment for an abortion and her dream of another baby is officially over. Meanwhile, Donna breaks down in front of Scott and confesses that Viv is pregnant. Donna tells Scott that she suspects Viv will get rid off it. Katie plans a picnic for herself and Andy, leaving a note for Jo making it clear that she's not going to give up her husband without a fight. Meanwhile, Tom apologies to Jack for accusing him of sabotaging the housing development, leading Jack to the conclusion that Tom knows who was responsible. Later at dinner, Tom tells Carl and Chas that Sadie paid some guy to plough the JCB into the house to mess things up for Jimmy.