Claire (Julia Haworth) and Ashley (Steven Arnold) are busy organising the house for Freddie's first birthday and when he jokes about it being a 'house warming' it makes Claire start to think about recent events. Oblivious to how she is really feeling he goes for a drink with Kevin and tells him how well she is coping. He's stunned therefore when he gets home and finds none of the decorations have been done in the house and he gets a call saying that Josh hasn't been picked up from school. Where is Claire and will she be back in time for the party?Vernon (Ian Reddington) wakes up in the cab office and when Lloyd (Craig Charles) asks him how long he is staying he tells him he has no idea what his plans are. Meanwhile, Liz (Beverley Callard) realises she never treated Vernon well and is concerned to his whereabouts. She bombards him with messages and at the Rovers Lloyd tells her how down he is and Jamie adds that he is at Roy's Rolls. Will Liz go find him?The factory girls tells a furious Liam (Rob James Collier) that Joanne (Zarrah Abrahams) has been sacked. He confronts Carla (Alison King) and tells her that she has to give her her job back but Carla refuses. How will Liam react?Cilla (Wendi Peters) and Yana (Jayne Bickerton) come up with a novel way of trying to attract more cunstomers to the chip shop.Maria (Samia Ghadi) is pleasantly surprised when Liam comes in for a haircut.

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