Dawn is complaining to Rob that she’s feeling fat and frumpy. Dawn persuades him to visit her in the pub later. Honey comments that May is a natural with Janet. May admits that Rob and her are adopting a baby. They arrange to go for a drink together. Dawn is mortified when Peggy tells her that she’s noticed her tummy – she mustn’t over indulge as a way to get over Rob. May sees Dawn and tells her to take things easy – Dawn tells her that she has a shift at the pub. Peggy tells Dawn off for blanking May and Honey. May invites Tanya and Jane to join them. Dawn watches May, Jane, Tanya and Honey. May tells them she knows about Rob and Dawn – he explained everything.

Rob arrives to see Dawn and is thrown to see May but he covers and joins the group of women. Dawn is angry about how Rob is with May. Rob assures Dawn that he loves her and that she must trust him. Peggy tells Dawn to pull herself together and collect the glasses from their table. Honey lets slip that May and Rob are adopting a baby. Dawn pours herself a large glass of wine. May tells Dawn that she shouldn’t be drinking or working. Seeing May and Rob together, Dawn announces to the whole pub that she is resigning for health reasons – she’s pregnant with Rob’s baby…Carly is working at the Arches when she gets a call telling her to go home. Pat, Denise and Deano are with PC Henderson, they tell him they’ve looked for Kevin. Carly arrives determined to hold things together. Deano panics when PC Henderson talks about a missing person report. Henderson asks if there is anything that could have prompted Kevin to disappear but Carly gives nothing away. Denise asks Pat if she thinks Kevin will come back. Minty asks Carly if anything is wrong – she realises that she’s made a mistake with the car she’s working on. Carly’s stressed but won’t tell Minty. An angry Phil arrives and Minty stands up for Carly. When Phil tells her that she’s screwed up Carly loses it. She grabs a spanner and smashes the windscreen of the car. Dot is putting a brave face on missing Sonia, Martin and Rebecca. Jim tries to console her but Dot won’t have any of it. Tanya comes in and mentions that she saw Pauline’s house was ‘for sale’. Tanya bumps into Jim and comments that Dot seemed a bit down. Jim feels guilty and heads off. Jim comes to walk her home and tells her that he’s taking her to Clacton – he’s going to look after her. Dot is moved when Jim tells her that he’s not going anywhere. Ben asks Phil if they can go away somewhere at half-term. Ian winds Phil up and Phil retaliates. Jane sees that Ian is upset about something – he reveals the ‘for sale’ sign has gone up at the Fowlers. Jane is aghast as Ian explains that he’s planning on buying no. 45.

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