When Hilary (Paula Wilcox) and Doug (Duncan Preston) return to the village and family sit down for a late lunch, Daniel (Rachel Moonie) is asleep upstairs in his cot. When Laurel (Charlotte Bellamy) later heads upstairs, a terrible howl reverberates through the house and she thunders down the stairs with a wrapped up Daniel, screaming that he's not breathing. As Paramedics arrive and administer CPR, family members are frantic. After some time, Laurel calmly asks them to stop, upset that it's hurting rather than helping Daniel. When the doctor agrees and pronounces the infant as dead, Laurel scoops her dead baby into her arms while all around break down. As Ashley and Laurel's world falls apart, life will never be the same again.A nervous Mel (Caroline Strong) arrives for her first day at work at work, and is pensive when Bob (Tony Audenshaw) reveals that it will just be her and Viv (Deena Payne). When Greg (Shaun Prendergast) pays a visit, vicious Viv wastes no time in making a barbed remark about their living conditions. Stunned by her audacity, Greg is left open-mouthed but Mel laughs it off - clearly not about to be thrown by Viv's ways. Has Viv met her match?

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