MONDAY
Life is hectic for working parents Laurel and Jai. But they're thrilled to be back together and feel that, as a team, they've got this.
However, life is about to throw them a curveball, testing the strength of their renewed relationship.
Keen to get away with their gaggle of kids for a holiday, Jai gets on the case and sorts out a trip online. But he later realises he's booked the honeymoon suite instead of a family apartment!
While Jai picks up the phone to try to sort out his mistake, a listening Laurel is given an idea. Prompted by his slip up, she decides to propose!
When Jai realises she's serious, he's thrilled and accepts.
Wasting no time, the couple discuss how to tell their loved ones and who needs to know their news first.
Jai wants to get his personal admin in order so they can start booking things and goes to Holdgate, where his dad lives, to dig out his divorce certificate.
But as he goes through the boxes at Rishi's place, Jai makes a discovery that is set to rock the Sharmas' worlds?
Elsewhere, at Pampamanda, Amelia's cracking into her social media makeup tutorials, with Sarah's help.
With the aid of her new ring light, the teen mum is really getting into her stride online.
The teen mum is thrilled when her latest post gets a good response while her boss, Mandy, tries to keep the trainee on message.
Over at the Dingles' homestead, Belle worries about her dad Zak's deteriorating health and tries to encourage Tom to make friends with Vinny.
TUESDAY
The row that most parents are having with their teenage kids erupts between single dad Dan Spencer and his daughter Amelia.
In David's shop, tempers flare when the dad realises she's been skipping college and prioritising her new venture on social media instead.
But Amelia can't understand why her dad can't see that she's set to make money online which she needs so she can provide for her baby, Esther.
However, it's not just Dan who's concerned about the amount of time Amelia is devoting to her socials.
Her boyfriend Noah is worried but when he raises the topic, Amelia tells him to get involved? or do one.
At the Hide, Jai is still stewing over the discovery he made at his dad's place.
As Laurel worries that the situation is going to push her recovering addict fianc? to relapse she urges Jai to talk to his parents.
Rishi is then summoned to Jai's workplace where he fails to pick up on what his son is throwing down.
As the dad flounders, Jai explodes in rage, exposing the secret he's unearthed.
Can horrified Rishi find the right words to explain and to calm his furious son?
Wendy and Liam are trying to ignore the sizzling chemistry which crackles away in the cafe when they start discussing the doc's latest novel.
Later, Wendy gets jealous to see that Lydia's found out about Liam's side hustle and is getting involved.
Oblivious to the vibes between the medics, who've been getting steamy in secret, Lydia pitches her idea not realising her storyline is painfully close to home for the pair!
WEDNESDAY
Things are tense between Amelia Spencer and her boyfriend Noah Dingle who is in her bad books for grassing her up to her dad.
Knowing he needs to make amends for getting her into trouble about how much time she's devoting to her online posts, Noah tries to help her with her college work which has taken a back seat.
As things start to thaw, Noah soon lands himself in trouble with the teen mum again when he dares to look at the social media messages which are blowing up her phone.
Noah's shocked by the messages, many of which are totally pervy and inappropriate. And though Amelia warns her boyfriend to keep his nose out of it, Noah later tells her dad.
A huge row kicks off and as Amelia insists she can handle it, she tells Noah he's on thin ice.
Up the road, the mess between Liam, Wendy, Bob and Bernice is about to get messier.
Guilty about the attraction he feels to business partner Bernice, Bob gifts his girlfriend Wendy with a fancy new handbag, unaware she's been having secret kisses with her doctor boss Liam!
As Bob, Bernice and Wendy talk about organising a BBQ idea for the B&B, Wendy is distracted by Liam's latest novel which is taking shape.
Liam is craving Wendy's attention and sets a trap. Will the smitten nurse take the doctor's bait?
THURSDAY
Amelia Spencer thinks she's got her social media profile under control but she's about to find out that online, no one is ever as they seem?
At Mandy Dingle's salon, Pampamanda, a man walks in claiming to be a customer.
But trainee Amelia, who's trying to launch an online side-hustle, is taken aback when the 'customer' goes on to reveal he's her top subscriber.
As time ticks on, Amelia becomes increasingly intimidated by creepy Lloyd who traps her in the salon after demanding one-on-one time with her!
Fortunately, Mandy's arrival puts paid to Lloyd's fantasies.
The disgusted Dingle is disgusted dispatches the dodgy creep but as she tends to shaken Amelia, will Mandy comply when the teen begs her not to tell her dad Dan?
Later, however, Dan finds out anyway as Lloyd is blowing up Amelia's phone and has found out where they live?
Can Amelia stop her dad from involving the police?
Elsewhere Wendy and Liam's affair is found out by disapproving Victoria.
The mum is initially suspicious that Bernice and Bob are having a thing but when flustered Bob claims that Bernice is still in to Liam!
Armed with the info, Vic decides to suss out how the doc feels about his ex.
But when Victoria calls in to Liam's she puts two and two together after clocking the doctor looking decidedly dishevelled and spotting Wendy's handbag in his sitting room?
Victoria then confronts guilt-ridden Wendy and insists she stops cheating on Bob.
Will the medic lovers call it quits?
At Jai and Laurel's engagement do, Archie sets off to find his granddad, Rishi, not realising he's not been invited.
Will furious Jai heal his rift with his dad when his young son unwittingly reunites them?
Nate returns home with daughter Frankie but Cain's concerned about the situation. Why's Tracy allowed her ex to bring their little girl back to the village?
FRIDAY
So Nate Robinson has got his little daughter Frankie back in the village? but why?
These are all questions that are whirring around in his dad Cain Dingle's head ever since he clocked the return of his granddaughter who was taken to live in Nottingham by broken-hearted Tracy when Nate cheated on her.
When Nate starts creeping about making hushed phonecalls his Dingle dad is sure something suss is happening and decides to snoop on his son's every move and listen in on his calls!
Is Nate really up to something or is Cain way off base?
Elsewhere, Wendy has to decide what she's going to do now Victoria has found out she's been cheating on Bob with her colleague Liam.
At Dan Spencer's place, things are tense.
Amelia wants her dad to stop going on about dodgy Lloyd who came looking for her after connecting with the teen through her social media.
But Dan can't forget about it ? and it seems Lloyd can't either.
The worried dad flips when creepy Lloyd somehow gets hold of his daughter's phone number and starts using it.
When Dan calls the police, will the detectives put a stop to the harassment?
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