Janice and Les get a Christmas card from Leanne, she is waitressing in Sydney and will not be back for Christmas. This puts Janice in a bad mood and she wants to cancel Christmas. Duggie convinces Mike that they should form an alliance against Fred and Fred then tries the same with Mike later. Martin sees Rebecca Hopkins in a store. He tries to speak to her but she disappears. Les decorates the outside of their house to cheer up Janice. Glen visits Sarah and tells her that he doesn't mind about Bethany, he asks her out. After his stag night in the Rovers, Curly is arrested for being drunk and disorderly by WPC Jones and PC Harper however, this turns out to be a practical joke by Emma. A young boy, Wayne Hayes, breaks into the café to steal food, he runs away before Roy can catch him. Marti