Episode 3003 (13th September 2001)

==Plot==
Part One: Emily finds Nicola and Carlos in bed together. Nicola stuns her by announcing they are getting married. School has been closed due to Miss Strickland's death. Jack tries to get Andy and Robert to open up on how they feel. He winces when Robert refers to her as being Sarah's age. Carlos tells Terry that he and Nicola are engaged. He encourages him to tell Bernice before Nicola does. Donna struggles as Viv keeps referring to the rumour that Miss Strickland had been decapitated by the impact of the accident. She spots an opportunity to make some money by providing fresh flowers for people to place by the roadside. Nicola asks Emily to be a bridesmaid and sets off to look at wedding dresses, keen to get married before her bump starts showing. Carlos arrives at work looking to speak to Bernice. He learns she has taken the day off as Ashley is going on his retreat today. Marc tries to make his excuses when Len asks him to drive to the hospital so he can have a check-up but feels obligated to agree. Rodney is furious to discover that he has been gazumped over Mill Cottage. Donna is awkward as Eve arrives at the shop with Edna and buys some flowers to put at the roadside. Viv suggests she and Donna accompany them both. A nervous Marc summons up the courage to get behind the wheel again. Rodney spots someone at Mill Cottage and endeavours to find out the identity of the new oner. Marc and Len reach the stretch of road where Miss Strickland was hit to find the police are stopping cars and making enquiries. Donna is distraught as she makes eye contact with Marc while laying flowers at the roadside with Eve. PC Hemmings' asks Marc where he was on Monday night.
Part Two: Marc lies that he was in Leeds watching a film with some friends. PC Hemmings warns that he will return for some house-to-house enquiries soon. Rodney confronts the man at Mill Cottage but learns he is just the surveyor. He fishes for information as to whether the new owner is a property developer. The surveyor informs him that the new owner intends to live in the house himself but won't share any more information. Andy worries as he can't reach Katie when he tries to call. Jack informs them that the police are planning to do a house-to-house enquiry. Nicola tells Rodney that she has been shopping for wedding dresses because she is pregnant. Rodney is astounded at the double bombshell but is happy that Nicola is pleased. Len reads out the article on the hit-and-run in the Hotten Courier to Marc. He dashes out the house. Bernice arrives at the Woolpack. Carlos goes to break the news to her about his engagement, just as Nicola arrives and announces the engagement and pregnancy to Bernice herself. Emily tries to take her and Ed's relationship further and suggests he spend the night with her. Bernice is upset by Nicola and Carlos' news and confides in Terry that she is still in love with Carlos. Terry makes her see that they're all just trying to make the best out of the bad situations they’ve found themselves in. Edna is annoyed at being disturbed by Marc calling round to see Eve late at night. He tells Eve he plans to give himself up. She tries to make him see that soon the gossip will die down and people will start to forget. Ed misreads Emily's signals and beds down on the settee at Emily's. Bernice is forced to toast Nicola and Carlos as Rodney encourages everyone to raise their glasses to them at the Woolpack. 
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Emily Dingle - Kate McGregor
*Nicola Blackstock - Nicola Wheeler
*Carlos Diaz - Gary Turner
*Robert Sugden - Karl Davies
*Jack Sugden - Clive Hornby
*Andy Sugden - Kelvin Fletcher
*Terry Woods - Billy Hartman
*Viv Hope - Deena Payne
*Donna Windsor - Verity Rushworth
*Bob Hope - Antony Audenshaw
*Louise Appleton - Emily Symons
*Jason Kirk - James Carlton
*Marc Reynolds - Anthony Lewis
*Len Reynolds - Peter Martin
*Rodney Blackstock - Patrick Mower
*Latisha Daggert - Danielle Henry
*Edna Birch - Shirley Stelfox
*Eve Birch - Raine Davison
*Ed Wills - James Midgley
*Bernice Thomas - Samantha Giles
*Cynthia Daggert - Kay Purcell
===Guest cast===
*PC Hemmings - Darren Johnson
*Surveyor - Gordon Cameron
==Locations==
*Dale View - Nicola's room and living room
*Melby Farm - Farmhouse (living room and kitchen)
*Tenant House - Living room/kitchen
*Village Store, Post Office & Off-Licence - Back room and shop floor
*The Woolpack - Public bar
*Holdgate Farm - Kitchen, driveway and living room
*Main Street
*Unknown road
*Mill Cottage - Driveway
*The Grange - Guest lounge
*Woodbine Cottage - Living room
==Notes==
*TV Times synopsis: Bernice struggles to hide her feelings; pressure mounts as news of the hit-and-run spreads; and Emily waits for Ed to make a move.
*Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 9,220,000 viewers (14th place).
Category:2001 episodes
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