28th September 2021

Alvin thanks Amanda who wants him to start talking as she tries to clean up his wounds. Alvin tells her that he was badly mugged. Marc arrives home and Marya leaves the room to let them talk. Marc stairs outside and Elle wants to know what's troubling him. Marc lies, while Amanda brutally tells Alvin she is done with him after her little chat with Dan, even the romance. Alvin makes a call to Marc, who apologises to Elle for leaving the table last night so rudely. Marya tells Marc to not worry, just as Marc receives a call from Alvin. Marya is shocked as he abruptly leaves to go see him. Alvin explains to Marc that Aaron's heavies bet him up. Marc blames Alvin for possibly making things worse for him. Marc tells him that he is going to the police, and Alvin warns him not to. Marc and Alvin row. Marc has to leave, annoying Alvin. Amanda visits the Atkins and gives Sam and Laura the keys to the bar and paperwork. Laura takes a second to gloat and Amanda leaves. Dan is shocked to see Alvin beaten up and Alvin blames him for ending his working relationship with Amanda. Dan mocks him as Alvin insists he really tried to make things work. Dan, bored of Alvin's complaining, punches him, to make him feel even more pain, and tells him to get lost. Alvin insists he owes him anyway and will do whatever he can to make it right. Alvin barges into Marc's place and hassles Marya over the situation Marc is in. Marya wants nothing to do with it. Marc is astonished to find Alvin at his place and accuses him of all sorts and kicks him out, claiming that he will ignore Aaron. Dan chats to his dad, Micheal Spencer, that Alvin has let him down again. Micheal insists he needs to sell the Bistro asap to get the house to retire into. Dan tells him that that is his new priority.

Tracey finds Marc pacing outside the cafe and congratulates him on his marriage Tracey tells him to breath as Marc appears stressed. Marc tells her about David feeling awful lately too. Matt asks Lydia when Candace is coming in for her shift, and spends time chatting Lydia up. Cilla, in close proximity, watches him flirt and Tracey arrives and tells her that a bug is going around. Cilla tells Tracey she's been feeling nauseous. Tracey heads home while Cilla chats to Andrea who jokes that she could be pregnant with Chris's baby. Andrea laughs it off, but Cilla realises she could be onto something and goes to the bathroom to throw up. Is Cilla pregnant?. Matt joins Lydia for a game of darts as Candace calls in sick and Lydia complains. Tracey tells Ian and the kids about the bug going around. Matt comes home late. Ian pops out and chats to David, who is feeling a bit better. Cilla, on the way back from the RR, bumps into Chris and they small talk and she tries to avoid him. Cilla arrives at the Jones' and tells Tracey she could be pregnant and is worried. Matt overhears and makes a remark, leading Cilla to expose his flirting to Tracey. Matt isn't happy, and Matt storms off to see Candace at the corner shop as she covers for Audrey. Tracey finds Ian and David chatting. Ian has to go to work and leaves, while Tracey asks David if he has been okay and if he has heard anything from Jim.

Jane apologises for her mood the other night, and tells him that Carla offered lots of support. They excite over their wedding, and Barry learns that Jane has dropped Clare as her wedding planner. Barry's suspicions grow, but he lets it lie for the sake of arguing, while Chris tells a delighted Audrey that the work has been completed and she can move in. Audrey is livid to learn the flat has been stripped bare. Clare meets Andrea at the charity shop and Clare lies about her wedding event, even though Jane dropped her as planner. Despite it Clare and Andrea bond over vintage clothes. Jane bumps into Carla outside the cafe and thanks her for being her confidant. Chris teases both ladies with a whistle annoying Jane who has to go. Chris and Samantha chat at the medical centre as she works. Chris expresses his annoyance over Cilla ignoring him. Samantha calls Chris a creep and they laugh it off. Barry joins Carla in the cafe as she puts doubt in his mind over what Jane was stressed about. As Samantha leaves from work. Barry asks her for a minute and learns that Bill and Jane had a tiff about the wedding. Barry realises Jane had lied, and goes home to confront her. Clare and Jane get on as Clare insists she is just looking out for her mum. Clare tells Lydia, at the RR, that wedding planning isn't a career for her. Jane, happy that the Bill drama has been sorted, is giddy; until Barry tells her she was lying as he spoke to Samantha. Jane and Barry row and Jane expresses how Bill and Samantha's marriage is in trouble and Bill confided in her. Jane tries to make it out like Barry could have offended Samantha by asking her, leaving Barry to forget the whole thing and to move on, which he does. Jane explains that that's why Clare was dropped as wedding planner.