Episode 5206 (3rd February 2002)

Plot
Karen and Steve have a major row. Karen refuses to move into No. 11 and Steve storms off. Rita is fed up with the noise from Steve and Karen's flat and goes to see what's going on. She finds Karen in tears. Rita calms Karen down and the two of them start to bond. Rita gets her to change her mind about No. 11. Karl Harper pays Tyrone £100 for a blank MOT Certificate. Tyrone is worried as the certificate has the garage address on it. Vik picks up a fare from Bagley Drive and it turns out to be Hazel Wilding and her husband John. He drops them off at their solicitors where he sees John talking to Karl Harper. Hazel tells Vik she'll call him but he tells her not to as he feels the situation is getting too complicated. Karen shows off to the girls that Steve has bought her No. 11, a house rather than a flat. Later she apologises to Steve but Steve tells her that in the meantime he's let the house to Eileen for a further six months. Karen lies to the girls and says that they've decided not to move after all because Rita is old and infirm and needs them as neighbours. Norris overhears this and reports back to Rita. Rita confronts Karen. Richard is increasingly concerned that Duggie is ripping him off. Toyah finishes with Sam. Sam walks home crying.

Regular cast

 * Deirdre Rachid - Anne Kirkbride
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Bobbi Lewis - Naomi Ryan
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Sam Kingston - Scott Wright
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Vikram Desai - Chris Bisson
 * Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Gail Platt - Helen Worth
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Richard Hillman - Brian Capron
 * Duggie Ferguson - [[John Bowe

Guest cast

 * Karl Harper - Anthony Barclay
 * Hazel Wilding - Kazia Pelka
 * John Wilding - John Bowler