Episode 5574 (3rd September 2003)

Plot
Sarah is surprised and pleased when Audrey is supportive of her decision to get a job. Candice is getting more and more upset about the situation at home with her mum's boyfriend. Les gets his hopes up when he hears that Janice has slung Mick out. Norris is confiding in Harry that he fears that Monty may have died when suddenly the cat turns up. Monty is wearing a different collar with "Phoebe" engraved on it. Viv Wright from Social Services visits Sarah and Todd again and quizzes them about Bethany's care arrangements. Mrs Parry turns up at No. 3 saying that Monty is called Phoebe and is her cat. Audrey lends Candice the Salon keys to get her mobile. Candice can't bear to go home and spends the night in the Salon. Rob Drury, a loan shark is chasing Eileen for her payments. She asks Dev for extra shifts at Street Cars but he refuses. Sarah realises that Gail must have reported them to Social Services. She is furious and storms round to see her. Claire tells Maria that she would like the spare room in the Salon flat. Sarah and Gail have a huge row. Sarah tells Gail that David doesn't like living with her either. She tells Gail that she's lost a grand-daughter and a daugher and leaves. Gail is upset with David and accuses him of undermining her. Nick arrives home in the middle of another row.

Regular cast

 * Claire Casey - Julia Haworth
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Harry Flagg - Iain Rogerson
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Candice Stowe - Nikki Sanderson
 * Gail Platt - Helen Worth
 * Sonia Marshall - Tina Gambe
 * Mick Hopwood - Ian Gain
 * Fiz Brown - Jenny McAlpine
 * Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
 * Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
 * Shelley Barlow - Sally Lindsay
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Todd Grimshaw - Bruno Langley
 * Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien
 * Angela Harris - Kathryn Hunt
 * Betty Williams - Betty Driver
 * Maria Sutherland - Samia Ghadie
 * Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Nick Tilsley - Adam Rickitt

Guest cast

 * Viv Wright - Maxine Burth
 * Mrs Parry - Nicky Goldie
 * Rob Drury - David Bardsley