Episode 6709 (17th December 2007)

Plot
Michelle decides to let Ryan return to school providing there somebody with him at all times after he has dropped Ryan off at the gates, Lloyd spots Nick's car and follows it back to his house before alerting Michelle as to what has happended.

Michelle decides to go and confront Nick at his home but when she arrvies, she is confronted by a 15-year old boy named Alex who happens to be the spitting image of her late boyfriend Dean!

Sarah continues to get increasingly furious that David is getting praise from everyone including Stephen on how he's managed to turn his life around and as he mocks the threat she made the previous night, she becomes more determined he won't be going to Milan.

Elsewhere, Carla is surprised when Tony sends all of the Underworld staff christmas shopping so he can have lunch with Carla. Mel is accepted into the police force.

Regular cast

 * Ryan Connor - Ben Thompson
 * Michelle Connor - Kym Ryder
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Betty Williams - Betty Driver
 * Gail Platt - Helen Worth
 * David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
 * Sarah Grimshaw - Tina O'Brien
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Kelly Crabtree - Tupele Dorgu
 * Carla Connor - Alison King
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Wiki Dankowska - Wanda Opalinska
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Lauren Wilson - Lucy Evans
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Violet Wilson - Jenny Platt
 * Jamie Baldwin - Rupert Hill
 * Lloyd Mullaney - Craig Charles
 * Mel Morton - Emma Edmondson
 * Tony Gordon - Gray O'Brien
 * Liam Connor - Rob James-Collier
 * Claire Peacock - Julia Haworth
 * Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
 * Dan Mason - Matthew Crompton
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Harry Mason - Jack Ellis
 * Darryl Morton - Jonathan Dixon
 * Maria Sutherland - Samia Smith

Guest cast

 * Stephen Reid - Todd Boyce
 * Nick Neeson - Robert Horwell
 * Abi Sharpe - Rachael Elizabeth
 * Alex Neeson - Dario Coates