Episode 6599 (16th July 2007)

Plot
Claire and Ashley are busy organising the house for Freddie's first birthday and when he jokes about it being a 'house warming' it makes Claire start to think about recent events. Oblivious to how she is really feeling he goes for a drink with Kevin and tells him how well she is coping. He's stunned therefore when he gets home and finds none of the decorations have been done in the house and he gets a call saying that Josh hasn't been picked up from school.

Vernon wakes up in the cab office and when Lloyd asks him how long he is staying he tells him he has no idea what his plans are. Meanwhile, Liz realises she never treated Vernon well and is concerned to his whereabouts. She bombards him with messages and at the Rovers Lloyd tells her how down he is and Jamie adds that he is at Roy's Rolls.

The factory girls tells a furious Liam that Joanne has been sacked. He confronts Carla and tells her that she has to give her her job back but Carla refuses.

Cilla and Yana come up with a novel way of trying to attract more customers to the chip shop.

Maria is pleasantly surprised when Liam comes in for a haircut.

Regular cast

 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Joshua Peacock - Benjamin Beresford
 * Claire Peacock - Julia Haworth
 * Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
 * Violet Wilson - Jenny Platt
 * Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Yana Lumb - Jayne Bickerton
 * Cilla Battersby-Brown - Wendi Peters
 * Darryl Morton - Jonathan Dixon
 * Mel Morton - Emma Edmondson
 * Jamie Baldwin - Rupert Hill
 * Liam Connor - Rob James-Collier
 * Maria Sutherland - Samia Smith
 * Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien
 * Lloyd Mullaney - Craig Charles
 * Vernon Tomlin - Ian Reddington
 * Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
 * Kelly Crabtree - Tupele Dorgu
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Carla Connor - Alison King
 * Rosie Webster - Helen Flanagan
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Becky Granger - Katherine Kelly

Guest cast
None