Episode 5819 (9th August 2004)

Plot
Ashley tells Rita how he proposed to Claire but she's decided to leave him. Rita's perplexed. Depressed Claire tells Rita how Ashley doesn't want her to interfere in Joshua's upbringing so she's left him. Jack gives the bowling team a pep talk but realises it's an uphill task. Rita urges Ashley to try and build bridges with Claire and not to throw away a chance of happiness. Ciaran's delighted when Penny turns up and tells him the deal's on and gives him a cheque for £20,000. Tracy flirts with Ciaran and they end up kissing passionately. Roy buys Hayley a bowling ball. She's delighted. In the Rovers Eileen flirts with a guy called Joe who says he's a boiler man. Maya suggests to Dev they should set a wedding date. Dev fobs her off. Claire goes to collect the last of her things from No. 4 but Ashley stops her. Ashley explains that telling Joshua his mother is dead is made even harder by the fact that he isn't his real |father. Claire's stunned. Dev can no longer contain his feelings and confesses to Sunita that he still loves her.

Regular cast

 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
 * Penny King - Pauline Fleming
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Maya Sharma - Sasha Behar
 * Maria Sutherland - Samia Ghadie
 * Claire Casey - Julia Haworth
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
 * Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
 * Janice Battersby - Vicky Entwistle
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
 * Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
 * Sonia Marshall - Tina Gambe
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
 * Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson

Guest cast

 * Joe Bloggs - Robert Horwell