Aden is upset by Belle's gift to Nicole

Aden is upset by Belle's gift to Nicole
Aden is upset by Belle's gift to Nicole (Image credit: five)

It's the day of Belle's funeral and there are moving words from Irene and Aden but Liam turns up high on drugs. The service ends with a delivery of coloured balloons that Belle had ordered to make them all smile. The mood lightens until Geoff clashes with Liam over his behaviour, and with help from Alf and Sid, Geoff sends him packing. A series of flashbacks reveal Belle's last goodbyes. To her mother, Amanda, she offers forgiveness, she thanks Irene and tells her she loves her, she gives Annie her much-loved camera and asks Geoff to look after Annie and Irene. Belle also gives Nicole a special gift - a necklace Aden had given her, Nicole's reluctant to take it, but Belle is adamant. Aden wants Belle to be buried wearing the necklace and desperately searches for it before the service. Nicole doesn't reveal that she has it, then Aden sees her wearing it and lets rip, angrily pulling it off her neck. Shocked and hurt, Nicole finds comfort in talking to Liam, who she discovers on the beach. She asks him to give her something to numb her grief, which he has plenty of. Sid is passing and tries to stop her but fails. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk’s new weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

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Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.