Nicole and Liam get closer...

Nicole and Liam get closer...
Nicole and Liam get closer... (Image credit: five)

Nicole, unable to concentrate on study, is walking on the beach when she runs into Liam and they get talking. She's starting to like Liam, and the feeling is mutual. Geoff confronts Liam, warning him not to hurt Nicole. Liam admits he wasn't a nice guy for a long time, but he's learnt the hard way. As they walk home along the beach that night, Nicole and Liam kiss. Rachel manages to resuscitate Harry, and they rush him to the hospital. Tony is distraught over what's happening to his family - he knows Rachel needs help, but she refuses to listen or accept any. When they finally receive the news that Harry hasn't suffered any brain damage, Rachel still won't admit she has a problem. She eventually admits she does and that they're going to try and move forward together. Miles confides in Alf he is upset about Kirsty's reluctance to get married. Alf advises that if it's important to him he should pursue it. Meanwhile Kirsty talks to Irene and doesn't see the significance in marriage. Only when she helps an elderly lady find her wedding ring does she change her mind. She meets up with Miles ready to compromise but he cuts her off - he's happy as they are. 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.