leaves the street for Las Vegas. Kirk is left to look after her son, Chesney. Kirk fails to provide adequate care for Chesney, and he is subsequently taken into foster care. When Fiz returns from a holiday, she is furious but forgives Kirk. She manages to get Chesney home but she has to move in with them, making Kirk believe she still has feelings for him. Kirk leaves to visit his parents in Cyprus for several weeks. In the days leading up to his return, Fiz dreads him coming home, while she is providing a home for Chesney. On his return, he breaks the news that he has a new girlfriend called Julie Carp (Katy Cavanagh), whom he fell in love with in Cyprus. Fiz has taken a dislike to Julie, who then moved in with them at their house. Kirk's nephew Paul Jr is stillborn and he consoles his grieving sister. His brother-in-law Liam Connor (Rob James-Collier) dies in a hit and run incident and his parents return to comfort their daughter over the loss of her husband. In November 2008, Kirk, Chesney and later Fiz visit Cilla in South Africa, only to find she's up to her old tricks again. She enters a competition for $500,000 and Kirk poses as a mentally disabled boy, Chesney as a paralysed boy, Cilla's new "Les" as "old" Les and Fiz as a nun. While on a safari, Kirk saves them from a bush near wild animals. The "family" lose the competition when Chesney reveals Cilla's lies after she lied about 'returning' to Weatherfield. In March of 2009, Julie admits she thinks she's pregnant, but it turns out to be a false alarm. After this, Kirk begins to see that they are drifting apart, as they are too different, and he ends their relationship. However, Kirk supports Julie after the revelation that Colin Grimshaw (Edward DeSouza), Eileen's (Sue Cleaver) father, is also her father. Kirk decides to move out of No. 5, as he feels he is in the way of Fiz's life. He packs his bags and leaves, only to turn up next door at Maria's. A few weeks later, he decides to pack and move in with Tyrone and Molly (Vicky Binns). He then moves out and back into Maria's when she goes to stay in Ireland with the baby at Liam's parent's house after Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) admits