It's Claire’s first day of bus driver training. She admits to being nervous and is pleased when Ashley says he will pop out to the end of the street with Joshua to give his wife a confidence boosting wave as she passes by. True to his word, Ashley patiently waits with son Joshua for Claire to drive-by but as her bus rounds the corner disaster strikes. Joshua slips from Ashley’s grip when he sees Schmeichel bounding across the road. Claire swerves in a dramatic attempt to avoid a collision with the youngster but despite her best efforts she is mortified to her a loud thud before the bus screeches to a halt? After hearing the collision, the residents quickly gather round the scene of the accident. Has her worst nightmare happened on her first day of training?
Shelley remains very much under Charlie’s control as the pair even move the sofa from downstairs into her bedroom so that she can be more comfortable as her enforced confinement continues.
Elsewhere, Jack has a holiday surprise for Vera. He shocks his long suffering wife when he announces he is taking his beloved pigeons to Formby with them as he plans to release them and let them fly home.
Meanwhile, Jamie and Leanne are very definitely a pair again and she makes it very clear to Danny that their affair must stop but there is a spark between the pair as they enjoy a drink in the Rovers with Jamie and Frankie. How long will the illicit lovers be able to resist each other?
Also, it’s speed-dating for the over fifties as Rita, Norris, Blanche and Lena head off to the Weatherfield Arms in search of some rapid romance.