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And so it begins, the start of the end of an era. Hayley visits her GP this week and when blood tests come back needing more investigation, she’s sent for an ultrasound, and sharpish too. Hayley’s beside herself with worry over what could be wrong and while she does her best to keep the news from Roy, Sylvia’s more sharp and notices summat’s up.  

Hayley’s got no choice but to tell her – there’s a blockage in her bile duct, which may or may not be cancer. Hayley doesn’t know yet, but we sadly do, and the episodes over the coming weeks and months will be heart-wrenching to watch.  

Much was made of Eileen’s new bathroom suite this week and how much she wouldn’t want an ‘advocado’ suite.  She meant ‘avocado’ but it was a lovely Hilda-ism, the sort of thing that Mrs Ogden would have mispronounced over again.  

Anyway, Eileen’s not best pleased with Paul for his remark to Lloyd last week and gets together with Mandy to make the two men sit down to make up.  In the Rovers, Eileen makes Paul apologise to Lloyd. 

“I’m sorry,” says Paul, without really meaning it. “I accept your apology” Lloyd replies, without meaning that either.

Over in the bookies, Rob bets £500 on a four horse accumulator. Three horses win but the final one doesn’t and the relief on Peter’s face, well, it doesn’t last long as there’s a steward’s enquiry and all four of Rob’s horses win – to the tune of £35,190.  

It’s not a tune that’s sweet music to Peter’s ears as it means he’s bankrupt (although legally he’s not obliged to honour the debt if he so chose). However this is soap, so Peter’s words fall on deaf ears and Carla gives Rob some cash to keep him sweet, but it’s nowhere near enough to cover the win.  When Deirdre finds out that Rob’s bet was made up with money Tracy had given him after clearing out Amy’s bank account, she’s livid. Livid.

Speaking of Deirdre, she’s been wonderful this week. Free of the shackles of Ken, Deirdre’s come into her own. She consoles Carla who’s had a fall out with Peter and tells her she can offer neutral opinion: “Just think of me as Switzerland in glasses,” she says.   

She also tries out a spot of cold-calling for Budgens Bathrooms, showing Tracy how it’s done. And when Deirdre’s prospect on the phone is Mr Jacomotti who she knows, she tells him: “It’s a small word, but you wouldn’t want to hoover it, as me mother used to say.”

In the Kabin, nasty Norris bitches about Emily who’s handing over household bills to him now he’s going to be the homeowner.  In comes Emily and hears him mouthing off  and it’s left to Rita to shame Norris into forking out for a meal for four in the Bistro as he treats Emily and Rita and Dennis to dinner, but he’s not happy about it at all.

And finally this week, Marcus tells Audrey that their flat above the salon could do with a lick of paint and a few odd jobs done. Audrey agrees and asks him and Maria to let her know what needs doing but she’s not best pleased with the sizable list that Marcus handed over.  I do wonder where this might be leading.

And that’s just about that for this week.

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This week's Damon Rochefort, Joe Turner and Martin Allen.  Find out more about the Coronation Street writing team at http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2008/11/exclusive-all-current-corrie-writers.html

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