On Monday, Ashley continues to be annoyed by Sandy’s campaign, especially when he snaps at Gabby. When Laurel heads out to work, she leaves Sandy to look after Gabby as she’s poorly, however, Sandy takes her to the café and whilst he takes his eye off her to canvass for support, Gabby wrecks the café’s computer.

Ashley rails at his father’s incompetence and it leads to a three-way argument between the two of them and Laurel. That evening, Laurel and Ashley ask Sandy to leave when they hear Gabby broke the computer so she would be sent to prison to ask them to free Jasmine for him. Sandy decides to disappear leaving Ashley to contemplate the possibility that he’s sentenced his father to a night in the cold…

Meanwhile, when Nathan questions Marlon about his relationship with Maisie, neither notice Andy watching jealously. Maisie’s pleased when Andy’s jealous about her relationship with Marlon but she calls off her arrangement with Marlon and tells Andy to relax and enjoy the fun while they can. Can Maisie and Andy continue their tryst in secret?

Elsewhere, Aaron’s uncharacteristically cheerful ahead of the move into Paddy’s place. Chas is amused by the effort Paddy’s made to ensure they’re comfortable and smiles as Paddy shows Aaron to his room. Later, Marlon comes to visit and is pleased to see how happy Paddy is. After a full day moving stuff from the Dingles to the vets Chas and Paddy relax, each at ease with their new situation. Will Chas and Paddy enjoy playing happy families?

On Tuesday, Natasha vows to unearth Maisie’s true suitor by any means necessary. Over at Butlers, Andy’s pleased when Maisie offers to help look after Sarah, however, she soon bores of the childcare and tempts Andy into the bedroom. Debbie’s livid to find Sarah alone and asks why Andy didn’t allow her access if he was busy. Andy’s vehement in his response and orders Debbie to leave. Their row causes ructions between Andy and Maisie and he tells her to go as well.

A furious Maisie confronts Debbie in the Woolpack and their argument is overheard by a shell-shocked Nathan. Andy enters at the opportune moment and squares up to Nathan but Diane begs him to control his temper and after a steely glare is exchanged, the potential fight evaporates. Maisie refuses to end things with Andy warning her family the more they push the worse it’ll be. Will Natasha accept the stalemate or is it time for action?

Elsewhere, Ashley feels guilty when there’s no word from Sandy but Debbie finds him lurking in Jarvis’s shed and gets short shrift when she tries to help him. Unwilling to abandon him, Debbie tells Sandy that Jasmine wanted her to look out for him.

They have a heart to heart and she helps him accept Jasmine’s fate so Sandy realises he has to start putting things right within his family. Back at Mulberry, Ashley and Sandy make amends and the bridge-building is successful. Can the Thomas’s learn to live without Jasmine?

At Home Farm, Katie isn’t impressed when she witnesses another side to Lee as he shouts at Sam but after fending off another lunch invitation from Nathan, she agrees to a drink instead. Lee comes in to apologise and is put out to see Katie with another admirer. Will Katie choose between Lee and Nathan?

in Wednesday’s episode, Diane tries to get a handle on Maisie’s involvement with Andy and asks for her not to disrupt his rehabilitation and during her shift at the Woolpack, Maisie gets more grief from Nathan who tells her to end things with Andy but she refuses. Nathan decides to change tack and warns that if Andy doesn’t break it off with Maisie he’ll make his life miserable but Andy fronts up to Nathan’s verbal attack and Nathan makes a retreat.

Maisie then arranges a meeting with Andy in the Woolpack and snogs him in full view of the regulars and her family. Natasha’s disgusted and storms out while Nathan furiously confronts Andy at the back of the pub and throws a punch at him. Andy ducks and Nathan hits the wall, screaming in pain. Will Andy regret crossing the Wyldes?

Meanwhile, Sam’s gutted to suspect that his dad has trapped a deer on the Home Farm estate and it gets worse when, after his shift, Sam returns home and Lisa serves up venison for dinner. Zak explodes when Sam queries where it came from and Lisa reveals they’ve got a deal with a local butcher. Sam’s ashamed and Zak tells Sam not to accuse him again without proof.

Elsewhere, David’s confused when Leyla avoids his attempts to arrange a date with her, even though she clearly likes him. That evening, David catches Leyla working at the factory late and she admits to him that she needs cash to pay for her mum’s nursing home fees. David asks her to share her problems in future and Leyla’s touched by his attitude. Will David and Leyla’s romance be rekindled?

On Thursday, Nathan’s angered to hear that Katie and Lee are going on a date. Purposefully trying to make Lee late, Nathan tells him he’s heard poachers are on the grounds so Lee takes Sam along to investigate and they split up to cover the area more quickly. Sam discovers Zak and Shadrach with some rabbits and mistakenly thinks they are the poachers, unaware that Nathan has allowed them to hunt. The Dingles scarper when Lee approaches and he mistakenly accuses Sam of being the culprit.

On his way to tell the Wyldes what he’s found out, Lee falls into a hunting trap and badly injures his leg. Unaware of Lee’s predicament, Katie grows annoyed with his no-show and agrees to let Nathan buy her a drink.

Back at Home Farm, Lee drags himself out of the trap and hears voices ahead of him. Natasha and Mark hear noises and suspecting the poacher is Faye, Mark nearly shoots Lee by accident. Lee’s rushed to hospital but later told he’ll be ok. Mick watches on, riddled with guilt as he is in fact the secret poacher.

At Home Farm, Nathan tells Natasha that he’ll deal with Andy and suggests extending their gravel pit into Butlers Farm. Andy’s fuming when Nathan shows up with a surveyor, but knows he’s powerless to stop him. After telling Diane, she corners Maisie and asks about her feelings for Andy, worried that he’s being played on both fronts by the Wyldes. Hearing that her family have been blackmailing Andy, Maisie warns them if they continue to hassle them, she’ll move in with him.

Meanwhile, Leyla’s grateful to receive a loan from David to help with her mum’s nursing home costs but Val witnesses the exchange and marches straight to Pollard to inform him of his son’s ‘frivolity’. The two of them confront David and try to convince him that Leyla’s just making up stories to get her hands on his money. David rejects the idea outright but doubts begin to creep in when he can’t reach Leyla by telephone. Later, David meets Leyla and struggles to mask his doubts when she tells him that the money he lent her has almost all gone.

In Friday’s show, Sam quits his job at Home Farm and tells Nathan and Natasha that Zak’s behind the poaching. News spreads around the village and soon Katie and Lee hear about the real culprit. Mick guiltily checks to see how his grandson is and is made to feel even worse by Zak’s implication for his own crimes. Nathan visits the butchers that Zak claims to have bought the venison from and is given a description of their supplier that doesn’t match Zak. Lee is unaware of Mick’s guilt when Nathan tells them that he’ll get to the bottom of who’s thieving from the estate. Has Mick’s dodgy scheme been rumbled by Nathan?

Meanwhile, Mark studies the CCTV footage from the previous day and sees Faye entering Home Farm. Calling her mobile, he leaves a threatening message warning her to stay away or she’ll regret it. Will Faye heed Mark’s words?

Elsewhere, Lee’s brought home from hospital and Katie’s pleased to see him on the mend. Nathan confronts Katie and accuses her of using him while Lee was incapacitated. Katie’s stunned when Nathan insinuates that she wants much more from him and is slapped by Katie. Will Nathan continue to manipulate Katie and Lee?