2580: Cindy has her eyes on Tony's money

Archie's worried about his sister Zoe when she stays out all night, but Kris and Sarah aren't very sympathetic. While Kris pops out for his last ever radio show, Sarah returns in to invite him along to Lydia's birthday party. She makes it perfectly clear at the same time that Archie is not welcome.

When Zoe eventually returns with the hangover from hell, she's in no mood to be friendly. An ill-timed visit from her dad doesn't help matters, either. Mr Carpenter congratulates Zoe on her place at Bournemouth and he rewards her and Archie for their hard work by giving them each a cheque for £1000. The gift, however, only serves to prick Zoe's guilty conscience.

She's unable to own up to her father that she's about to fail and when he catches her arguing with Mike about the stolen script, she makes up an excuse about him being jealous of her love life. Zoe decides that the only way forward is to speak to Adrian. However, when he makes an indecent proposal, she's faced with a dilemma. Sleep with Adrian to save her degree - or fail?

Cindy maintains the charm offensive on Tony and begins to take advantage of him at work. When Cindy breezes into work late, making up a story about Holly keeping her up, Tony's ready to let her go home for the day. When she refuses to leave him in the lurch, though, he's impressed by her loyalty. Darren turns up at the restaurant hoping to patch things up with Cindy and he nearly succeeds.

Meanwhile, Loretta, who is still pining over Dom, puts in a good word for Darren and persuades Cindy that money isn't everything. Cindy, however, has her sights firmly set on Tony's wallet and while he struggles to deal with his new-found crush, she's all too happy to milk the situation for all it - or he - is worth…

Finding a dejected-looking Josh, Hayley decides to offer a helping hand. Josh is upset as he has no money to buy a decent birthday present for Lydia. Hayley, however, knows that you don't need wads of cash to come up with a good present. Raiding Zak's cupboards, she helps Josh make a cake for Lydia. The birthday girl is made up with her home-baked present and the icing on the cake is that Josh and Hayley forge a new friendship in the process…

Sarah feels snubbed when she finds Lydia chatting happily with her ex-girlfriend Charlotte. It seems that Charlotte's trying to steal all the thunder, though, as she interrupts Sarah's present-giving ceremony.

When Sarah hears about Lydia's new job at the radio station through Kris and Charlotte, she can't help but feel second-rate. What's more, when Charlotte turns up with the perfect present for Lydia, Sarah's neuroses reaches an all-time high.

Lydia attempts to allay Sarah's fears, but is Sarah really as good a match for her as Charlotte was?