2774: Josh decides to move out

Despite having escaped a custodial sentence, Josh is still downbeat. Rhys tries to make him see the positives, telling him he's free to move on but for Josh it's not enough as people still believe he's guilty. Feeling responsible, Rhys offers to take him to his alcohol awareness meeting. Before they can leave, though, the brothers are stopped by India and Meriel, a reporter from the Chester Herald.

Blanking Josh, India tells Rhys that the newspaper wants to do an interview with Rhys as he's a local hero. Suzanne quickly points out that Josh is their son, too, but Neville intervenes, insisting that Rhys should receive the recognition he deserves. It's all too much for Josh to bear and he hastily leaves for his meeting alone.

Encouraged by India, a reluctant Rhys answers Meriel's questions but as talk turns to how big the story could be, Rhys's ego is given a boost and he begins to enjoy his new-found hero status.

Josh stumbles home to find the cosy set up and clearly inebriated, he starts mouthing off. Rhys later finds Josh drinking alone and feeling worse than ever, he offers his brother some advice in the hope that he'll finally be able to get his life back on track.

When Josh returns home again, Suzanne's gutted to see he's drunk again but Neville's simply embarrassed by his youngest son. It's all too much for Josh and he lets rip at his parents. Unable to cope with being the family disappointment, Josh reveals that he's moving out.

Meanwhile, Steph continues with her plan to win Gilly around in the hope that he'll finally choose her over Jem and Cheryl. While leaving him a voicemail, Steph's interrupted by Cheryl who knows exactly what her love nemesis is up to. Steph smugly tells Cheryl that Gilly's offered to help her at the council hall but is left red-faced when a smug Cheryl catches her out, revealing that Gilly's working with her in The Dog.

Jem's perturbed when Gilly tells her he's working with Cheryl all day and she hastily offers to work the shift for him. Steph's made up that Gilly's spending the day helping her and goes all out to win him over. She casually gives him her raffle prize - a signed Man City shirt - knowing how much it'll mean to him and the pair enjoy their flirty banter.

Back at The Dog, the atmosphere's unbearable between Jem and Cheryl. Fed up, Cheryl finally breaks and persuades Jem to go for a drink to clear the air. The flirting continues with Steph and Gilly at MOBs - until Cheryl and Jem turn up. Steph's gutted and watches on in horror as Gilly hands over his prize shirt to Jem.

After her fake date with Archie, Sasha and Michaela visit Amy in an attempt to cheer her up. They're pleased when Amy informs them that her doctor's taking her off the anti-depressants but it's evident that Amy's unsure about the move. With that, the girls decide that there's only one thing for it - a party!

With Sasha's attack still on her mind, the girls settle on drinks at Amy's but there's no compromising on the glamour as they start getting ready. Nosey as ever, Michaela spots an unopened airmail letter from Mike. Taking a sneaky peak inside, Michaela's gobsmacked by its contents.

As the party gets going, Amy struggles to muster much enthusiasm. However, about to burst with excitement, Michaela insists that Amy open her letter from her dad. Amy's problems and troubles quickly vanish as she pulls out a cheque for £2,000….

Elsewhere, Dave's triumphant when he wins the warden job over Charlotte.