The Barlows learn of Blanche's death

Having planned a welcome home party for Blanche, the Barlows are concerned when she doesn't turn up at the airport.

Finally managing to contact her friend May in Portugal, Ken's stunned to hear that Blanche has died. Shaken by the phone call, Ken breaks the sad news to Deirdre.

Meanwhile, a crippled Norris is left virtually blind when Mary 'accidentally' stands on his glasses. As she pushes him for an answer to her proposal, Norris is desperate to escape.

His mind running away with him, Norris begins to worry that she could be poisoning him. It's only when he hears her talking to her dead mother that he realises that she's stark raving mad.

Elsewhere, Becky and Steve begin to worry about their suitability as adoptive parents when they're given a date for their meeting with the social worker; Graeme's back at Tina's with food but she's still refusing to face the world; and Jason received a call asking him to show some potential buyers around the flat.