Overview

• Elaine Knight suffered two stress-induced collapses after clashing with daughter Linda Carter over the future of The Queen Vic, prompting urgent hospitalisation.
• Linda Carter announced her intention to sell her half of the pub, intensifying uncertainty around its ownership and management.
• Police visited The Queen Vic after Elaine served alcohol to minors at a birthday celebration, sparking an official probe into her conduct as landlady.
• Vicki Fowler uncovered Bernie Taylor’s theft from the Panesar business accounts and blackmailed her for half of the stolen funds to maintain her silence.
• Kat Moon discovered that Stacey Slater has been covering for Alfie Moon’s secret efforts to help Zoe Slater, deepening rifts within the Moon-Slater family.