Alec continues to try and persuade Alf and Audrey to get Alf to stand for the Council seat, but without success. Curly blackmails Reg into changing his mind about chaperoning Raquel - Curly has the crucial evidence on the trolley-race scam (the book of raffle tickets) which he spirited from Reg's desk just before the investigator arrived. Dierdre advises Steph not to dig in her heels too hard, but Des appears to be getting her goat - which ends with Steph smashing a whole set of crockery. In the Rovers', Ken overhears Jim boasting to Alec about Andy's bookmaking scheme at school.