Coronation Street: Roy Cropper blames himself for Richard’s death

With Michael having convinced Grace to attend the Weatherfield Winter Wonderland launch with Tianna, he introduces his mum to the star attraction – Ed, dressed as Father Christmas.

Aggie is thrilled for Michael and relieved he's making a go of being a proper dad to Tianna. Along with his snow-capped Helter Skelter, the evening is sure to be a success.

As the launch gets underway, Micheal is panicked when Grace doesn't arrive when she promised and when he tries to get hold of her finds that her phone has been turned off.

Back home at No.3, Michael tries to make excuses for Grace but a furious Aggie knows exactly what she's up to and tells him so.

Elsewhere, Roy convinces Nina that she should get off to college and he'll wait with Richard for his new carer to arrive. But on Richard's request, Roy pops out to take care of something at the café, and upon his return finds that Roy has collapsed.

Beside himself with worry, Roy rings the emergency services. Nina arrives home from college to the commotion outside the flats and walks through the front door just in time to find the paramedics pronouncing Richard dead at the scene.

Roy tries to comfort an inconsolable Nina, insisting that with no family left she is to stay with him here in Weatherfield.

But Roy finds his guilt hard to live with – and when Carla accidentally lets slip that Roy had gone out at the time of Richard's death, Nina says she never wants to see him again.

Determined to repair their relationship, Roy continues to visit Nina at her flat and arrives one afternoon to find the landlord hammering on the door about unpaid rent.

Nina ignores Roy's pleas for her to come out – but when they are alone, Roy sets up camp in the hallway and tells Nina about his lonely childhood. To his relief, Nina begins to answer him through the letterbox.

Imran is unconvinced that Tim's plan to marry Sally in secret will work, and when Sally begins to excitedly pick out venues for their renewal, Tim starts to feel bad.

A broke Ryan is desperate to earn his money back from Gary and begs him to let him work to pay off his debt.

Deciding to give the boy another chance, Gary gives Ryan an envelope to be delivered by hand, stressing the importance of its safe arrival.

A wary Ryan delivers the envelope to Lenny, who tries to dig for info on Gary – but Ryan isn't swayed. Lenny reports back to Gary that Ryan delivered the envelope unopened, and Gary is pleased Ryan passed his test.

Meanwhile, Derek has convinced Izzy that he needs to raise a lot of money to take his kids on holiday to Florida like he promised. Izzy approached Gary to ask for an advance on her half of the £10k.

Robert is called in for police question and remanded in custody after Carla testifies to his violent temper, and Paula tells him his satnav will prove he was in the place he's accused of dumping Vicky's body.

Convinced he has no chance of getting off, Robert is awaiting further trial in his cell when he's surprised to see Paula, who tells him that new evidence has delated the trail.

Realising that Rita is suffering from loneliness, Jenny invites her along to spend the day with them at the new Winter Wonderland.

But things don't quite go to plan when Rita realises she's become a charity case and Jenny has only extended the invite out of pity.

Fiz and Tyrone decide to clamp down on Hope's bad behaviour and when the school nativity is disrupted, they are wary of Hope's excuses.

They decide to put Hope to work cleaning and tidying the house – but will it be enough to get her on the straight and narrow?