03/10/2024

Emma and Ed are at Brookfield to take down the Asian Hornet nest from the tree. Jill says the hornets have attacked her beehives, but David adds that because they picked this up early the damage has been contained. It’s Jill’s birthday and she offers Emma some cake to take home with her. The whole family are coming round for tea and the more far-flung ones are joining by video-call.

Azra forces Khalil to go to Brookfield to apologise to David for lying about Zainab’s hornet sting. Khalil admits that he may’ve, but he didn’t mean to cause any harm. David chastises him before thanking him for coming round. But as Khalil’s leaving, Jill invites him in to join her tea party. Later Azra and Zainab turn up worried about Khalil’s whereabouts, to discover that he’s been entertaining Jill’s party guests with his tales. Khalil asks if he can come back again, and David says Jill would be pleased to see him.

Susan tells Will about seeing Poppy throwing an egg at Bridge Farm dairy window. Susan thinks Poppy’s angry that she and Emma dobbed George into the police. Later Will tells Emma that he confronted Poppy about it all and she fell apart and was frightened by what she did. Emma thinks Poppy’s obviously devastated at the prospect of losing George, and both Will and Emma admit that they are too. They wonder how everything got into such a mess. They’re interrupted by a text from Alice; she needs to speak to George tomorrow