Kate announces she's pregnant but intends to have an abortion, forcing Will to make an agonising personal choice.

Personal dilemmas continue to overshadow the medical agenda, as a depressed Andrew jeopardises his career and Kate agonises over Will's suggestion they move in together...

Will finds himself increasingly drawn to Kate - until a disagreement prompted by a multiple sclerosis sufferer's violent husband makes him have second thoughts.

Andrew secures a patient's life-saving operation, but Kirsty is still left wondering if she's doing the right thing...

Erica intervenes in an operation, saving the patient's life and prompting Will to look favourably at her application. Kirsty begins to have doubts about her future with Andrew...

Will and Andrew clash over the welfare of a boy trapped in a bitter custody battle.

Erica clashes with Will as she struggles to deal with the emotional problems created by the arrival of old flame Dan Copeland, who has tracked her down from Manchester.

Erica throws a house-warming party, intending to use it as an excuse to chat up Will - but he spoils her plans by turning up with a doctor from the nearby health centre,,,

Will bids a tearful farewell to the boys as they leave for Florida, while Erica is confronted by a patient suffering from delusions.

Now that Jack and Beth have left for Africa, Will sets about finding new partners to help run The Beeches, a task made doubly difficult by new locum Erica Matthews...