Lies and subterfuge in Ambridge - from a policeman? That's just not cricket! Discuss The Archers here.

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Thank you R4 for the title.

And what is wrong with Lilian? She's behaving like a 17 year old

A bit of bling. Bingo.

If Ed does let something slip, what's the betting Pip will have a mighty strop with him - because he 'promised' to keep it quiet - rather than blaming herself for not owning up? She's such a weasel, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

What's Pip's status? Is she an employee or a partner? If the former, perhaps she could be sacked and leave Ambridge forever.

If Pip were working for a farming company and not her parents she'd be facing a disciplinary at the very least.

Can't wait for Ed to put a spanner in it for her.

She's an employee. On quitting the Brazil job after 2 minutes, she was adamant she wouldn't be relying on Dave and Ruth for full-time work, she'd have her own projects. Well that really worked out well, didn't it?

Well, this should solve Pip's problem about finding money to invest in cattle of the herbal leys. I can't imagine Adam will be too keen in letting her loose on his land now.

I expect Tom will get a whole lot angrier if he thinks the IBR caused Kirsty's miscarriage.

Maybe it was the stress of thinking they'd got awayfrom Pip, then being rounded up first thing in the morning by an annoyed Tobee who kept talking about a cooked breakfast (that must make livestock feel a bit vulnerable) that made them all drop some spores on the way back out the field.

Last week I did do a quick search on whether IBR can be passed to humans - found no evidence that it can. And anyway Kirsty and Tom's baby died before the cows showed symptoms.And when did K visit Brookfield?

Auld loving the thought of the cows trying to escape from Pip

'I don't want to be here' is anew version of 'I can't deal with this'. Weird that she'd forget about Ed.

Ed is definitely going to tell someone. And soon.

My six year old thinks she can run away from a problem. My ten year old has learnt he can't. So to me pip is mentally between a 6&10 year old

I really dislike Josh. How many mothers wouldn't fire back with, 'Don't talk to me like that!' after making their son a coffee and delivering it to their room?

Ruth lets them walk all over her.

He also moaned about having to load the dishwasher but then hoped Gran had made a cake.

Horrible kids.

I had hoped that Josh would be a better person than Pip, but clearly not. I have DC's of similar age so the moaning about noise sounded very familiar but the way he spoke to Ruth, and she accepted it, was awful. horrid Pip, horrid Josh.
Did anyone notice what music Ben was playing?

Ben has to be the nice one surely? There can't be three can there!!

Ben probably has a hydroponics marijuana operation going on in the attic.

Yea, he could team up with Jill to make hash brownies for the festival season.

He's probably the mastermind behind Toby's Brighton runs.

Anti - my GD is nearly 8,and she knows that sometimes you just have to fess up and accept the consequences now I feel old

As my 6yo has the grace to look guilty as she knows she shouldn't be running off - I reckon that puts pup at the mental maturity of a 5yo!

Anti great new name Pip the Pup.

Josh is going to start demanding his own house just like Pip soon, so that he has somewhere peaceful from which to run his business empire. Given her recent contributions to the farm business, he'd probably be entirely justified.

Do they not have a farm office at Brookfield?

Yes, they do - at one point, having been chucked out of the kitchen and dining room by Jill, Josh was kicked out of the office by David, so David could do some farm paperwork. This was when Josh objected to being told to use his room like a schoolboy doing homework.