2014

Events

 * 2nd January - Sam Dingle is arrested on suspicion of arson with intent after being set up by Declan Macey and Charity Sharma, he is later released on bail due to lack of evidence.
 * 3rd January - Finn Barton starts work at The Grange as a Cleaner, replacing Victoria Sugden.
 * 6th January - A man named Ian Chamberlain arrives to tell Val Pollard that he is HIV positive and that there is a possibility that she might have it too after a fling they had while Val stayed in Portugal.
 * 9th January - Leyla Harding moves back to the village after losing her job and home.
 * 16th January - Rachel Breckle flees the village with her son Archie to avoid going to prison for the Home Farm fire at Christmas. Jude Watson leaves the village as well to take up a post in Ripon.
 * 31st January - Brenda Walker is arrested for attempting to steal an MP3 player from a department store.
 * 10th February - Moira Barton proposes to Cain Dingle.
 * 12th February - Val Pollard's husband Eric and her sister Diane Sugden share a drunken kiss, which leads to a one night stand.
 * 18th February - Val Pollard is told she is HIV positive.
 * 21st February - A furious Val Pollard reveals her husband Eric's one night stand with her sister Diane to the Woolpack.
 * 28th February - An argument between Belle Dingle and Gemma Andrews over Sean Spencer ends in tragedy when Belle pushes Gemma, who hits her head off a rock. Belle goes to help Gemma up but Gemma rejects it. The two girls storm off, but Gemma collapses.
 * 3rd March - Harriet Finch finds an unconscious Gemma Andrews. Gemma is then rushed to hospital.
 * 4th March - Gemma Andrews dies when her life support machine is switched off.
 * 6th March - Belle Dingle confesses to her mother Lisa that she killed Gemma.
 * 13th March - The funeral of Gemma Andrews takes place.
 * 19th March - Donna Windsor returns after five years away and reveals to her ex-husband Marlon Dingle that they have a daughter named April.
 * 27th March - Belle Dingle is arrested for the murder of Gemma Andrews.
 * 4th April - Debbie Dingle stabs a customer named Alastair Harper in the leg when he gropes her. She is arrested and released on bail when she says she did it in self-defence and the incident had brought back memories of Cameron Murray.
 * 5th May - Diane Sugden and Eric and Val Pollard are all arrested - Diane and Eric for assault, Val for criminal damage.
 * 14th May - Adam Barton's paternity is revealed to be his uncle James.
 * 15th May - Cain Dingle and Moira Barton marry, as do Declan Macey and Charity Sharma.
 * 16th May - Priya Sharma gives birth to a baby girl, Amba, the father being David Metcalfe.
 * 3rd June - Dan Spencer proposes to Kerry Wyatt in a spectacular way - by skydiving.
 * 6th June - Belle Dingle's trial begins.
 * 13th June - Belle Dingle is sentenced to three years imprisonment for the manslaughter of Gemma Andrews. Gemma's father Dom leaves the village. (Final appearance of Dom Andrews)
 * 27th June - Adam Barton is devastated to discover his uncle James is actually his father. He heads to the Dingles' in search of Zak's shotgun.
 * 3rd July - Andy Sugden badly injures his hand when Adam Barton fails to see him rethreading the baler.
 * 8th July - Dan Spencer's brother Daz arrives in the village.
 * 10th July - Donna Windsor tells her ex-husband Marlon Dingle that she is terminally ill.
 * 14th July - First appearance of Rakesh Kotecha.
 * 15th July - Bernice Blackstock flies at Katie Addyman and attacks her with Finn Barton's sausages after watching Katie kiss her ex-husband Andy Sugden.
 * 22nd July - Dan Spencer and Kerry Wyatt marry. It is later revealed at the reception that Kerry is still married to a man named Kev Berry. A fight ensues and Kerry, Dan, his brother Daz and Kev are all arrested - Kerry for bigamy and the three men for affray.
 * 24th July - Finn Barton is left for dead by a man named Brad, who bumped into Finn in the Woolpack and offered him a drink, which Brad spiked.
 * 25th July - Gennie Walker's memorial service takes place at the cricket pavilion, where the villagers write names of late loved ones on balloons and are released in the air.
 * 30th July - An argument between Rakesh Kotecha and Jai Sharma leads to Jai accidentally punching David Metcalfe in the face.
 * 31st July - Adam Barton collapses after a drug overdose.
 * 4th August - Donna Windsor collapses.
 * 5th August - Donna Windsor and Marlon Dingle are told that Donna's cancer has spread and she has only weeks to live.
 * 7th August - Rakesh Kotecha walks in on Jai Sharma and Leyla Harding in a state of undress on the floor of the factory.
 * 14th August - Donna Windsor and Ross Barton head to a nightclub to retrieve some photographs. Ross' half-brother Adam tags along to act as a lookout. The plan starts to go wrong when Adam's old friend Aaron Livesy suddenly turns up just as Adam is about to ram down the club's owner Stephen Banks. The two drive off, leaving Donna and Ross unprotected. When Stephen enters the club, he realises that Ross is not a cop and beats him up. Adam and Aaron return and, upon hearing Donna's screams, crash the car they were in into Stephen's, creating a diversion. Donna and Ross make their escape and Donna heads to a car park to meet with Gary North. She points her taser at him and when he threatens Donna's daughter April, Ross turns up, leading Donna to handcuff her to him. Realising Gary won't back down and to also ensure April's safety, Donna plumments to the ground with a sickening thud, taking Gary with her.
 * 21st August - First appearance of Kirin Kotecha.
 * 28th August - Donna Windsor's funeral takes place. Ross Barton tries to attend but he is stopped twice - first by being locked in the garage by Cain Dingle and again by Marlon Dingle, when a fight between the two breaks out.
 * 29th August - Ross Barton kisses Debbie Dingle.
 * 10th September - Declan Macey finds out about his wife Charity's secret abortion.
 * 11th September - Marlon Dingle and Laurel Thomas marry.
 * 25th September - Robbie Lawson is killed when he tries to save Charity Macey from her husband Declan, who is intent on killing her after finding out about her secret abortion. (Final appearance of Robbie Lawson)
 * 30th September - Sandy Thomas, Aaron Livesy and Paddy Kirk go to see Lawrence White about Edna Birch's husband Harold. (First appearance of Lawrence White)
 * 2nd October - Lisa Dingle suffers an angina attack.
 * 9th October - Robbie Lawson's funeral takes place. Declan Macey re-appears and holds a gun to his sister Megan's back.
 * 10th October - Charity Macey is ostracised by her entire family and her ex-husband Jai Sharma after her lies are revealed by her estranged husband Declan.
 * 13th October - Charity Macey is kidnapped by an unknown culprit, who locks her in a shipping container.
 * 14th October - Jai Sharma is revealed to be Charity Macey's kidnapper.
 * 16th October - After an argument with Sam Dingle, Jai Sharma falls over a bannister and plummets to the bottom of the staircase at his house.
 * 23rd October - Robert Sugden returns to the village as the fiancee of Lawrence White's daughter Chrissie. When he refers to Katie Addyman as the village bike, his adoptive brother Andy floors him. (First appearance of Robert Sugden since 2009 and first appearance of Chrissie White)
 * 30th October - Cain Dingle deals with Maxine, the blackmailer of his wife Moira. Cain takes Maxine to the shipping container that his cousin Charity was held in, but when Charity and Debbie arrive, Charity kidnaps Maxine, driving fast down country lanes and threatens to kill her if she doesn't leave Moira alone.
 * 4th November - When picking up her stepdaughter April Windsor from school, Laurel Dingle is pulled over by PC Swirling and is breathalysed when she admits to having a glass of wine earlier on.
 * 7th November - Belle Dingle returns home from prison.
 * 10th November - First appearance of Lachlan White.
 * 13th November - Jai Sharma is reunited with his son Archie.
 * 19th November - Pete Barton is arrested for supplying drugs.
 * 20th November - Ross Barton and Aaron Livesy carry out a raid on Home Farm, a plan organised by Robert Sugden to get him in Lawrence White's good books. Ross knocks out Lawrence and him and Aaron put him in the shed. When Lawrence's daughter Chrissie comes home, Ross pretends to take Robert hostage. Chrissie overpowers Ross and him and Aaron scarper.
 * 26th November - Belle Dingle returns home bloodied and scratched.
 * 1st December - Moira Dingle is run over by a drunk Kirin Kotecha.
 * 2nd December - Cain Dingle confronts Kirin Kotecha for running over Cain's wife Moira and floors him.
 * 4th December - Robert Sugden and Aaron Livesy begins to have an affair while Robert was engaged to Chrissie White.
 * 5th December - The wedding of Ali Spencer and Ruby Haswell is due to take place, however the day goes wrong when the registrar dies and when Harriet Finch tries to take over, she is arrested for burglary.
 * 8th December - Belle Dingle wins a craft fair, however when her work is unveiled, the residents are shocked when they see it has been slashed.
 * 12th December - Belle Dingle jumps off the cricket pavilion roof.
 * 25th December - Andy Sugden remarries Katie Addyman, despite Bernice Blackstock's drunken behaviour and Andy's brother Robert having 'village bike' etched into one of the rings.
 * 29th December - Nicola King is rushed to hospital, where she is diagnosed as having a blighted ovum.

Real life events

 * 24th May - The Woolpack siege and flood wins 'Spectacular Scene of the Year' at The British Soap Awards.
 * 1st July - Harry Whittaker, one of the two actors to play Leo Goskirk, dies.