2nd January - In the aftermath of the storm, Tricia Dingle lies in a critical condition, with her husband Marlon, mother Steph and grandfather Alan keeping a vigil by her bedside. Tricia suddenly flatlines and Marlon is summoned to the consultant's office, where he is told that Tricia is brain dead.
18th January - The funeral of Tricia Dingle takes place.
19th January - Charity Tate's trial takes place. Cain Dingle is sentenced to 1 month imprisonment for contempt when he protests her innocence when he's supposed to be testifying against her.
22nd January - Charity Tate is sentenced to life imprisonment for the death of her husband Chris four months earlier.
25th January - In revenge against Scott Windsor for refusing to give him community service at the garage, Daz Eden sets fire to some rubbish outside Scott's garage. He not long after discovers Robert Sugden and Katie Addyman half-dressed.
6th February - New driver Carl starts work at Tate Haulage (First appearance of the character). At Andy Sugden's stag night, his brother Robert taunts him, resulting in a fight between the two.
22nd February - Chas Dingle loses her job after she punches Louise Appleton, who witnessed Chas slapping her son Aaron and reported the assault to Aaron's father Gordon.
24th February - Just as Laurel Potts is about to leave the country for Finland, Ashley Thomas chases her to the airport and declares his love for her. Laurel decides to stay in the country and be with the man she loves. Ashley doesn't know this and ends up in Finland.
5th April - Rodney Blackstock confesses to his ex-wife Diane that he had an affair with her sister Val while they were married.
9th April - Victoria Sugden walks in on her brother Robert and sister-in-law Katie in bed together.
20th April - Victoria Sugden tells Diane Blackstock about Robert and Katie Sugden's affair. Diane then tells Jack.
21st April - Jack Sugden is enraged to learn his son Robert has been having an affair with his sister-in-law Katie and punches him.
4th May - Robert Sugden reveals to his brother Andy that he and his sister-in-law Katie are in love. Andy takes the news extremely badly.
5th May - Andy Sugden holds brother Robert and wife Katie hostage. As Andy and Robert's father Jack turns up he hears gunshots coming from the house. Andy runs off and turns the gun on himself but is talked out of it by Jack.
6th May - Andy Sugden reveals his brother Robert's affair with his sister-in Katie to a packed pub. Robert's devastated girlfriend Donna Windsor attacks Katie.
7th May - Donna Windsor knees Robert Sugden in the balls. Andy Sugden makes a pass at Donna. She leaves in tears.
10th May - Jimmy King's wife Sadie makes a spectacular entrance by arriving late to Tom King's party in a helicopter. (First appearance of the character)
11th May - Carlos Diaz returns as one of the caterers at the Kings party. (First appearance of the character since 2001). Sadie King pushes Charity Tate down the stairs.
18th May - Jack Sugden is shot by his own adoptive son Andy, a bullet that was meant for Andy's adoptive brother Robert.
6th July - Paul Marsden dies after falling off scaffolding and through a roof. Carl King and his brothers Jimmy and Matthew move Paul's body to his own garden to make his death as an accident. (Final appearance of the character)
23rd July - Carl King tells his father Tom the truth how Paul Marsden died.
1st August - Sam Dingle is sentenced to four months inprisonment for his hit-and-run on Edna Birch.
13th August - Zoe Tate nearly burns down Home Farm while mentally ill. She is taken to hospital and sectioned.
18th August - Diane and Rodney Blackstock go to Scarborough for the funeral of a friend. Diane admits to Rodney that she has cancer.
19th August - Jack and Victoria Sugden, Val Lambert, Nicola Blackstock and Marlon Dingle all go off to Scarborough in search of Diane and Rodney, as well as Nicola's boyfriend Simon Meredith.
20th August - Jack, Diane, Victoria, Rodney, Val and Marlon all return to the village following the revelation that Diane has cancer. Nicola remains in Scarborough.
30th August - Laurel Potts leaves the village to do voluntary work in Africa. Before she leaves, Ashley Thomas proposes to her. (Final appearance of Laurel Potts until 2005)
13th September - Jack Sugden hits Daz Eden after he pushes Diane Blackstock.
14th September - Jack Sugden's stag do takes place. Debbie Dingle loses her virginity to Andy Sugden.
17th September - Diane Blackstock's hen night takes place.
20th September - During an argument with Diane Sugden, Val Lambert tells her that Rodney Blackstock is the father of her son, Paul.
21st September - Jack Sugden and Diane Blackstock marry. Val Lambert reveals the father of her son Paul as Rodney Blackstock, leading to Paul punching Rodney. Bernice Thomas gives birth off-screen to a daughter, named Diane.
23rd September - Val Lambert leaves the village for Italy following the revelation that her son Paul is Rodney Blackstock's son.
28th September - Shelley Williams returns to collect her things from the B&B. Steph Stokes leads her to the cellar before pushing her down the stairs and tying her up.
29th September - Steph Stokes takes Shelley Williams into the woods and tries to kill her. Unbeknownst to Steph, Shelley is still alive. (Last appearance of Shelley Williams until 2005)
11th October - A protest led by Viv Hope to determine what to do with Frank Bernard Hartbourne forms outside the home of Pearl Ladderbanks and Len Reynolds, which is soon defused by Ashley Thomas.
18th October - Alan Turner accidentally hits a nurse in hospital.
21st October - Scott Windsor and Syd Woolfe attack Frank Bernard Hartbourne and leave him for dead after a misunderstanding about Scott's sister Donna.
22nd October - Donna Windsor tells Pearl Ladderbanks that her half-brother, Scott, was behind the attack on her son, Frank.
13th December - Val Lambert's relationship with Gianni Bianchi is revealed to be a lie when it turns out she paid him to be her boyfriend so she could get sympathy.
28th December - Zak Dingle attacks Andy Sugden after his granddaughter Debbie confesses to Zak that Andy is her boyfriend.
30th December - Andy Sugden is attacked by Cain Dingle after confessing that he's in love with Cain's daughter Debbie.
Real life events
8th May - The Storm wins 'Spectacular Scene of the Year', Mark Charnock wins 'Best Dramatic Performance' and Sheree Murphy wins 'Best Exit' at The British Soap Awards.