An overnight fire brings production to a halt in Newcastle, where every one of the company's pastries and sausage rolls is made, forcing the bosses to come up with an unprecedented solution. Temperatures rise in Whitehall as Greggs' then boss Ken McKeikan leads a protest against the so-called `pasty tax' - the Government's intention to add 20 per cent VAT to all hot takeaway foods - and problematic pigeons plague a Southend-on-Sea branch.