This week Poppy has written a damning description of Josh in the school magazine, and he is hungry for revenge. He decides to publish his own paper - The Barker Bugle - to expose the truth about Poppy. Meanwhile Lucy feels persecuted when a teacher accuses her of cheating. Wendy abandons her and to add insult to injury, she becomes the first victim of Brian and Sophie's new punishment regime. Josh's new career in journalism soon founders when he runs out of stories to print. Mel's dark secret about a murdered budgie would make a great front-page splash, but the naked truth is a big price for Josh to pay...