The villagers of Emmerdale are pushed further than ever next week, as secrets and lies continue to threaten everything they hold dear.

Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) is slowly suffocating under the weight of her situation and, after finding out who’s baby she’s carrying, resolves to take definitive action to bring her ordeal to an end.

Meanwhile, Vinny Dingle (Bradley Johnson) and Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) find that, despite their honesty, their marriage is still deeply troubled, April Windsor (Amelia Flanagan) is drawn further into the darkness and Kammy Hadiq (Shebz Miah) and Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper) struggle when their relationship heats up.

We know, we know…we can’t wait either. Luckily for us all, we have plenty of spoilers to keep us going until next week!

Monday, October 6

Charity discovers the results of the paternity test when Ross Barton (Michael Parr) pressures her into chasing them up. She’s wracked with guilt when she sees the excitement in Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) and Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) over the baby, and it’s compounded further when Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) plans a date for the two of them.

Unravelling quickly, Charity unburdens herself to a concerned Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter), revealing that the baby is her and Ross’. While Chas encourages her to admit the truth, Charity is well aware that the truth would destroy both her marriage and her relationship with Sarah.

Unable to deal with anymore, Charity decides to book an abortion.

The tension is unbearable at Smithy Cottage, with Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry) utterly unable to live with April after what happened with Leo (Harvey Rogerson), with Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) unsure about how to proceed.

Guilty and struggling, April resolutely announces that she’ll stay with ‘friends’, while secretly taking Ray Walters (Joe Absolom) up on his offer for a room, though his plan to bring her further under control is scuppered when Bob Hope (Tony Audenshaw) offers her a room at the B&B. While Rhona and Marlon are relieved, Ray seethes.

Elsewhere, having opened up to Charles Anderson (Kevin Mathurin), Gabby requests marriage counselling from him. Vinny is initially taken aback, but the counselling seems to work and the two are hit with a sense of renewed hope. Meanwhile, Bob is buoyed when Celia Daniels (Jaye Griffiths) accepts his apology and buys him a coffee.

Tuesday, October 7

Sarah is elated when a letter arrives confirming a scan date, while Charity bristles having booked a termination. Following a confrontation with Chas, Charity is left alone, sobbing in her car.

She’s further wounded when Sarah hands her a memory box that she and Jacob have created for the baby.

Sarah suggests that Charity write a letter to the baby, but she’s unable to stomach the idea.

Meanwhile, Gabby’s ire is raised when she finds Vinny seemingly getting closer to Lewis Barton (Bradley Riches); Jimmy King (Nick Miles), Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) and their kids move in with Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy) when the former floods their house, and devious Celia bolsters Rhona’s resolve that April moving out was the best thing.

Wednesday, October 8

Things are quickly collapsing at Laurel’s. Jimmy is hiding in the pirate ship, romance blossoms between Clemmie Reed (Mabel Addison) and Carl Holliday (Charlie Munro Joyce), who gets into a fight with Lucas Taylor (Noah Ryan Aspinall), and Nicola is determined to keep their kids away from any Tate drama.

Chas is shamed when she realises she’s neglected Liam Cavanagh (Jonny McPherson), who’s struggling with his transition from doctor to patient, while focussing so hard on Charity’s trouble.

Speaking of Charity, she’s forced to disguise her anxiety in the face of Sarah’s excitement over the upcoming 12 week scan

Elsewhere, Kammy and Belle take things to a physical level.