Emmerdale resident Debbie Dingle (Charley Webb) has of course undergone rather a dramatic change in personality of late, and is determined to be as hard-nosed a businesswoman as it takes to make sure nobody stands in her way…

Her goal in life is money and making as much of it as possible, and she’s made it clear she won’t be taking any prisoners in her endeavours, so when her dad Cain (Jeff Hordley) repairs his girlfriend Moira’s 4×4 for free, Debbie’s furious.

She demands that he charge Moira (Natalie J Robb) but he refuses, which is a heated exchange that Debbie’s new employee Robbie (Jamie Shelton) overhears… Read more & comment »

In next week’s episodes of Emmerdale, there’s a crisis afoot for Paddy and Rhona Kirk after their locum vet – who is of course also Rhona’s best friend – Vanessa fails to correctly diagnose a problem with Katy Macey’s thoroughbred horse, and the animal dies…

The drama begins when Rhona (Zoe Henry) experiences another bout of extreme back pain which stops her going out to Home Farm when called in about Katie’s horse, Wilson. And as of course Paddy (Dominic Brunt) is still suspended, he has no choice but to call Vanessa to go.

However, she’s been in the pub drinking at her Godmother’s wake, but nonetheless, she attends the call and reaches the conclusion that Wilson just has colic and will be fine. But soon after, when Katie (Sammy Winward) checks on her horse, she finds he’s died. Read more & comment »

Coming up on next week’s Emmerdale, Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop) is still struggling to come to terms with the fact that she has a potentially deadly brain tumour…

And much to her daughter Gennie’s angst, Brenda’s stubbornly refusing to have the surgery to remove the tumour and she’s still refusing to tell her café partner and would-be suitor Bob Hope (Tony Audenshaw) the truth about her illness.

However, in the episode that airs on Monday, March 11, Brenda’s forced to admit the truth about how ill she is to Dan Spencer (Liam Fox) after he accidentally spots pamphlets the surgeon gave to Brenda about her brain tumour. Read more & comment »

Coming up next week on Emmerdale, pensioner Sandy Thomas (Freddie Jones) has had enough of being treated like a child by his son Ashley (John Middleton) and his ex-wife, Laurel…

So Sandy’s going to announce that he’s applying for a place in a sheltered housing complex, however, the only way he could get a place is if his present living circumstances put him in harm’s way, so Ashley is set to risk getting himself into trouble to help his dad out.

The drama begins on Tuesday 5th March when Sandy happily takes delivery of his new scooter, and promptly goes AWOL for the day, leaving Ashley and Laurel (Charlotte Bellamy) frantic as to where he could be… Read more & comment »

In next week’s episodes of Emmerdale, poor Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop) will discover that she needs urgent and major surgery after tests confirm that she does have a brain tumour.

However, at the beginning of the week, as it looks like Brenda’s in denial over her illness, can Gennie (Sian Reese-Williams) and Nikhil (Rik Makarem) convince her that having the operation is her only chance? And can they also persuade Brenda to clue Bob Hope (Tony Audenshaw) into what’s going on?

Brenda has of course gone cold towards Bob – who’s fallen for his co-worker in a big way – since she learned of her illness, fearing that he’d be left devastated if she allowed their romance to continue… Read more & comment »

Fans of Emmerdale will know that Carl King’s son Thomas (Mark Flanagan) has been a right royal – if justifiably so – pain in the backside for Chas Dingle ever since he arrived in the village…

So it’s somewhat surprising that she’s about to give the troublesome teen a job at the Woolpack, and given that Thomas has hounded and berated Chas (Lucy Pargeter) unsurprisingly, her fiancé Cameron Murray will be decidedly unhappy about it!

And as we’ll see, Thomas has only been working at the pub for five minutes when he ruins a romantic night in for Chas and Cameron, which does nothing to ingratiate the lad with killer Cam… Read more & comment »

Poor old Edna Birch (Shirley Stelfox) has been battling in silence to survive ever since she discovered that her dog Tootsie had cancer and needed expensive treatment to save her life…

Broke Edna has been going without food and heating at home for months now, and it’s all taking a toll on her health, as are the damp conditions she’s having to live in while her roof’s repaired.

However, despite the fact that she feels terribly unwell, on Monday, February 25th, we’ll see that in order to pay the roofers, Edna has no choice but to sell her beloved father’s war medals, but when desperate Edna can’t find Rodney (Patrick Mower) she instead turns to Eric Polllard… Read more & comment »

Fans of Emmerdale will know that café owner Bob Hope (Tony Audenshaw) has been mooning about, lovestruck over Brenda Walker, however, in next week’s episodes, Bob’s dream of being Brenda’s significant other become reality when the pair share a night of passion…

However, as the week wears on, we’ll see the poor Brenda (Lesley Dunlop) begins to have trouble concentrating, and things come to a terrifying head when she nearly runs over Val Pollard (Charlie Hardwick) and endangering the life of her granddaughter Molly.

The drama begins on Tuesday, February 26th when, having spent the night at Bob’s, Brenda goes to visit Gennie (Sian Reese-Williams) who’s pleased to hear that her mum’s happy, however, during a chat with Georgia (Trudie Goodwin) Brenda suddenly seems to go into a daydream… Read more & comment »

Fans of Emmerdale will know that Charity Sharma (Emma Atkins) and Declan Macey (Jason Merrells) hopped on the good foot and did the bad thing after finding themselves unable to resist the sexual chemistry between them…

However, in next week’s episodes, we’ll see Declan feeling guilty over the passion he shared with Charity, especially when his wife Katie (Sammy Winward) tells him that she hasn’t, and never would, cheat on him.

But Declan’s sister Megan (Gaynor Faye) smells a rat, and in the episode that airs on Monday, February 25th, we’ll see her quizzing Declan about how Charity managed to talk him into the new deal.

However there’s new romance afoot for Rachel Breckle (Gemma Oaten) and Sam Dingle (James Hooton) after the pair finally confess that they have feelings for each other… Read more & comment »

Fans of Emmerdale will know that Jai Sharma (Chris Bisson) has taken himself off to France to lick his wounds over the fact that he can have no contact with his baby son Archie, whose mother is of course Jai’s one night stand partner, Rachel Breckle.

We viewers have of course known about Jai and Rachel’s (Gemma Oaten) drunken night of passion – and the ensuing baby – for months, but so far, Jai’s dad Rishi (Bhasker Patel) is the only other person in the village who knows the truth about who Archie’s dad is.

However, in soap land, it’s only a matter of time before all bad deeds are uncovered, and therefore, Jai’s wife Charity is sure to discover the truth before too long… Read more & comment »

Coming up next week on Emmerdale, poor mum Lisa Dingle is in over her head when it comes to handling stroppy teenager Belle, and as you can see in a spoiler clip that we have for you after the jump, Lisa (Jane Cox) is left at a loss when angry Belle storms off…

Also next week, we’re set to see Charity Sharma (Emma Atkins) playing with fire when her flirting with Declan Macey (Jason Merrells) leads the pair down a path that could see the end of both of their marriages!

And finally, we have a clip for you of Bob Hope (Tony Audenshaw) trying to let Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop) that he has the hots for her. Sadly for Bob, he fails, rather dismally… Read more & comment »

In next week’s episodes of Emmerdale, life for struggling pensioner Edna Birch (Shirley Stelfox) and harassed mum Lisa Dingle (Jane Cox) is set to get a whole lot worse…

Starting with Edna’s plight, she has of course secretly been under a lot of financial pressure while paying for her beloved dog Tootsie’s cancer treatment, and has even starved herself to make sure Tootsie can eat.

However, her health has been suffering – as she’s not been putting her heating on – and that’s compounded by the fact that there’s damp in her house.

But there’s worse to come when Edna learns that it’s going to cost £4,000 to repair her roof. And in the episode that airs on Friday, February 22nd, we’ll see Edna suffering further humiliation when her credit card is declined at the vet’s… Read more & comment »

In forthcoming episodes of Emmerdale, vet Rhona Kirk (Zoe Henry) is set to become increasingly fed up of having a very bored Paddy hanging about the surgery finding nothing better to do then bicker with locum vet Vanessa…

So, in a bid to keep him occupied, Rhona will manage to get Paddy (Dominic Brunt) a spot of work helping Marlon (Mark Charnock) out in the kitchen at the Woolpack, and at first, it seems like a great arrangement.

However, in the episode that airs on Wednesday, February 20th, Marlon’s set to be taken aback when it becomes clear that Paddy’s expecting to be paid! Read more & comment »

Emmerdale viewers will know that Debbie Dingle (Charley Webb) hates her aunt Chas with a passion given that she had an affair with Debbie’s boyfriend Cameron (Dominic Power) and the Dingle clan being what it is, she expects everyone else in the family to hate Chas too…

And for a while, most of them did, however Chas’s sister Gennie (Sian Reese Walker) is now on side with Chas again, and Debbie’s dad Cain is about to be, but for Debbie, his rebuilding of sibling bridges with Chas (Lucy Pargeter) is yet another betrayal which could see father and daughter divided forever.

That drama begins next week when we’ll see Cain (Jeff Hordley) and Moira Barton (Natalie J Robb) both trying to avoid telling each other how they truly feel, however, both parties will find a sympathetic shoulder to cry on in Chas… Read more & comment »

Coming up next week on Emmerdale, when a business meeting takes a turn for the passionate, Charity Sharma and Declan Macey will become lovers, but of course, as both are married – albeit not that happily right now – are they risking everything?

Well, of course Charity’s husband Jai is off in France right now, licking his wounds over the fact that he can’t be a part of his baby son Archie’s life – not that Charity (Emma Atkins) knows that – so in terms of keeping her passion with Declan on the down low, she at least has that distance in her favour…

However, the same can’t be said for Declan (Jason Merrells) whose wife Katie (Sammy Winward) is set to get uncomfortably close to catching her spouse in flagrante with Charity in the hour-long episode that airs on Thursday 21st… Read more & comment »