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Emmerdale spoiler: Belle finally starts to suspect Lachlan

Is it game over?
Episode 8248 | Airs Monday, 03 Sep 2018 at 19:00 BST on ITV

Lachlan struggles to keep his composure when the police arrive to ask him a few questions. Soon afterwards, Robert and Priya grow more suspicious of Lachlan, while Sam is left in danger when he discovers how dark Lachlan can be.

Later, Belle feels like she's caught in a waking nightmare when she spots a bloody jacket and pleads with Lachlan to tell her where Sam is.

Meanwhile, Dr Cavanagh comes to the rescue when Faith suffers an allergic reaction to Bernice's face mask.

Elsewhere, Charity offers Matty a bar job at The Woolpack. Victoria gets a phone message from a guy asking her out on a date. Matty tells her to go for it, but there's a sense he's not quite as on board as he is making out and he's clearly uncomfortable when Victoria arrives for her date with Ellis.

Also today, Noah is concerned for Joe.

SPOILER CLIPS: See what’s coming up NEXT WEEK on #Emmerdale

Mon 3 Sep 7pm: Lachlan KILLS again? http://bit.ly/2PSDIPS
Tue 4 Sep 7pm: Belle held HOSTAGE! http://bit.ly/2wvMETo
Wed 5 Sep 7pm: Sarah's FINAL WISH http://bit.ly/2PS2wYn
Thu 6 Sep 7pm: Matty TOUGHENS UP http://bit.ly/2MDgqQ6
Fri 7 Sep 7pm: Ellis SURPRISES Victoria http://bit.ly/2NBh0Kz

It’s the first thing that people talk about when a new boss comes in – will they start swinging the axe? There are a number of ongoing storylines which would facilitate an exit organically and with super soap week on the horizon by the time they properly get to work, it would be surprising if we don’t see a character death.

Other than that, the cast seems varied and in a strong place – and with two of the producers already working on the show, we are not anticipating a mass bloodbath.

Some new castings

Everyone always has a few dream faces in mind to sign up when you take on a new show so we would certainly expect to see some fresh faces. Every producer likes to create their own characters from scratch – and we would personally like a few of the older generation being hired. Emmerdale is lacking a real busybody or acerbic older character and has missed that kind of generation since departures from Edna, Betty and Sandy.

Families could also be expanded – might we finally meet Nana Barton or a face connected to mysterious Graham? Could some characters meet a new love interest perhaps?

Emmerdale star Danny Miller cheekily teases Robron wedding! And the wedding date!

It's not long now to the Robron wedding, reveals Danny Miller

 

Emmerdale has teased the soap wedding of the year, the one everyone’s been waiting for, yep Aaron Dingle and Robert Sugden – aka Robron – finally getting hitched!

Earlier in the day Emmerdale tweeted a picture of the order of service for the wedding, saying: “Welcome to The Wedding of Robert Jacob Sugden & Aaron Dingle”

And then they promised a big reveal on the Emmerdale Facebook page – but it was a bit of a wind up!

“Good afternoon to all you Emmerdale fans, it’s Danny Miller here. I’m just in the Emmerdale village and we’re filming something very special let me show you.” The camera then pans around and we don’t see anything! Naughty Danny!

“Ahh got you,” he declares, adding: “you’ll have to wait until October.”

So at least Emmerdale fans know that the wedding will take place in October and that it’s being filmed now, so it is happening.

Aaron and Robert’s relationship has been through so many ups and downs, but it finally looks like the pair might be happy.

Earlier this year, Danny told Radio Times: “I love Robron just as much as the fans do! Hopefully their wedding will make us all happy.

“It would be nice to not have any soap-style interruptions, but that’s not very likely! So that bit when they ask if anyone objects, the door could open… and it’s just somebody who’s late and they sit down at the back.”

Fingers crossed it goes off without a hitch, erm!

Emmerdale continues on ITV.

10 of Emmerdale's best Ross Barton storylines as he prepares to leave for good

It's been a wild old ride.

It's the end of an era in Emmerdale this week as we prepare to say goodbye to the one and only Ross Barton. Actor Michael Parr is bowing out of the soap after playing the dodgy mechanic for the last five years. And what a hectic half decade it's been for Ross!

Having been at the heart of countless hard-hitting storylines – and bed-hopped his way around the village – Ross is finally putting his troubles behind him as he seeks a fresh start with girlfriend Rebecca. (Whether she'll end up going with him is another matter.) Let's hope his new life will be a lot more relaxed, because his time in the Dales has been anything but.

Thanks for the memories, Ross. Here are your ten best bits...

1. His dramatic entrance

Ross took the meaning of keeping it the family to whole new level when he began bedding Debbie Dingle. Not only had he already sampled the delights of her mum, but Debs was also engaged to Ross's big brother Pete at the time. That didn't seem to bother Ross too much though, and after weeks of flirting up a storm, the naughty duo embarked on a hot and heavy affair.

2. His doomed relationship with Donna

After establishing Ross was a bit of a wrong'un, it didn't take long to realise he was also something of a womaniser. His early conquests included bedding Charity, but it wasn't until he secretly started dating copper Donna Windsor that we saw Ross was capable of having a relationship that went beyond rumpy-pumpy.

Unfortunately, the lovers ended getting themselves mixed up in a deadly game of cat and mouse with dodgy club boss Gary North. Ross agreed to carry out a job for Gary in order to protect his family, but it all went terribly wrong.

During a tense showdown on the roof of a multi-storey car park, Donna (who was terminally ill with lung cancer) took Gary over the edge with her, killing them both instantly.

3. His unlikely friendship with April

For anyone who'd written Ross off as a one-dimensional villain, his bond with Donna's 4-year old daughter April was enough to prove them wrong. The unlikely pair's magical friendship was formed when Ross was dating Donna, and much to everyone's delight, continued in the months following her tragic demise.

One of our all time favourite memories of Ross will always be when he dressed up as Captain Jack Sparrow to put a smile on his little pal's face as she faced a painful first Christmas without her mummy. See, there was a softie lurking inside.

4. Who's the daddy of baby Moses?

Just as well Ross was a natural with gorgeous April, as it stood in him good stead for the next child who was about to enter his life. In 2015, the writers created a "Who's the daddy?" plot when Charity gave birth to a son called Moses while in prison. Ross was one of the potential baby daddies, along with Cain, and Charity's former husbands Jai and Declan.

The mystery was finally solved months down the line when Moses needed a life-saving operation and Charity summoned Ross to the hospital to introduce him to his boy. The bombshell rocked Ross's world as he struggled to believe one bunk-up in the back of the chop shop had created a life. The situation was made doubly awkward by the fact Ross was secretly sleeping with Charity's daughter Debbie at the time…

5. Sleeping with his brother's missus

Ross took the meaning of keeping it the family to whole new level when he began bedding Debbie Dingle. Not only had he already sampled the delights of her mum, but Debs was also engaged to Ross's big brother Pete at the time. That didn't seem to bother Ross too much though, and after weeks of flirting up a storm, the naughty duo embarked on a hot and heavy affair.

Debbie seriously considered ditching the dull brother for the dangerous one, but their plans to do a runner were thwarted when Cain revealed Ross was Moses's father. Ross found himself dumped, while Debbie ploughed on with her plans to marry Pete, completely unaware of the death and destruction their wedding day would bring.

6. His fake death

As predicted, some serious shiz went down at Debbie and Pete's wedding. Her affair was revealed over the airwaves during the bride and groom's first dance, then a helicopter crashed into the village hall well and truly brought an end to the reception. When Pete finally caught up with his brother a brawl broke out, with Ross ending up unconscious.

Pete thought he'd killed his betrayer and buried his body in the woods, and we all believed Ross had breathed his last. Even Michael Parr thanked fans on Twitter for their support, saying "it's goodbye from me".

A petition was launched to bring the character back, but just three weeks later it was revealed the whole thing had been a sneaky ruse, when Ross opened his eyes in a hospital bed.

7. Getting even with Pete

No-one does revenge quite like Ross. After initially pretending he was totes fine with the fact that his brother had left him to rot under a pile of leaves, Ross let his real feelings be known. After kidnapping his brother, Ross beat Pete unconscious. His victim awoke to find himself hanging head first over a viaduct by a winch.

Ruthless Ross enjoyed every second of his power trip, gently lowering the winch as his scared sibling pleaded for his life. He even went as far as demanding Pete sent a suicide text to their dad James. In the end, Ross couldn't go through with killing his own flesh and blood. What did we say about him being a softie?

8. Shooting Robert Sugden

Pretty much every single Emmerdale storyline in 2015 centred around a certain RB, and the 'Who Shot Robert Sugden?' plot was no exception. Ruthless Rob was public enemy number one in the village at the time he took a bullet, so there was no shortage of suspects for carrying out the crime. The writers came up with a genius way of revealing whodunit, which broke with their usual style of storytelling – a rewind episode.

During the gripping time warp, which aired on the soap's 43rd anniversary, the audience witnessed Ross enter into a murderous pact with Andy Sugden, as the boys agreed to kill each other's brothers. Ross kept true to his word, by pulling the trigger on Robert (although he lived to tell the tale), but Andy wussed out on his promise to do away with Pete.

9. Who pushed Emma?

Pete wasn't the only member of the Barton clan who Ross seriously considered doing away with. Having always experienced a turbulent relationship with mum Emma following her abandonment when he was a kid, Ross was the prime suspect in the frame for her murder. As well as a general disdain of his mother, there was also the added motive that Em had murdered his father and been responsible for the death of Ross's little brother Finn. Plus, Emma had tried to drown Ross when he was a child.

But despite dragging Emma to the viaduct she fell to her death from, and telling her to jump, Ross wasn't actually the person who pushed her. After the real murderer Moira had scarpered, Ross revealed to Pete that he had returned to the scene to save Emma, only to discover her sprawled dead below the bridge.

10. The horrific acid attack

The writers took Ross on his darkest journey to date in February of this year when he fell victim to a savage acid attack. It was a case of wrong place, wrong time for the mechanic when he agreed to help Debbie get even with her ex Joe Tate. Debs had arranged for drug dealer Simon McManus to beat up Joe, but in a case of mistaken identity, it was Ross who was targeted with a corrosive substance when Simon decided to use acid.

After suffering life-changing injuries, Ross began to rapidly spiral, becoming crippled by an addiction to prescription painkillers to block out the agony over his disfigurement.

Emmerdale airs Ross's final scenes on Friday (November 2) at 7pm on ITV.

Ross Barton says goodbye in Emmerdale