Emmerdale spoilers: Faith Dingle forced to come clean?

Her family don't know about her recent cancer scare

Author: Marianna MansonPublished 13th Jul 2021

Faith Dingle has found an unlikely home with Brenda Walker and Eric Pollard but when the villagers start gossiping about their strange set up, Brenda and Eric encourage her to tell her family about her latest cancer scare.

Faith doesn't want to worry her family until she gets a proper diagnosis but soon it looks as though the option might be taken away from her.

Elsewhere, Nicola King makes an effort to save her marriage to Jimmy King but it's clear something isn't right when his guilt consumed him.

Liam chucks out Leanna's belongings

Will he tell her about his kiss with Mandy Dingle?

Following his daughter's death, Liam Cavanagh goes missing for days and Meena Jutla is the one to find him.

But Leyla Harding is horrified to find him dumping Leanna's stuff outside his house in bin bags.

Tracy Metcalfe can't stop listening to the nagging voice in her head and Victoria Sugden receives some news about Robert Sugden.

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After opening their home up to Faith in her time of need, Brenda and Pollard are starting to warm up to having her around. But not everyone is so understanding and after gossip starts spreading about their ménage à trois, Faith begs them to keep quiet about her secret.

Following Leanna's tragic death, Liam goes missing from the village. As Leyla and David become frantic, an irritate Meena resolves to find him herself. Tracking him down at the crematorium, Meena is full of sympathy but Liam has no idea he's sat next to his daughter's killer.

With her marriage hanging by a thread, Nicola confides in Laurel who suggests she make an effort to reignite the spark. Jimmy returns home to a candlelit meal and Nicola looking stunning, but the mood soon sours when his guilt over kissing Mandy consumes him.

Leyla and David are stunned to find Liam chucking Leanna's stuff out already and Leyla is furious to learn it was Meena's suggestion. After railing at her sister for being so insensitive, Meena eventually apologises but insists she was only trying to help.

Tracy has been making a real effort to keep on top of everything with Frankie but can't shake the belief that she's a bad mum.

Victoria tells Aaron that she's heard from Robert in prison and he's decided not to appeal his sentencing. While Aaron insists that he'll always be there for her, Victoria is conflicted.

After her failed attempt at a reconciliation, Nicola is left feeling stung by Jimmy's rejection and she's still none the wiser to his kiss with Mandy. Nicola confides in Rodney that she thinks her marriage might be over.

Jacob is livid when he hears that Liam has already tried to get rid of Leanna's belongings, and with tensions running high a confrontation breaks out in the street, with Jacob accusing Liam of treating Leanna like she's rubbish.

Pollard and Brenda encourage Faith to tell her family her news but Faith wants to wait until she's got a proper diagnosis. But Sarah is concerned when she overhears Faith talking about death and soon it looks as though Faith will have to come clean about her cancer scare.

But before all that, here's everything coming up this week in Emmerdale...

Jimmy King has been awaiting his trial after being charged with death by reckless driving.

Jimmy had previously pleaded guilty to the charge after he lost control of his van, crashing into the barn where Mandy Dingle was set to marry her abusive boyfriend Paul Ashdale.

The ensuing explosion resulted in Paul's death, and Jimmy has been battling his guilt ever since.

Jimmy and Nicola's relationship is hanging by a thread

This week sees Jimmy arrive for his first day in court, but while Nicola King is full of optimism, Jimmy's not so sure and thinks his flustered testimony will indicate his guilt to the jury, and Nicola can see him giving up.

Turning to Mandy for support, Jimmy is overcome with gratitude over the new speech she's written for him to read out at his next court date. Misreading the signs, Jimmy leans in for a kiss but while Mandy initially kisses him back, they quickly pull away and Jimmy is full of mortified apologies.

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