Former Corrie fan-favourite Reece Dinsdale to join Emmerdale
He played Joe McIntyre on the cobbles
Emmerdale have announced that two brand new cast members will be joining the soap later this year. One of them will be a familiar face to fans of Soapland, having previously played a pretty central character in Coronation Street.
Reece Dinsdale, who is joining the Dales as Paul, a character from Mandy Dingle's past, is well-known for his role on Corrie as Joe McIntyre, the father of Michelle Keegan's character Tina and former husband of Gail Platt who accidentally died whilst trying to fake his own death for insurance money.
Of joining the show, Reece revealed that he's recently been working on the soap, although in a different type of role, "I'm absolutely delighted to be joining the cast of Emmerdale.
"Having recently directed a couple of episodes, and seen at close quarters the superb work the cast, crews and creatives produce, I can't wait to become part of the team once again... albeit in a different capacity. Time to get my acting boots back on!"
Also joining him in a new role is Mark Womack, who's married to former EastEnders star Samantha Womack AKA Ronnie Mitchell. Mark will be playing a policeman with a dark past named DI Malone.
He said, "It’s always a lot of fun to play the bad guy and Malone definitely falls into that category. I'm looking forward to the audience seeing his twisted tale unfold on screen."
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With Marlon behind bars, April steels herself to visit, determined to put on a brave face for her dad. When they say goodbye, she promises to get him out.
After April's visit, and emotional Marlon is touched when a guard hands him a homemade "Free Marlon" flyer. The next day, Rhona visits and lets slip she thinks that Kim killed Graham.
At Butler's, Matty is clearly struggling to manage alone and Cain enlists Sam to help Matty with the day-to-day running of the farm.
But Matty refuses Sam's offer and instead asks Vinny for a hand running things. As Matty locks up after Vinny leaves for the day, he's oblivious to the rustlers watching him from afar...
The next day, Amy and Matty arrive at the farm for the day and when Amy notices a few sheep have escaped and suggests calling Cain, Matty refuses, determined not to let Cain see him struggle.
But it soon becomes clear that the sheep haven't escaped at all when one of the rustlers that's been watching the farm approaches.
Alarmed, Matty and Amy leg it into the woods as the rustlers give chase, but soon they realise they're surrounded by a gang of them and they begin to panic.
Just as they think they're in real danger, Moira shows up holding a loaded shotgun and makes it clear that she won't be messed with. Will she scare off the rustlers?
Elsewhere, Pierce lets himself into Home Farm and begins rifling around for documents. When Al later questions him about what he's doing back in Emmerdale, he becomes suspicious.
Meanwhile, Vanessa is uneasy about Charity having stole money from Graham after his death and Charity worries she'll leave her because of it.
Vanessa decides to confide in Rhona about the stolen money but before she can explain, Charity turns up and stops her from spilling. The next day, Vanessa resolves to go to the police.
Later, as Vanessa hunts for one of Johnny's lost toys round the back of the Woolpack, she's caught off guard when she looks up and sees Pierce.
As Pierce coaxes Johnny to him, Vanessa realises too late what's about to happen and when Pierce suddenly grabs Johnny and starts to flee, Vanessa chases after him.
Meanwhile, Cain finally serves Moira with divorce papers and asks her to sign them – but is Moira ready to give up on their marriage?
Victoria and Luke have been getting closer with Luke now working at the pub as they look after baby Harry together.
With Diane's blessing, Victoria finally gives in to her feelings for Luke and the two share a kiss at Keepers Cottage.
Liam and Leyla want to take their relationship to the next level but Liam worries about how he's going to tell Leanna without hurting her.
As Pete prepares to leave the village, Cain, Leyla, Matty, Liv and Sarah gather to wave him off.
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