Your heart will be breaking for some Emmerdale favourites as April Windsor’s (Amelia Flanagan) devastating disappearance hits hard, with fears that she is dead more amplified than ever.

Following a harrowing dream, Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) launches a fresh search with Ross Barton (Michael Parr), but it only leads to a worse realisation than ever that the outcome could be tragic.

And Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry) is suffering badly too, was she finds herself blamed for what has happened – and she wonders who has betrayed her past to lead to this horrible allegation.

Elsewhere, another exit is confirmed as a resident says goodbye while Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) is scheming again.

And Caleb Miligan (William Ash) makes a discovery that shocks him to the core…

Monday January 13
Marlon has a horrific dream that April is dead and awakes horrifically shaken; but covers his upset to Rhona.

Vanessa shows Marlon the latest on the Hotten Courier website; it’s traumatic for Rhona when she finds out her past is being dredged up and used to cast aspersions about her being responsible for April’s disappearance.

Marlon and Rhona weep over April in Emmerdale
Rhona and Marlon fear the worst (Picture: ITV)
Later, Marlon’s a broken man as he admits the prospect April might be dead after all and he and Rhona weep together. The Woolpack punters rally round to provide fresh impetus for the hunt for his daughter. Just then Rhona receives a message from their police liaison…

Joe tries to build bridges with Noah by offering him VIP tickets to a Leeds match. And Charity’s frustrated to see Joe worming his way back into Noah’s life. She resolves to fix this by getting Ross to warn him off.