Emmerdale spoilers: April’s trolling torment continues

But who's behind the messages?

April Emmerdale

by Marianna Manson |
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April Windsor wants to put on a brave face for Marlon Dingle and Bob Hope on her birthday but the trolling is getting harder to ignore.

On the day of her party, April confides in Cathy Hope that she's worried the troll is going to show up at her house - but who's behind the cruel messages?

Meanwhile Marlon has problems of his own when his card gets declined while trying to pay for April's birthday party.

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Elsewhere, David Metcalfe and Victoria Sugden are struggling to agree on a childcare routine but things escalate when Theo Metcalfe goes missing.

Leyla Harding is horrified to find out she's pregnant and worries that telling Liam Cavanagh could put their relationship at risk.

Charity Dingle makes an earnest plea to Mack Boyd and there's a newbie who wants to find out everything about Wendy Posner.

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It's the day of April's party but she's distracted by horrific messages from the online troll. April tries to put on a brave face when she opens her presents from Marlon and Bob but confides in Cathy that she's worried the troll is going to turn up at her house.

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Later Marlon's card is declined when he's paying for April's party and realises it's cost him far more than he expected. Paddy is concerned when Marlon tells him about his money troubles but agrees not to mention anything to Chas.

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Things aren't so rosy between David and Victoria as they struggle to agree on a childcare plan. Sensing tension, Meena attempts to take advantage of the rift but is put out when David turns down her offer of a date because he has to babysit.

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The situation with Liam continues to drive a wedge between Leyla and Jacob and when Jacob attempts to talk to his mum about dropping his A-Levels she's distracted. Later Liam and Jacob finally agree to resolve their differences and Leyla picks up a pregnancy test.

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At home Leyla takes the test and is shocked when it comes up positive. She resolves to tell Liam ASAP but when he talks about how his nerves are shot and he can't handle any more surprises she decides that the time isn't right.

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Bob confronts Wendy about her strange behaviour and she admits that she did go to her former mother-in-law's funeral. We see a newcomer, Russ, watching from the shadows and later Russ wants all the info on Wendy from Ben.

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Still stung by David's rejection, Meena is seething when she heads over to Victoria's place. When Victoria heads upstairs to see to Harry, Meena seizes her chance and grabs Theo. Back downstairs Victoria's frantic to find Theo missing as she tells David the bad news.

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Charity makes an earnest plea to Mack to leave Ryan out of anything illegal.

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Determined to keep troubled Liv Flaherty away from her beloved son, Mandy Dingle concocts an elaborate lie and warns Liv to stay away from Vinny Dingle.

But when Liv and Vinny learn that Mandy was behind everything, he vows to have it out with her.

But does this mean their friendship is back on track?

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Elsewhere, Jimmy and Nicole King are delivered another blow from Juliette Holliday but are worried about how they're going to break the news to Carl.

Charity Dingle learns about a stolen haul and is quick to point the finger of blame at Mackenzie Boyd, but no one is more surprised than he is when the haul is nowhere to be found.

Marlon Dingle allows April Windsor to have her phone back and Wendy Posner has some grave news for Victoria Sugden.

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