Emotions run high in Emmerdale next week with devastating betrayals exposed as one resident quits, as previewed in Metro’s newest picture gallery which features 23 snaps of the action.

The ITV soap has had us all in tears since the beginning of the year and that isn’t set to change anytime soon, with heartbreak on the menu at every corner of the eponymous village next week.

My aforementioned pictures confirm that Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley), who finds himself in a heated showdown with nephew Aaron (Danny Miller) this week, will wind up in hospital as a result of his injuries.

Thankfully he’s set to recover with wife Moira (Natalie J Robb) by his side, who advises caution in terms of how he retaliates.

Aaron, meanwhile, finds himself public enemy number one after his heinous actions, with Chas (Lucy Pargeter) in particular struggling to look at him.

Even confidante and trusted sidekick Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) tells him that he deserves what’s coming to him!

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In typical Dingle fashion, the conflict explodes once more, with Chas interrupting a showdown in the Woolpack to tell her family about her cancer diagnosis.

Everyone is left reeling but they pull together and prove supportive. Except for Aaron, who is adamant that he needs to leave. Mack is determined to make him see sense but can he get through to him?

I certainly hope so! Chas needs her family around her now more than ever.

with a shock hospitalisation, a devastating revelation and two exit storylines, Emmerdale is really packing the punches next week – and we’re not ready! (Picture: ITV)

And speaking of family, Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) resigns from her post at the council as she fears for Angelica’s (Rebecca Bakes) fate, following the teen’s confession that she was driving the car amid the crash that killed Heath Hope (Sebastian Dowling).

But the shocks continue for Nicola as she learns that Angel will likely face a custodial sentence. Bob (Tony Audenshaw) and Brenda (Lesley Dunlop), meanwhile, are delighted that the charges against Cathy (Gabrielle Dowling) have been dropped.

It’s going to be quite a week!

Emmerdale airs these scenes between Monday, January 29 and Friday, February 2 at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX. 

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A complete look at next week’s Emmerdale in pictures in Metro’s newest gallery.