Emmerdale spoilers: Will Sarah Sugden take drugs to impress Danny?
Sarah Sugden is ready to do what ever it takes to impress bad lad Danny on Emmerdale. But does that include taking illegal drugs?
Sarah Sugden (played by Katie Hill) was in a whole lot of trouble when her grandmother Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) and girlfriend Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick) discovered the teenager was skipping her schoolwork to meet-up with an older boy called Danny (Louis Healy) on Emmerdale (7:00pm on ITV, see our TV Guide for full listings).
However, after an emotional plea from Sarah, who has a heart condition, for them to let her enjoy being a regular teenager, Charity and Vanessa have since backed-off.
But it looks like they were right to wonder if Danny is a bad 'un...
In today's DOUBLE-BILL of Emmerdale, Sarah decides to throw a party to impress Danny, Noah Tate (Jack Downham) is horrified when Sarah swallows a mystery pill Danny and his mate Jayden have given her.
Is Danny trying to get Sarah into drugs?
Meanwhile, Lydia Hart (Karen Blick) is still reeling from her "dead" mum Agatha's revelations and tells the rest of the Dingle family that her father died of Huntington's disease.
But could Lydia be carrying the gene for the inherited brain disorder too?
Elsewhere in the village, David Metcalfe (Matthew Wolfenden) and Leyla Harding (Roxy Shahidi) decide to tell their son Jacob Gallagher (Joe Warren Plant) about Maya Stepney's release from prison.
But have they made a mistake? As later, Jacob vanishes leaving David and Leyla worried he has gone to meet sexual predator, Maya again...
Emmerdale continues weekdays from 7:00pm on ITV
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