Charity Dingle takes drastic action to help granddaughter Sarah Sugden in Emmerdale
The Woolpack landlady wants to give Sarah a taste of life without her illnesses
EMMERDALE spoilers reveal the extreme lengths taken by Charity Dingle to help granddaughter Sarah Sugden.
Sarah – played by Katie Hill – has already been under considerable stress during her young life.
In scenes yet to air, her grandmother Charity (Emma Atkins) wants to give Sarah a taste of life without her illnesses.
She treats her granddaughter to a proper Dingle experience – a joy ride in a seemingly stolen flash car.
In recent years, Sarah has been facing heart problems which stemmed from her original diagnosis.
After undergoing chemotherapy for leukaemia, she later collapsed with heart failure.
With the youngster needing a transplant, the heart initially found was later deemed to be unfit.
Sarah originally refused a transplant when offered to her, but she ultimately agreed and it proved successful in the end.
The character’s complicated medical history began all the way back in 2011.
This saw Sarah diagnosed with Fanconi anaemia, a rare genetic disease which developed into leukaemia.
Needing a bone marrow transplant, this became possible following the birth of her younger brother Jack (Seth Ball).
As a member of the Dingle family, Sarah is connected to some of the village’s biggest rogues.
In October 2018, her mother Debbie was arrested for arranging the acid attack which scarred Ross Barton – but was later found not guilty.
Previously, Debbie had been wrongly jailed for the murder of PC Shane Doyle, who was actually killed by Jasmine Thomas.
Another storyline saw Sarah’s grandfather Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) charged with killing Al Chapman (Michael Wildman).
It was actually Cain’s son Kyle Winchester (Huey Quinn) who’d committed the deed.
Cain Dingle's relationship timeline
Cain is the local hardman and has tormented and beaten his way through life during his time in Emmerdale. From kidnap to arson, Cain has done it all.
Cain has been the head of the Dingle family since 2015. Cain’s main storylines have focused on discovering his uncle Zak Dingle is his father, his relationships with his cousin Charity Dingle, discovering he is Debbie’s father, his affair and subsequent relationship with Moira Barton.
With four marriages so far, we take a look at Cain’s relationship history.
1989: 14-year-old Cain had a fling with his then 12-year-old second-cousin Charity and unbeknownst to Cain, she gave birth to their daughter, Debbie, in October 1989.
However, the child was taken away from Charity and she was kept apart from Cain who never found out about his daughter until many years later, even though Shadrach was aware of the situation.
1991: Cain had a relationship with Cara Robinson, a woman he worked in a bar with. Shadrach had a racist attitude towards her and used violence to attempt to make her stay away from Cain. Faith heard of the situation she wanted to help calm things, but was horrified when she learnt that Cara was pregnant.
As she knew Shadrach would never accept his son fathering a mixed raised baby, she coerced Cara into leaving Cain and never telling him about the existence of their son, Nate.
2002: Cain and Charity’s love was rekindled and they began an affair.
2005: Cain attempted to hurt Debbie by having a brief relationship with her friend Jasmine Thomas and ensuring that Debbie saw them together. Debbie and Sadie helped Jasmine terminate her pregnancy, knowing that Cain wanted to be a father.
2009: Charity proposed to Cain on Christmas Day and he accepted.
2010: Cain and Charity got married.
2011: Charity ended her relationship with Cain again, after he had a one-night stand with Faye Lamb and slept with Amy Wyatt. Amy fell pregnant, but told everyone she had an abortion, so Cain had an affair with Moira Barton.
Amy gave birth to Cain’s son, Kyle, in a cemetery; thinking he is dead, she panicked and left him in a phone box. Hazel Rhodes and Lisa Dingle found him, and called an ambulance. Amy admitted being his mother and Cain realised she lied about the abortion.
2012: Moira and Cain got together and on New Year’s Day 2013, and they announced their relationship by kissing in the Woolpack. Moira learned that she is pregnant, but miscarried. Despite this, their relationship got stronger and Cain moved in with Moira and Adam.
2013: Cain proposed to Moira, however before Moira can answer, Ross barged in with a gunshot wound.
2014: Moira proposed to Cain, he accepted and they got married.
2015: Cain and Moira discovered that Charity was pregnant when she was sentenced to prison and the baby, Moses Dingle, could possibly be Cain’s.
Cain visited Charity in prison and questioned if he is the father of her child. It is later revealed that Ross Barton is Moses’s father, following a one-night stand with Charity.
2016: Cain and Charity had an affair. Moira ordered a divorce. Cain and Charity decided to start a new life together in France with Debbie, but Cain admitted to a heartbroken Charity that he loved Moira and they got back together.
2017: Cain and vicar Harriet’s affair went public and turned into a relationship after Harriet was stabbed and left fighting for her life, leaving Cain realising how deep he felt for her.
Moira unexpectedly gave birth to Cain’s son Isaac Dingle, leaving his relationship with Harriet on the rocks.
2018: Cain got back together with Moira.
2019: Cain went on a long visit to Scotland to help Debbie, unknowingly giving Moira the perfect opportunity to pursue her recently started affair with Nate. Pete exposed their affair and Cain stopped Moira from seeing the kids and filed for a divorce.
2020: Cain came face-to-face with Cara for the first time since they were teenagers after she was called by Moira, who wanted to get rid of Nate.
Moira covered for Cain after he accidentally shot Nate. Cain and Moira got back together.
2021: Moira stood by Cain’s during his feud with Al Chapman and dealing with his mum’s Faith’s cancer and death.
2022 to present: Moira and Cain have clashed when it came to protecting Kyle who murdered Al, but the couple are still going strong, for now.
Emmerdale legend Charity, meanwhile, shot dangerous criminal Harry while helping her beau Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) escape.
Harry aka Damon Harris (Robert Beck) kidnapped and held Mackenzie hostage to make him pay for his poor treatment of his daughter, Chloe Harris.
Unfortunately for Harry, his plan backfired on him as Charity was able to kill him to save Mackenzie.
Emmerdale airs on ITV1 and is available to watch on ITVX.
