Joe's health issues are finally revealed in Emmerdale

Can he make amends with Dawn for shunning her?

 15-21 MARCH

With Joe still hiding his health issue and deliberately shunning Dawn’s romantic approaches, he's determined to keep her at arms length from both him and his mystery suitcase.

As she leaves we see him open the mystery case and reveal its contents.

When Manpreet drops Billy home, we see a charged moment between them and as he walks in, Dawn covers the true source of her sour mood. It seems both Dawn and Billy are hiding guilt at betraying their partner.

Later, looking worse than ever, Joe answers the door to Crowley, and as they talk it becomes clear what his plan is. And the next day, Joe tries to make amends with Dawn for how he treated her yesterday.

Meanwhile, following their near kiss the day before, Billy’s awkward around Manpreet and after returning home, wrestles with his guilt before blurting out a confession to Dawn that he’s been messaging another woman online.

Surprised, Billy is grateful to Dawn for her forgiveness and understanding after his confession, not knowing she’s been up to much worse. But their conversation leaves Dawn in turmoil.

As Manpreet suffers regarding her blackmailing, she hopes if she pays today, her nightmare will soon be over.

At the Cricket Pavilion, Manpreet steels herself to finally encounter her blackmailer in person, but when Joe appears, she rages at him for his cruelty. Finally accepting his protestations of innocence, Manpreet is fearful about the real blackmailer.

When Joe offers to help her pay off the blackmailer, Manpreet is tempted. But will she find out what is going on?

Emmerdale continues Mondays to Fridays at 7.30pm on ITV1 with first look episodes available from 7am on ITVX