Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) is targeted by scammers in Emmerdale which will result in being the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

Fragile is not a word commonly used to describe the Dingle patriarch, but he’s coping with grief for his son and fears for his granddaughter with cancer, meaning deep down, he’s barely holding it together.

He surprised everyone when he chose to back Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) and her plans for surrogacy but he’s about to go one better as he goes all out to try and make Sarah’s dream happen.

Between them they try a few agencies and have no luck, but this is not the end. Charity (Emma Atkins) goes rogue with a new plan – she asks Victoria to be Sarah’s surrogate.

Charity emotionally blackmails the young mum by telling her it’s probably the only chance Sarah has at having a kid of her own.

The whole situation brings Charity and Cain together as they vow to help Sarah sort this situation. Charity pursues the plan of pressuring Victoria to agree, while Cain continues to explore agencies.

Robert (Ryan Hawley) is horrified to learn that Victoria (Isobel Hodgins) has been approached, while Moira (Natalie J Robb) thinks Cain is offsetting his grief by focusing on babies.

She’s not wrong, Cain is not thinking clearly, which becomes painfully evident when the surrogate from the agency fails to show up.

Ryan (James Moore) is the one to give Cain the bad news that the woman was never going to show – Cain has been scammed.

Cain flies into a rage at his own stupidity and the pub takes the brunt of his anger.