Overview

• Charity Dingle offers to carry Sarah Sugden’s baby herself after surrogacy agencies collapse and Victoria Sugden hesitates to volunteer.
• Mackenzie Boyd confronts Charity with an ultimatum to choose between their marriage or acting as surrogate for his granddaughter’s child.
• Robert Sugden accuses Charity of bypassing family when he learns she approached Victoria without Sarah’s knowledge.
• Victoria’s initial shock at the surrogacy request highlights tensions between protecting Sarah’s wellbeing and fulfilling her dream of motherhood.
• Emma Atkins, who plays Charity, teases a possible reconnection with ex-fiancée Vanessa Woodfield as the village drama intensifies.