Overview
- Charity Dingle is confirmed pregnant after an embryo transfer as surrogate for granddaughter Sarah Sugden and Jacob Gallagher.
- Flashbacks reveal that Charity had a one-night stand with Ross Barton on the same evening she kissed Vanessa Woodfield.
- Ross confronts Charity in the Woolpack, demanding “Is it mine?” and vowing to uncover the baby’s true parentage.
- Charity is keeping the potential paternity scandal secret from husband Mackenzie Boyd and from Sarah and Jacob, risking irreparable fallout when the truth emerges.
- Actors Emma Atkins and Michael Parr warn that Charity’s hidden secret could ‘implode’, triggering a DNA test and dramatic fallout across the village.