Emmerdale spoilers! Chas Dingle and Paddy attend their baby's funeral

Chas Dingle and Paddy Kirk attend their baby daughter Grace's funeral as the villagers gather to pay their respects and lend support

A dark day dawns in Emmerdale for Chas Dingle and Paddy Kirk as baby Grace is laid to rest.

Village vicar Harriet Finch will conduct baby Grace's funeral for grieving parents Paddy and Chas

As Chas (Lucy Pargeter) and Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) prepare to attend their newborn daughter's funeral, things are fraught.

Cain (Jeff Hordley) is especially worried about his sister and drops in to see her ahead of the service.

All too soon it's time to go to the church. Grieving parents, Paddy and Chas, are bowled over as they exit the Woolpack and see villagers who have lined the street to the church where vicar Harriet Finch (Katherine Dow Blyton) is to conduct the service.

Paddy Kirk and Chas Dingle look on as their baby daughter's tiny coffin, adorned with flowers, draws up outside the Woolpack

First episode of evening. Second episode of Emmerdale tonight will be shown at 8pm, followed by Emmerdale 1918 at 8.30pm.

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