Emmerdale spoilers! Kim Tate spies a partner in crime!

What's Kim up to in Emmerdale
Kim – who hates Dawn and wants her away from her son Jamie – spots potential in Gabby

Kim Tate is impressed by Gabby Thomas when she frames Dawn to get her away from Jamie

Emmerdale's Kim Tate is in on the action in Monday's episode from 7pm on ITV (see our TV Guide for full listings).

So Jamie Tate fancies Dawn Taylor who's not in the right place for a relationship but someone else is, and that's Gabby Thomas. She's besotted with the Tate and she wants 'rival' Dawn out of the way!

What is Gabby up to in Emmerdale

Gabby fancies Jamie Tate and wants Dawn out of the way

Gabby smirks as trouble brews for her target, Dawn who's the apple of Jamie's eye

Gabby smirks as trouble brews for her target, Dawn who's the apple of Jamie's eye (Image credit: ITV)

The perfect opportunity to mess with Dawn crops up when Bear (Joshua Richards) drops his wallet at the HOP. When Bear arrives to collect it and Jai goes to fetch it from his desk, it's gone.

Dawn's accused of stealing in Emmerdale

Dawn has been framed by Gabby who plants Bear's lost wallet on her 'rival'

Dawn's (Olivia Bromley) unimpressed when Jai (Chris Bisson) assumes she took it but as she empties out her bag to prove her innocence, out tumbles the wallet! Dawn gets sacked on the spot, much to Gabby's (Rosie Bentham) amusement.

Dawn's accused of stealing in Emmerdale

Jai accuses Dawn of stealing Bear's wallet

As Kim (Claire King) takes in the scene, she clocks Gabby's expression and, no stranger to scheming, she knows instantly Gabby was behind the drama.

Impressed with her cunning, Kim covers her back by deleting the CCTV.

What's Kim up to in Emmerdale

Kim – who hates Dawn and wants her away from her son Jamie – spots potential in Gabby

Later, at Home Farm, Kim informs Gabby she knows she framed Dawn. The Tate matriarch tells Gabby she's shown potential - but has a lot to learn. And with that, a partnership is formed…

Elsewhere, Charity (Emma Atkins) attempts to get back on side with her son Noah who's hellbent on getting in shape so he can join the Army. The pair bond as they head out for a run.

Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan for series 3 of Rob and Romesh Vs

Charity joins her son Noah for a run but their bonding sesh ends badly (Image credit: ITV)

But it's 20 steps back for Charity when she involves Meena (Paige Sandhu), who's a nurse, when Noah is struck with pain. His mum mentioning his medical condition gets Noah seriously riled.

Pollard tells Brenda he's in love with her and is it for the long haul

Pollard tells Brenda he's in love with her and is it for the long haul

In the cafe, Brenda's (Lesley Dunlop) happy when Pollard (Chris Chittell) tells her he's in love with her.

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