Emmerdale spoilers! Kim Tate spikes Dawn's drink!

Kim spikes Dawn's drink in Emmerdale

Emmerdale spoilers - desperate to get Dawn away from Jamie, Kim Tate spikes her son's girlfriend's drink

Emmerdale's Kim Tate turns deadly in the first of Thursday's episodes on ITV from 7pm (see our TV Guide for full listings).

With Jamie Tate and Dawn having admitted their feelings for each other and decided to start dating, Kim Tate is furious! She may not be particularly impressed with her son right now but she certainly doesn't Jamie getting involved with a former prostitute.

Jamie (Alex Lincoln) is on cloud nine as he and Dawn (Olivia Bromley) have arranged their first date. But Dawn's also got a meeting with her social worker about Lucas, her little boy who has recently been taken back into care.

Knowing about Dawn's important meeting, lingering Kim (Claire King) creates a distraction and spikes Dawn's drink!

Kim Tate has a plan to ruin Dawn Taylor to keep him away from Kim's son Jamie

Kim Tate has a plan to ruin Dawn Taylor to keep him away from Kim's son Jamie (Image credit: ITV)

Kim spikes Dawn's drink in Emmerdale

Knowing Dawn has a meeting with a social worker about her son Lucas, who is in care, Kim spikes the mum's drink hoping it will ruin her chance of getting him home

Will her horrible plan pay off and ruin Dawn's chance of getting Lucas back?

Over at the church, Harriet (Katherine Dow Blyton) is in the graveyard, staring at the space where Malone once lay (before Will moved his body to Home Farm).

The vicar is filled with dread when Charles (Kevin Mathurin) comes along and confirms that the planned exhumation of the grave is going ahead the following day.

Harriet is restless in Emmerdale

At the graveyard Harriet is consumed with dread and guilt as she looks on at the grave where DI Malone once lay

Charles leads a prayer at the site unaware that his colleague Harriet's discomfort is due to the secret murder of DI Malone who was once buried in the grave

Charles leads a prayer at the site unaware that his colleague Harriet's discomfort is due to the secret murder of DI Malone who was once buried in the grave (Image credit: ITV)

Guilt-ridden Harriet is terrified that the family's grisly secret – that Dawn killed dodgy DI Malone (Mark Womack) and Harriet and Will (Dean Andrews) buried his body – will be exposed.

Dawn and Malone ITV Emmerdale

DI Malone menaced Harriet and her family…

Harriet and Dawn Emmerdale

… but when Dawn shot Malone, vicar Harriet and Dawn's dad Will covered up the crime and buried the DI's body

Elsewhere, things are happier for Rhona (Zoe Henry) who organises a date with Marlon (Mark Charnock), and for Rishi (Bhasker Patel) who suggests he and Manpreet (Rebecca Sarker) should renew their vows!

Rhona organises a date with Marlon in Emmerdale

Secret lovers Rhona and Marlon organise another 'covert' date

Manpreet is caught off guard in Emmerdale

Manpreet is surprised when Rishi suggests they renew their vows

Emmerdale continues on ITV.

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