HORROR in Emmerdale as a FREAK accident leaves THIS village favourite fighting for their life

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Liv Flaherty is left in grave danger when she collapses while out looking for her brother Aaron Dingle next week...

There's drama heading for Emmerdale next week when Liv Flaherty finds herself in serious trouble when she collapses by a river while she's out looking for her missing brother, Aaron Dingle.

The trouble for the family starts when Aaron finds out that his husband Robert Sugden has sent his sister Victoria Sugden a letter from prison.

Wendy drags Luke away from Aaron in Emmerdale

Aaron has been taking his pain over losing Robert out on Wendy and Luke (Picture: ITV)

While there is nothing strange about Robert wanting to get in touch with his pregnant sibling, Aaron is devastated when he realises Robert hasn't been in touch with him.

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Struggling with the prospect of having lost Robert for good, Aaron can't take any more and drives to some abandoned woods where he breaks down, unable to face anyone or anything.

Aaron breaks down in Emmerdale

Aaron can't cope and drives to some woods where he has a breakdown (Picture: ITV)

But Victoria, Chas and Liv are all worried when they realise Aaron is missing and all split up and try to find him, knowing he isn't in a good place.

Eventually Cain and Sam are also roped into the search and they finally stumble across Robert's abandoned Porsche in the woods and, panicking, they head off to find Aaron before he does something drastic.

Liv collapses while looking for Aaron in Emmerdale

Liv spots something in the water that belongs too Aaron... (Picture: ITV)

However, while everyone is looking for Aaron, things take a tragic twist for Liv while she is retracing her brother's footsteps.

As she walks across a footbridge, something catches her eye in the water down below and she gingerly makes her way down to the water's edge to get a closer look.

Liv collapses while looking for Aaron in Emmerdale

Liv collapses while looking for Aaron, but will anyone find her before its too late? (Picture: ITV)

However, as she reaches into the water to retrieve the letter she spotted, Liv collapses and starts to have one of her terrifying seizures.

Alone, vulnerable and right near some freezing water, Liv lies motionless on the floor... will anyone find her before it's too late?

Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7pm on ITV, with an extra episode at 8pm on Thursdays.

Claire Crick
Assistant Managing Editor at What To Watch

Claire is Assistant Managing Editor at What To Watch and has been a journalist for over 15 years, writing about everything from soaps and TV to beauty, entertainment, and even the Royal Family. After starting her career at a soap magazine, she ended up staying for 13 years, and over that time she’s pulled pints in the Rovers Return, sung karaoke in the Emmerdale village hall, taken a stroll around Albert Square, and visited Summer Bay Surf Club in sunny Australia. 


After learning some tricks of the trade at websites Digital Spy, Entertainment Daily, and Woman & Home, Claire landed a role at What’s On TV and whattowatch.com writing about all things TV and film, with a particular love for Aussie soaps, Strictly Come Dancing and Bake Off


She’s interviewed everyone from June Brown — AKA Dot Cotton — to Michelle Keegan, swapped cooking tips with baking legend Mary Berry backstage at the NTAs, and danced the night away with soap stars at countless awards bashes. There’s not a lot she doesn’t know about soaps and TV and can be very handy when a soapy question comes up in a pub quiz! 


As well as all things soap-related, Claire also loves running, spa breaks, days out with her kids, and getting lost in a good book.