Emmerdale - Emma Barton's feud with Debbie Dingle has shocking consequences placing baby Moses in terrible danger.

Debbie's estranged husband Pete Barton discovers that his brother Ross has made a secret deal with Emma, giving her access to Moses behind Debbie's back.

Pete can't resist letting slip to Debbie that Ross isn't being honest with her, so it doesn't take long for her to step in and stop the sneaky arrangement.

Unwilling to be pushed around by Debbie any longer, Emma then takes drastic action of her own by visiting Charity in prison. She hopes that she can make a surprising new deal for custody of Moses by charming Charity, but she may have underestimated her latest target.

Gillian Kearney, who plays Emma, revealed: "Emma has heard that Charity is a tough-nosed businesswoman and is going to be busy when she's out of jail. Naively Emma thinks that maybe Charity will listen to sense and let her be Moses's permanent nan, since she hasn't really bonded with this baby anyway. But Charity is a tough nut to crack for Emma! I think Emma definitely bites off more than she can chew."

When Emma later returns to the village in a drunken rage after her tense meeting with Charity, she is spoiling for a fight with Debbie. 

Emma goes too far by shouting abuse and forcing her way into her enemy's home, so Debbie has to ask little Sarah to keep an eye on Moses in the bath for a moment while she deals with the disturbance. 

As the rivals are busy arguing, Sarah suddenly screams and Debbie is horrified to realise that something has happened to Moses in the bath.

Once Moses is pulled from the bath water, Emma offers some expert medical advice but is left frustrated when Debbie ignores it. Paramedics later have to be called as a result, so has Debbie let her anger towards Emma cloud her judgement?

Kearney continued: "Emma honestly didn't mean for this to be such a destructive experience. Afterwards, there's a second where you get a sense that there might be a rapprochement between Emma and Debbie. They both admit that if it hadn't been for them causing trouble, this never would have happened to Moses. Debbie also points out that Moses is Emma's grandchild, so they should maybe rethink this situation. It never really follows through, though! Maybe you'll see that there are things to come between Ross and Debbie which means that the truce can't happen after all. Obviously Emma is always going to take Ross's side over Debbie's."

Airs Thursday, December 17th