Emmerdale confirms new relationship crisis for April and Dylan

Emmerdale fans can expect trouble for young lovers April Windsor and Dylan Penders next week, when their relationship is thrown into crisis.

The teen sweethearts have been through more than most grown-up couples ever have to cope with, having met when they were living on the streets and then being trapped together in a modern slavery network.

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After years of fending for himself, Dylan has finally found a stable home with Paddy and Mandy Dingle as surrogate parents, but the lad is still haunted by his painful past.

Dylan's grooming ordeal has left him with serious self-esteem issues, and he's plagued by an inferiority complex. He just doesn't feel good enough for girlfriend April, and it's affecting their romance.

The duo need to air their problems and get it all out in the open, so April instigates a full and frank discussion about how to overcome their insecurities, before their romance is destroyed for good…

Will her plan pay off, or is the worst still to come for her and Dylan?

We can only hope it's the former, as Emmerdale producer Laura Shaw previously expressed hopes for April and Dylan to have happier times after their run of dark storylines.

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"Marlon, Rhona and April are always going to be affected by everything that's happened," Laura told Inside Soap earlier this year. "It's going to have long-lasting effects, but I think I'd like to see April and Dylan happy for a little while now.

"I feel like they've had their fair share of drama, so hopefully there's some happiness on the horizon for those two now. Both of those brilliantly talented young actors have done amazingly well."

Amelia Flanagan, who plays April, also later shared: "I think April's ordeal has changed her character in so many different ways. She's become more resilient, she's faced so many challenges and because of that she's so much more mature now.

"April has a better outlook on life. She's seeing the positive in things now, trying to leave the past behind and move on with the future.

"I absolutely love April and Dylan's relationship. Fred [Kettle, who plays Dylan] is an amazing person to work with. I really hope that the future for the two of them is really happy and positive and I'm sure we've got lots of exciting things to come."

See next week's Emmerdale spoilers:

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- Emmerdale's Caleb caught out over Sadie secret in 25 spoiler pictures

- Emmerdale's Thea Ramsden to keep secret in Steve Marchant story

- Emmerdale's Kev Barton to face new heartbreak over Nicola King

Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 8pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.

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