All Emmerdale spoilers for next week as another crime rocks the village

Kev Townsend (Chris Coghill) is trying, above anything, to build a relationship with his son, but the deck remains firmly stacked against him next week in Emmerdale.

While Lewis Barton (Bradley Riches) is softening toward the idea of forming a real relationship with his particularly peculiar father, his brother, Ross Barton (Michael Parr), and workmate-come-surrogate mum, Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler), are firmly against the idea. Will they take action, or give Kev enough rope to hang himself?

Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) continues to face the harsh reality of his illness, while also dealing with an increasingly unruly son, Kyle Winchester (Huey Quinn). Can Cain wrangle control of his situation, or is he on the verge of total implosion?

Caleb Miligan (William Ash) and Kerry Wyatt’s (Laura Norton) dodgy new scheme hits a snag next week when they come across something potentially horrifying. Will a seed planted by Kammy Hadiq (Shebz Miah) in Caleb’s mind grow into a whole new scam?

Elsewhere, Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) faces the very real possibility that his and Charity Dingle’s (Emma Atkins) relationship is dead, and Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) eyes a new potential suitor?

With next weeks episodes still all over the place thanks to the football, here’s your handy guide to what’s happening – and when – in the Dales. You’re so welcome.

Sunday, July 5

Kim and Joe Tate (Claire King and Ned Porteous) desperately try to reason with Kyle, who wants to know if Joe was responsible for the death of his mum. Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) arrives as a harried Kyle departs, and Cain later storms Home Farm, warning the Tates away from his son. As Cain leaves, Joe tells Graham that he needs to pick a side.

As Kev voices his internal struggle, worried that Lewis will never want anything to do with him, Charles Anderson (Kevin Mathurin) bolsters his resolve, telling him that he’d make a wonderful dad.

Meanwhile, Mack drops a truth bomb on Charity: he doesn’t see a way forward for them after her lies.

Tuesday, July 7 – double episode

As Caleb tells Kerry to keep their shoe scheme on the low, they’re horrified to find a label sewn into a shoe reading ‘help me’. Kerry, Bear Wolf (Joshua Richards) and Bear Wolf (Joshua Richards) each press Caleb to call the police and he does, but he’s later taken when Kammy tells him about the mark-up on non-branded car parts, and suggest to Kerry that they get involved.

Cain explodes at Kyle, leaving Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) to berate him right back for taking his anger out on his son. Later, Kyle sets a shed on fire, with Cain having to spring into action to save Monty, trapped inside. Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) tells Cain to prepare for the worst, leading him to lash out at Kyle again. Later Paddy braces himself as he prepares to tell the family that Monty has cancer.

Kev picks up on Mack’s fury at Ross’ betrayal and urges him not to do anything stupid.

Wednesday, July 8

Having legally changed his surname to Barton, Kev is disheartened when Lewis is still unwilling to engage. Fully opening up, Kev tells Lewis about his horrific past, vows never to return to prison and explains that he shed his last name to protect Lewis from the dark connotations that come with it.

Ross bursts in and orders Kev out, but Lewis has softened toward his dad, leaving Ross to threaten Kev with what’ll happen should he hurt Lewis. As Kev enjoys a pint with Lewis and Vinny Dingle (Bradley Johnson), Nicola and Ross are infuriated, and later, an unseen figure robs the cash box from the café.

Cain is torn about what to do with Monty, though the irony of how much he wants to help him while being unwilling to help himself isn’t lost on him.

Friday, July 10 – double episode

Finding Gabby deeply upset, Billy moves to comfort her, and it’s clear there’s a spark between the two. Gabby leans in for a kiss, but Billy doesn’t reciprocate, and she’s forced to flee, mortified.

Lewis and Nicola are horrified at the state of the café, with all eyes falling on Kev as the culprit. While Lewis vows to find out the truth, Kev denies any involvement, but his son refuses to believe him.

Serena Sugden’s (Casey Al-Shaqsy) constant digging around for information on Nate Robinson’s (Jurell Carter) murder gets Moira’s back up, who makes her distrust of the newcomer known.