Emmerdale will air big scenes next week involving characters including Tom King, Billy Fletcher and Arthur Thomas, as the ITV soap features new twists and turns

Emmerdale is lining up some big scenes next week with discoveries and bombshells ahead, following a dramatic week this week.

This week on the show has seen Tom King’s fate revealed, after his axe attack at the hands of Belle Dingle. But with her reporting him to the police for domestic abuse, it seems his downfall could finally be on the cards – before he targets someone else who could bring him down.

Next week he’s frantic as he struggles to hide the evidence of his vile behaviour. Elsewhere, we finally find out what Billy Fletcher is hiding from Dawn Taylor and others – but how will his family react?

Speaking of families, two characters are at war next week after recent goings on. Arthur Thomas and his mother Laurel Thomas clash big time amid secrets and lies being revealed.

Soon another character finds themselves dragged into it all, but will things be resolved? Here are the biggest moments happening next week in the village…

Emmerdale is lining up some big scenes next week with discoveries and bombshells (Image: ITV)

Billy’s secret exposed

Viewers of the Yorkshire-based drama have seen Billy acting increasingly shifty in recent weeks and his behaviour doesn’t change next week, as he is taking multiple furtive phone calls out of sight. Billy’s secret will slowly come to light as he keeps a pair of boxing gloves behind his wife Dawn’s back.

Soon, the couple are excited to bring their son Evan home from hospital and Billy asks Mackenzie about finding him a cheap car to buy – but Mack is suspicious of his new found wealth, as he and Dawn have made no secret of their money woes in the past. But to top it all off, Billy is also sporting a mysterious injury.

Later, Mackenzie gets a nasty shock when a bloodied and bruised Billy lands on his doorstep. The hunk begs Mack to help him, refusing to go to hospital out of fear of involving the police.

Mack agrees to help, but it comes at a cost as Billy soon spills the beans, explaining he was injured during an unlicensed boxing match. Billy drops another bombshell immediately after, when he admits he is fighting for money to support his family. Billy is quickly stitched up but will he ever tell Dawn about his fighting? Could it come between them?

Tom faces justice

Someone close to home could betray Tom King in upcoming scenes as next week’s Emmerdale spoilers have teased that a young villager will catch a glimpse of his true colours as he gets rid of incriminating evidence. After learning that his estranged wife Belle Dingle was planning to report him to the police for the abuse she suffered at his hands, the vile vet portrayed by James Chase is desperate to get rid of any proof Belle could use against him.

In scenes due to air next week, he gets to work as he tries to snatch the remaining evidence against him away from Isaac Dingle’s prying eyes. Tom first keeps an eye on him and eventually catches him alone with his tablet, which he asks to have back.

Isaac informs him that the device is at home, before inviting him to grab it himself by revealing the location of a spare key. With time running out before the police are set on his tail, Tom sneaks into Butlers Farm to find the tablet but his plan is thwarted when he’s forced to hide from an oblivious Matty Barton.

Belle, on the other hand, tries to jog Moira Dingle’s (Natalie J Robb) memory, asking if she had any recollection of anything she can use against Tom. Unfortunately, Moira doesn’t recall anything. Later on, she’s startled to spot Tom bragging about his assure victory in court, overwhelming her with a growing dread.

Tom then moves on to the next step in his plan and brings the tablet, where he has stocked a myriad of incriminating photos, back home to be destroyed. Thinking he is home alone, Tom begins to smash the device up, completely unaware that Jimmy’s son Carl Holliday is watching him on. Could he spill the beans?

Emmerdale viewers can expect high drama (Image: ITV)

Family at war

Emmerdale viewers can expect high drama ahead on the ITV soap, as two relatives come to blows. Following upcoming drama over a split, a romance lie and an affair, things come to ahead for one mother and son. Laurel Thomas and her son Arthur clash big time next week, and soon a character is dragged into things.

Laurel’s fling with Charles Anderson is rumbled by Arthur in looming episodes, and around that Arthur is caught up in Laurel’s divorce with Jai Sharma. Arthur’s own lies recently cause drama amid him making up a sex allegation about John Sugden, leading to John being called out.

As things escalate next week, Nicola King is trying to get the pair to build bridges, but things go from bad to worse. The pair’s relationship is in turmoil and they are not on speaking terms.

Both angry at the other, it’s up to Nicola to try and resolve things. But she might regret getting involved as she too could be in the firing line.

Nicola coaxes a confession from Arthur – but what is he hiding and how will Laurel react? Perhaps this is the moment he admits he lied about John, but it seems it could also be something else.

Nicola ends up stepping in as an unlikely confidante for her best friend’s son, as the teenager feels as though he can’t talk to his mum about anything. She offers him some advice and also urges him to reconcile with mum Laurel, wanting them to find a way back.

But soon Nicola’s interference causes further carnage and she too might be in trouble. There’s a war building between the characters involved, and a reconciliation could be off the cards.

Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX, with an hour-long episode on Thursdays.