Emmerdale's Chas in cheating story with Al

Emmerdale spoilers follow.

Emmerdale has confirmed that Chas Dingle and Al Chapman will be drawn back together again next week.

Chas turns to Al for comfort as she struggles with the news that her mum Faith is terminally ill.

Upcoming episodes see Chas confide in Al a few days after Faith has shared the truth about her cancer.

Al tries his best to comfort Chas and also opens up about some of his own family issues.

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Meanwhile, Chas's husband Paddy is struggling over how best to support her at this difficult time.

Paddy messes up by bringing home hospice flyers for Faith, which is the last thing Chas wanted to see while she's still processing everything.

Chas takes her frustrations over Paddy's behaviour out on Al, who suggests that she has taken her husband's gesture the wrong way.

When Al offers to be a friend to Chas, she starts to back down from the row.

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Later, Chas admits to Al that she'd like to forget everything that's happening for a while.

They bond over a bottle of wine and stories of Faith, before the inevitable happens as they share a passionate kiss.

Is this another one-off or the start of an affair?

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Lucy Pargeter, who plays Chas, told Digital Spy and other media: "This is just a kiss, an outpouring of everything, a release, something that just goes somewhere that is completely unexpected, really.

"Even though they have that connection and they've had that connection and frisson before, it's just something that happens. I don't think it's worth ruining a marriage over a kiss that happened in circumstances where they were feeding each other's need for support at that period of time.

"Chas just takes it that step too far, but it's definitely not worth ruining a marriage over this kind of glitch in the matrix."

Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV and streams on the ITV Hub.