Emmerdale's Gabby faces upsetting news at Home Farm

Emmerdale's Gabby Thomas feels crushed next week as she struggles to impress Kim Tate at Home Farm.

Gabby is feeling the pressure to win over Kim, who recently offered up the chance to shadow her at the business in order to learn the ropes.

Kim offered the same opportunity to Dawn Fletcher, promising a permanent job to the most impressive candidate once the process is over.

However, upcoming scenes see Dawn decide to step aside from the Home Farm battle, fearing that the long hours are causing her to miss out on spending enough time with Lucas and Clemmie.

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In next week's episodes, new nanny Nicky reaches an agreement to stay on at Home Farm even though he'll have a reduced workload.

Gabby continues to concentrate on her business ambitions – and Kim is initially impressed when she comes up with an idea to modernise Home Farm's digital presence.

Kim praises Gabby for showing initiative, but it doesn't take long before the atmosphere turns sour.

When Kim takes a look at a brochure that Gabby has been working on, she's not pleased by what she sees.

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Kim then warns Gabby that she's nowhere near ready to run the business, which destroys her confidence.

Gabby's stepmum Laurel Thomas soon intervenes by offering her some advice.

Once Gabby takes this on board, Kim is finally impressed by her change in approach. But does Gabby still have a long way to go to achieve her aims?

Emmerdale bosses recently named newcomer Nicky as a love interest for Gabby, which will be another storyline airing for her in the early weeks of this year.

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Rosie Bentham, who plays Gabby, told Digital Spy and other media: "Since Jamie, she's not really had any male attention. I mean, she's a mum at the end of the day, but she's now trying to get in a bit more with Kim. Kim has offered her the new jobs.

"Then a male walks in and that's all thrown to the side! We've been filming quite a lot together and Gabby and Nicky do get along well at the minute. So there's lots to come with that."

Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.