Credit: ITVAshley Thomas (John Middleton) will find love once more after meeting Carole - played by ex-Coronation Street actress Tracy Brabin in the Emmerdale village.
Reluctant to introduce his new love to friends, Vicar Harriet (Katherine Dow Blyton) will stir things up after texting Carole from Ashley's phone.
Soon she's in the village but Harriet's jealous meddling backfires when things go well, and she realises she wants to be with Ashley.
Tracy said of her new role: “It is a total delight to be playing Carole back in my home town of Leeds. She’s funny and sexy with a dark secret. Ever since I played Trisha in Coronation Street, it’s been a personal and professional ambition to work with the wonderful actors and writers of Emmerdale. I hope the public take to Carole as much as I have.”
She'll be making her first appearance on Wednesday July 23.
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