Emmerdale star warns of dark storyline ahead for Moira Dingle after health scare

Emmerdale star Natalie J Robb has warned of a big storyline ahead for Moira Dingle.It's been a tough 12 months for Moira, who found herself undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Now, Natalie - who has played Moira for several years - has teased that there will be another dark storyline ahead. Currently, she is struggling with her farm and the mounting costs but she warned it will get harder in the coming months.

Speaking to The Mirror and other press, she said: "There's more people that are going to come into it with more threatening behaviours, there's some dark people coming into it."

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Warning Moira could lose everything, Natalie added: "Of course she would miss it. I mean, my character's been there now 16 years, and it would be very odd for it to be a change.

"I'm kind of hoping that some good comes from it, because often with clarity in things like this maybe ideas can come into plan or she'll get some kind of help.

"I would miss it, because it's a really good set to work on as well, so I would personally miss it. I'm not sure what else she'd do."

Thinking positively about the future for her character, Natalie explained: "If she can try and get some help, that would be wonderful, but she doesn't want to be forced to sell. That's the thing at the moment, she's being forced to sell."

However, it looks like there might be trouble ahead for Moira. She warned: "She has all these people going behind her back and deals are getting made behind her back, people are all just slowly trying to push her out.

"Everywhere she goes, she's stuck, she's got her back against a wall and she can't do anything about it."

Natalie has been open about her own health fearsfollowing her character's tumour diagnosis. She said: "It was pretty scary as I found a lump in my right breast. I went to see the doctor who told me they were more worried about one on my left breast.

"I asked what they meant as I couldn’t feel anything. It was higher up. I went into overdrive and I had to go for a mammogram. Thankfully, it was a cyst and it was benign. Something like that does change your perspective though."

She added: "When I was told Moira would be suffering from a serious health condition, I knew I wanted to play my part in helping to raise awareness. A soap can play such a big role in shining a light on many different illnesses, as it has so brilliantly this year with Chas’ cancer diagnosis.

"As a soap actress, you are very much in the lap of the gods when it comes to your character and what happens to them. But I think it is important we do cover serious illnesses that hopefully will help people know they aren’t alone. I know I would be petrified if I started to have seizures and had no idea why."

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