2016

==Events==
*1st January - Following the news that Ross Barton and Andy Sugden were both involved in Robert Sugden's shooting, Debbie Dingle leaves the village with her and Andy's children Sarah and Jack.
*5th January - Ashley Thomas tells his father Sandy and Harriet Finch that he has dementia. Cain Dingle catches his nephew Aaron Livesy attempting to self-harm.
*6th January - Vanessa Woodfield discovers that the father of her baby son Johnny is Kirin Kotecha and not Adam Barton as originally thought.
*7th January - Adam and Kirin are both told that Kirin is the father of Johnny. Meanwhile, Ashley breaks the news of his dementia to his kids which also leads to Bernice White, Marlon Dingle and Nicola King all finding out as well.
*8th January - Rakesh Kotecha confesses to his son Kirin that he falsified his grandson Johnny's DNA test.
*11th January - Pete Barton kisses his former aunt Moira Dingle. Adam attacks Rakesh after learning that Rakesh mixed up the DNA test results.
*12th January - Pete intentionally gets himself arrested after smashing the window of Mulberry Cottage and staging a fight with his brother Ross. Lisa Dingle suffers an angina attack when spending the day in a bar with Chas Dingle and Rhona Goskirk.
*13th January - Belle Dingle attacks Joanie Wright when Joanie makes a flippant comment about Belle's mother Lisa.
*14th January - Aaron discovers Paddy Kirk's affair with Tess Harris.
*18th January - Aaron catches his father Gordon and mother Chas kissing each other.
*19th January - Aaron collapses in the scrapyard. Robert takes him to hospital, where he is diagnosed with septicaemia as a result of his cut. Jacob Gallagher returns to the village on his own from Portugal.
*21st January - Aaron reveals to Robert that he was raped by his father Gordon as a child.
*22nd January - Robert confronts Gordon in The Woolpack about him raping his son Aaron as a child. Robert threatens Gordon to leave the village or he will finish him off.
*29th January - Noah Dingle runs away from home after learning his mother Charity sold him as a baby.
*3rd February - Aaron finally confesses to his mother Chas that his father Gordon raped him.
*4th February - Gordon admits to Chas that he raped their son Aaron. When she returns home, Chas tells Cain about Aaron's abuse. Pete is sentenced to six months imprisonment.
*5th February - Cain attacks Gordon for raping Aaron at his house. Cain was going to kills Gordon before Aaron and Chas stop him.
*8th February - Aaron reports his dad Gordon to the police. Aaron's uncle Cain tells the Dingles, Paddy and Adam about Aaron's abuse.
*10th February - Leyla Harding collapses after suffering from the norovirus. Gabby Thomas shares sex tape of Kerry Wyatt and Dan Spencer to public.
*11th February - A drunk Kirin accidentally runs over Tess with his car. Tess later dies in theatre.
*15th February - Kirin flees the village to avoid trouble with the police after killing Tess.
*17th February - Tess' funeral takes place. Whilst celebrating her 60th birthday in The Woolpack, Lisa tells her estranged husband Zak she is divorcing him. Ashley and Laurel decide to get remarried and Leyla proposes to Nikhil Sharma.
*18th February - Rhona Goskirk discovers her husband Paddy had an affair with Tess before Tess' death.
*19th February - Nikhil gets into a fight with his brother Jai, before calling off his engagement to Leyla and leaving the village with his daughter Molly.
*22nd February - Chas spraypaints on her ex-husband Gordon's car.
*23rd February - Chas publicly reveals in The Woolpack that Gordon abused their son Aaron.
*25th February - Aaron sees his half-sister Liv Flaherty for the first time in seven years when he and Robert went to York to meets Liv's mother (and Aaron's ex-stepmother) Sandra Flaherty.
*26th February - Aaron learns from the police that a male victim has come forward and said Gordon abused him. Later, revealed that Robert paid Gordon's neighbour Ryan to lie the police. Ashley asks Lawrence White to adopt his daughter Gabby when he is no longer capable of being her father.
*29th February - Gordon threatens Chas and accuses her of paying his neighbour Ryan to make false allegations against him. Later, Chas discovers Robert paid Ryan to lie to the police.
*1st March - Chrissie Sugden asks her father Lawrence about her true paternity after discovering he had an open marriage with her mother. Chas and Aaron learn the police have enough evidence to charge Gordon.
*2nd March - Chas confesses to her son Aaron that Robert paid Ryan to lie about Gordon abusing him. 
*3rd March - Whilst trying to get help after Megan Macey's waters break, Sam Dingle is accidentally shot by Joanie, who is out poaching with Sam's father Zak, and is taken to the hospital unconscious. Megan is taken to the hospital after being found by her estranged husband Jai Sharma where she gives birth to a baby girl who is rushed to the NICU. Shortly after, Megan and Jai are told their daughter was starved of oxygen during her birth. The police charge Gordon for raping his son Aaron after Ryan withdraws his statement.
*4th March - Emma Barton finds bruises on April Windsor's arm and assumes babysitter Carly Hope has been abusing her. Megan and Sam kiss.
*8th March - Carly confesses to Marlon, she had a son named Billy, who died of Sudden Unexplained Infant Death. Later, April reveals to Carly and Marlon that it was her half-brother Leo Goskirk who hurt her. Charity is released from prison after a year but she disappears before Cain and Chas can pick her up.
*10th March - Rakesh and Priya Sharma marry. Cain and Moira track down Charity with a stolen Ferrari.
*15th March - Chrissie kisses her brother-in-law Andy. Ross steals a Rolex and a diamond ring from a jewellery shop.
*16th March - Gordon pretends to be ill and collapses during his plea hearing.
*17th March - Liv arrives in the village and accuses her half-brother Aaron of lying about their father Gordon abusing him. She tracks down her father and comes face to face with him for the first time in seven years. Liv's mother Sandra admits to Chas she had suspicions of Aaron's abuse years previously and agrees to give a statement to the police. Laurel's pregnancy becomes public knowledge at her hen party.
*18th March - Ashley and Laurel remarry.
*23rd March - Rhona confesses to Pierce Harris that her husband Paddy was having affair with his late wife, Tess. An enraged Pierce punches Paddy in The Woolpack. Rhona declares her and Paddy's marriage over.
*24th March - Cain's car is stolen. Cain and his wife Moira track down the car with a mystery driver. They chase after it before confronting the driver. They are shocked to discover the driver is Holly Barton, Moira's daughter. Val Pollard's headstone is laid down at the graveyard.
*28th March - Ashley announces he is retiring as vicar of St. Mary's.
*29th March - David Metcalfe learns he may have testicular cancer after Dr. Jermaine Bailey finds a lump on his testicle.
*30th March - David confesses to Leyla he may have testicular cancer.
*31st March - David tells Jacob he might have testicular cancer. Cain sorts out Holly's drug dealer problem with help from Charity Dingle and Ross Barton.
*1st April - Liv records Aaron and Robert talking about Robert paying Ryan to lie to the police. Kerry's April Fools prank on her boyfriend Dan backfires when Cain attacks Dan, leading to Dan quitting his job. Later, it's revealed Cain and Dan had pranked Kerry as an April Fools joke. Bernice catches her step-daughter Chrissie and Chrissie's brother-in-law Andy half-naked.
*4th April - Aaron and Chas discover that Aaron's half-sister Liv had been spying on them for her and Aaron's father Gordon.
*5th April - Lawrence has Andy beaten up by thugs after Lawrence believes Andy has been sleeping with Lawrence's wife Bernice. Harriet becomes the new vicar.
*7th April - Chrissie discovers her father Lawrence White was behind Andy's attack. Later, Andy's brother Robert finds Lawrence collapsed in Home Farm, but doesn't call an ambulance. Lawrence was later found by his wife Bernice. Chrissie discovers an old love letter from a man named Ronnie Hale.
*8th April - Zak proposes to Joanie after he punches Rishi Sharma. Belle kisses a married Dr Bailey. Gabby reveals to Eric that his son David may have cancer.
*11th April - David discovers from Dr Bailey he has testicular cancer after Dr Bailey accidentally gave David the wrong results.
*12th April - Gordon's trial begins. Eliza's christening doesn't go to plan.
*14th April - Aaron and Robert agree to restart their relationship and then they share a kiss
*15th April - Gordon is found guilty of raping his son Aaron when he was a child.
*18th April - Paddy leaves the village to work in Germany for six months.
*21st April - Joanie slaps Belle for stealing her ring. Later, Rakesh catches Belle and Dr Bailey in the factory office. In the commotion, a candle is accidentally knocked over resulting in a minor fire. Zak is subsequently arrested for arson. Pierce finds out Rakesh's son Kirin was responsible for his wife Tess' death.
*22nd April - Rishi fires Belle after she admits caused the fire in the factory.
*25th April - David and Tracy Shankley sleep together after Tracy learns David has testicular cancer.
*26th April - Finn Barton is arrested for handling stolen goods.
*27th April - Dr. Bailey makes a home visit to Wishing Well Cottage after Lisa suffers an angina attack. Whilst there he discovers his lover, and Lisa's daughter, Belle is only seventeen.
*3rd May - Edna Birch passes away.
*4th May - Lawrence tells his daughter Chrissie that he is not her biological father.
*5th May - Pete is released from prison after three months and gives Robert a letter addressed to Aaron from his father Gordon. But later, Robert burns Gordon's letter after Aaron says he wants nothing more to do with Gordon.
*9th May - Cain kidnaps Rakesh believing he's his teenage half-sister Belle's married lover.
*10th May - Whilst taking Rakesh hostage, Cain discovers Rakesh's son Kirin was responsible for Tess' death three months previously. Later, his cousin Charity informs Cain he has the wrong man and Rakesh is freed.
*11th May - Diane Sugden signs over The Woolpack to Charity and buys into the B&B. Gordon is sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment. Emma discovers Dr Bailey is having an affair with Belle and she blackmails him into telling her sons she is undergoing tests for Motor Neurone Disease.
*12th May - Whilst celebrating changing his last name to Dingle, Aaron and his half-sister Liv are informed that their father Gordon has died.
*13th May - Edna's funeral takes place.
*16th May - Aaron visits Gordon's dead body in the mortuary and later breaks up with his boyfriend Robert after calling him manipulative. Pierce takes Rakesh's job at his old firm.
*18th May - David tells Jacob Gallagher that Dylan, a boy who he befriended had died of a infection in his lungs. Rhona Goskirk and Pierce Harris share a kiss.
*19th May - Arthur Thomas goes missing at the hospital. He is later returned to his parents Laurel and Ashley by a police officer.
*23rd May - Lawrence and Ronnie are revealed to be former lovers.
*25th May - Lawrence hires Sam to get rid of Ronnie but his plan quickly backfires. Holly dyes Charity's hair blue and later tries to kiss her step-father Cain Dingle but he rejects her.
*26th May - Moira discovers her daughter Holly tried to kiss her husband Cain. Moira disowns Holly which results in Holly turning to drugs again. Liv tells Gabby that she is being hassled by someone pretending to be her late father Gordon.
*27th May - Holly is rushed to hospital after her cousins Pete and Ross find her unconscious.
*30th May - Liv and Gabby hold a trashing party in Liv's late father Gordon's house. Cain walks out on his wife Moira due to step-daughter Holly's drug use.
*31st May - Gordon's funeral takes place. Robert is arrested for perverting the course of justice after Liv gets Ryan to tell the police about Robert paying him.
*1st June - Lachlan takes a photo of Belle and Dr. Bailey together in the car.
*2nd June - Lachlan reveals to Cain that Cain's half-sister Belle is seeing Dr. Bailey. Marlon catches Rhona and Pierce together. Robert discovers Noah is Liv's bully.
*3rd June - Belle's affair with Jermaine is revealed to Jermaine's wife Angie by Cain. Later, Belle lies that she stalked Dr Bailey to avoid him going to prison. Chas Dingle goes on a date with DS Jason Wise but gets freaked out when Jason knocks over a box of old photos.
*7th June - Chas Dingle hurts her hand jumping out the way of James Barton's car. At the hospital Chas tells him she may be pregnant with her late ex-husband Gordon Livesy's child. Later, James' partner Emma Barton discovers Chas' negative pregnancy test in the bin. Jacob Gallagher and David Metcalfe shave their hair off.
*8th June - James walks out on his partner Emma after learning she faked her illness.
*9th June - Emma breaks in and trashes The Woolpack. She is disowned by her sons Pete, Ross and Finn for faking her illness. Bernice discovers the truth about her husband Lawrence's relationship with Ronnie. Zak and Lisa are divorced after eighteen years of marriage.
*10th June - Drunk Bernice destroys part of The Mill development with a digger.
*12th June - Andy lies to Rakesh that he destroyed The Mill. Later, Andy and Bernice share a kiss.
*13th June - Holly accidentally locks herself out when babysitting her step-brother Kyle Winchester.
*17th June - Lachlan brakes into Dr Bailey and his wife Angie's house. Belle arrives and finds Lachlan trashing the house. Lachlan escapes but Belle is caught by the Baileys.
*19th June - Belle reveals to her mother Lisa that she is having an affair with Dr. Bailey and the stalker story was cover before she is arrested.
*20th June - Angie discovers Belle is her husband, Jermaine's lover not his stalker. Cain beats up Jermaine and he ends up in hospital. Marlon's plan to poison Pierce backfires when he accidentally poisons Eric but Pierce helps Marlon out.
*21st June - Dr Bailey loses his job after his wife Angie reports him to his boss Dr. Cavanagh for having an affair with Belle Dingle. Jermaine ends his relationship with Belle. Later, Belle calls the police on Cain for beating Jermaine up.
*23rd June - Victoria Barton is attacked in her food van by Holly's drug dealer friend Simon McManus.
*24th June - Holly steals her sister-in-law Victoria's money to pay off drug dealer Simon McManus before crashing the Diddy Diner into a wall.
*28th June - Rakesh starts a fire at Mill Cottage, unaware Nicola King is inside. The Mill explodes. Ronnie and Dan rescue Nicola but Ronnie is knocked unconscious when he goes back inside before he is rescued by Rakesh and Carly.
*29th June - Nicola collapses at her house after returning from the hospital. Gabby and Jacob share a kiss.
*30th June - Ronnie discovers Rakesh was behind the fire at Mill Cottage. Nicola is told that she could be paralysed following the fire.
*1st July - Rakesh admits to Ronnie Hale that he started the fire at Mill Cottage. Laurel catches her step-daughter Gabby kissing Jacob. She later drinks a bottle of wine despite being heavily pregnant.
*5th July - Belle lies to Jermaine Bailey that she's pregnant with his child.
*6th July - Belle tells her family that she's pregnant, but Charity is suspects she is lying.
*8th July - Holly confesses to her mother Moira that she's still using heroin.
*11th July - Diane locks David and Tracy in the B&B where they make up. Holly confesses to her mother Moira that she was behind her sister-in-law Victoria's attack.
*12th July - Charity tries to seduce Jermaine to prove he isn't good enough for Belle. Later, Charity discovers Belle is faking her pregnancy.
*13th July - Bernice sets up her husband Lawrence and Ronnie Hale in a hotel.
*14th July - Chrissie discovers her adopted father Lawrence and Ronnie were lovers in The Woolpack. Lawrence throws Chrissie and her son Lachlan out and points a shotgun at Ronnie.
*18th July - David proposes to Tracy.
*19th July - Belle's hallucinations return when she starts to talk to her imaginary friend Ellie.
*21st July - Moira fears she may have contracted HIV after accidentally falling on a used heroin needle at a drug house. Joanie sets a date for her and Zak Dingle's wedding.
*22nd July - Robert confesses to his boyfriend Aaron that it was Ross who shot him ten months previously after Ross made a deal with Robert's brother Andy. Later, Aaron punches Andy and informs Andy's girlfriend Chrissie about Andy's involvement in the shooting.
*25th July - Andy and Bernice sleep together. Lachlan makes a pass at Gabby.
*26th July - Lachlan accidentally shoots his grandfather Lawrence with a shotgun when confronting him at Home Farm. Chrissie discovers her boyfriend Andy cheated on her with her step-mother Bernice. Marlon and Carly share a kiss.
*27th July - Chrissie plants the gun that her son Lachlan used to shoot his grandfather Lawrence in her boyfriend Andy's car and calls the police on him.
*28th July - Andy is charged with the attempted murder of Lawrence. Gabby and Liv break into Victoria's house, attempting to steal a dress.
*1st August - Gabby lies to the police that her dad Ashley hit her. Victoria discovers her sister-in-law Holly was involved in her attack at the food van a month earlier.
*2nd August - Cain kisses Charity after walking out on his wife Moira. The pair are caught by Cain's half-sister Chas. During a heated argument with her father Ashley, Gabby tells him that he should drop dead. Ashley retorts and tells her he wishes she'd never been born.
*3rd August - Cain confesses to his wife Moira that he kissed his cousin Charity. Nicola kisses Dan.
*4th August - The village commemorates the first anniversary of the helicopter crash. Cain tries to run James off the road but stops when he sees his wife Moira is also in the car. Moira tells Cain their marriage is over.
*5th August - Cain takes off his wedding ring and walks out on his wife Moira. Belle pours wine on Joanie's wedding dress.
*8th August - Drunk Zak accidentally calls his fiancée Joanie 'Lisa' at his stag do.
*9th August - Zak and Joanie marry.
*10th August - Chrissie blackmails Rakesh into getting her boyfriend Andy to plead guilty to the attempted murder of her dad Lawrence. 
*11th August - Rakesh helps Andy escape from court after Andy pleads not guilty for the attempted murder of Lawrence. David visits his girlfriend Tracy's dad Frank Clayton in prison. It's revealed Frank is also Vanessa's father; making Vanessa and Tracy half-sisters. 
*12th August - Andy discovers his girlfriend Chrissie framed him for shooting her dad Lawrence after finding out he slept with her step-mother Bernice.
*15th August - Chrissie confesses to Andy that it was her son Lachlan who shot her father Lawrence before she cuts herself. Andy's brother Robert comes to Andy's rescue and helps him escape the village.
*16th August - Robert and Bernice help Andy flee the country to avoid trouble with the police.
*17th August - Robert begins emailing Lachlan, pretending to be his dad Donny Cairn.
*18th August - Angie reveals to the Dingles that Belle was never pregnant with her estranged husband Jermaine's baby. Belle runs away and suffers a breakdown at the café. Belle's family bring her home but she runs away again.
*22nd August - The Dingles disown Charity after discovering she knew Belle was faking her pregnancy. Bob Hope isn't pleased to learn his daughter Carly is in a relationship with Marlon.
*23rd August - Whilst following leads on missing Belle, Charity is attacked by Holly's ex-boyfriend Dean. Later, Charity kisses her cousin Cain. Vanessa and Tracy learn they are half-sisters from their father Frank.
*24th August - Chrissie blackmails Rakesh into spending a night with her.
*25th August - Rakesh attacks Chrissie after discovering she tricked him into kissing her.
*29th August - Zak and Lisa identify the body of a young woman, and are relieved when it isn't their daughter Belle.
*30th August - Paddy returns to the village after living in Germany for four months and discovers his wife Rhona is in a relationship with Pierce.
*31st August - Chrissie and her son Lachlan confront Robert about Robert posing as Lachlan's dad Donny after Robert's plan to get Lachlan confess backfired.
*1st September - Moira catches her husband Cain with his cousin Charity.
*2nd September - Laurel gives birth to a baby girl with the assistance of her husband Ashley. Elliot Windsor catches Nicola and Dan kissing.
*5th September - Elliot publicly reveals that he walked in on his step-mother Nicola kissing Dan.
*6th September - Kerry drunkenly kisses Ross. James and Moira kiss.
*7th September - Emma finds Moira's bra in the taxi that her husband James was driving. Their son Ross lies by saying the bra belongs to his conquests. Later, James reveals to Ross that he kissed Moira. Pete and Bernice discover Ross and Kerry's one night stand.
*9th September - Belle collapses and is taken to hospital where she reunites with her parents Zak and Lisa and her boyfriend Jermaine.
*12th September - Jermaine explains to Zak and Lisa that Belle could have schizophrenia.
*13th September - Tracy discovers her father Frank is staying at Tug Ghyll with her half-sister Vanessa. Later, Tracy steals Eric's bankcard and plants it in Frank's pocket.
*14th September - Frank is arrested for theft after Eric reports him to the police. Tracy admits to David that she stole Eric's bankcard and framed her dad.
*16th September - Paddy locks himself in Smithy Cottage and trashes it. Charity accidentally reveals to Liv that Chas give her money to Lisa.
*20th September - Robert ends up hanging upside down after replacing a nut from the zip wire at Treetop Adventure World that he previously removed. Robert calls his half-sister Victoria to help and informs her that Chrissie framed their brother Andy for shooting her dad Lawrence. David confesses to fiancée Tracy that he can't marry her if he still has cancer.
*21st September - David and his fiancée Tracy discover that David is cancer free. Later, Tracy is driven away from her hen do by her father Frank.
*22nd September - Tracy marries David after her father Frank and her half sister Vanessa help her got to church after a series of events delay her arrival. Holly and Jai share a kiss.
*23rd September - Dan proposes to Kerry.
*26th September - Kerry discovers she's pregnant, but is unsure if Ross or Dan is the father.
*27th September - Ross and Charity share a kiss. Nicola King exposes her husband Jimmy's lie about his 'dead wife' to a bereavement group. The police bring Cain back to the village after he was found drunk.
*29th September - Moira is devastated to discover Holly dead in her bed. Cain and Charity's relationship goes public. Jai tells his sister Priya that he and Holly were in relationship before her death.
*30th September - Moira blames her estranged husband Cain for her daughter Holly's death before punching him for abandoning their family, ordering him to get out of her life.
*3rd October -  Pete and Leyla discover that Holly was seeing Jai before Holly's death. Adam and his half-brother Ross head to see Holly's drug dealer friend Simon where Adam accuses him of killing Holly and attacks him.
*4th October - Moira Dingle and Adam Barton learn from Pete Barton that Holly's secret boyfriend was Jai Sharma. Adam punches Jai in response.
*6th October - Kerry Wyatt has an abortion. Later Kerry tells boyfriend Dan Spencer that she had an abortion as he wasn't the father.
*7th October - Dan Spencer dumps Kerry Wyatt for cheating on him.
*10th October - Ross Barton accidentally pushes his father James down the stairs at Wylie's Farm during an argument. At the hospital, Emma overhears Ross and James discussing James' fumble with Moira Dingle. Priya accuses her husband Rakesh of having an affair with Chrissie White after finding an incriminating photo on Chrissie's phone.
*11th October - Rebecca White arrives in the village by helicopter. Later, it is revealed that Rebecca is helping her former brother-in-law Robert with his vendetta against Rebecca's sister Chrissie.
*12th October - Rakesh nearly attempts to kill himself. Later, he confesses to his wife Priya that he caused the fire at the Mill four months previously. Emma poisons her husband James.
*13th October - Holly's funeral takes place. James discovers his partner Emma is poisoning him.
*14th October - Robert rejects Rebecca's advances when she tries to seduce him. Robert confesses to his half-sister Victoria that he is going to ask his boyfriend Aaron to marry him.
*17th October - Aaron kidnaps Lachlan after Lachlan threatens to lie that Aaron's boyfriend (and Lachlan's former step-father) Robert sexually abused him. Lachlan attempts to escape but Aaron and Robert catch him and put him in the car boot. Whilst driving back to the village, Robert tells Aaron that he was going to asks him to marry him, but they become involved in car crash with Lachlan still in the car boot.
*18th October - When chasing after Pierce, Pierce's girlfriend Rhona and her estranged husband Paddy become involved in the car accident.
*19th October - James bludgeons his wife Emma with a bottle, knocking her out. James escapes before Emma catches up with him and confronts him at the side of the road.
*20th October - Ashley forgets who his daughter Dotty is during Dotty's christening. Once home Ashley forgets the service has already taken place and drives off. James confronts his partner Emma on a bridge over Hotten Bypass. Emma accidentally pushes James off. He lands on Ashley's car, resulting in a huge pile-up involving Ashley, Pierce, Rhona and Paddy. Robert and Aaron swerve to avoid the collision and plunge into a nearby lake with Robert's former stepson Lachlan still in the boot. In the aftermath, James, Paddy and Rhona are all rushed to hospital, while Emma and Ashley escape the scene. Robert rescues Aaron and he dives back into the water for Lachlan who has already escaped.
*21st October - Three lives are endangered as Aaron, Rhona, and James all experience medical complications. Aaron had accepted Robert's marriage proposal just before going into cardiac arrest. Rhona experienced a heart attack while being operated on, while James also suffered a cardiac arrest. While Aaron and Rhona both survive, but James dies.
*24th October - Emma attempts to blame Cain for her partner James' death. Aaron proposes to his boyfriend Robert, which he accepts.
*25th October - Lachlan publicly reveals at The Woolpack that his aunt Rebecca had an affair with Robert Sugden whilst he was in a relationship with Chrissie. Chrissie and Rebecca slap each other.
*26th October - A DNA test reveals Rebecca White is Lawrence White's biological daughter.
*27th October - Cain and Charity leave the village to live with their daughter Debbie in France but Cain changes his mind and dumps Charity after telling her he still loves his estranged wife Moira. Cain heads back to the village as Charity drives to a cliff edge.
*31st October - Kerry accidentally reveals to Dan that she slept with Ross after Kerry believes she was talking to Ross in his gorilla costume; unaware Dan is the one who was wearing the costume. Later, Kerry sleeps with Sam.
*1st November - Zak punches Jermaine after wrongly believing he was seeing Megan. Later, he kisses his ex-wife Lisa.
*3rd November - Ross tells his family of James' love for Moira. Ashley tells Emma he saw her on the bridge after the crash. Later, Emma attempts to confuse Ashley; unaware the camera is filming.
*4th November - James' funeral takes place.
*7th November - Chrissie accidentally knocks her half-sister Rebecca out whilst argueing.
*8th November - Rebecca publicity reveals that her half-sister Chrissie framed Andy for shooting their dad Lawrence and that Chrissie's son Lachlan was the real shooter.
*9th November - Ross kisses his sister-in-law Victoria to upset Victoria's husband Adam.
*10th November - Victoria's pregnancy test comes back negative, to the relief of her husband Adam, although the couple later decide to try for a baby. Diane throws a rock through the window of Home Farm.
*11th November - Diane slaps Lachlan and is later arrested for assault and criminal damage.
*15th November - Rebecca kisses Robert. Robert initially kisses her back, although he pulls away.
*16th November - Diane threatens Chrissie with a shotgun. Chrissie tells Diane she's scared of her son Lachlan, unaware Lachlan is filming.
*17th November - Lachlan finally confesses to the police that he shot his grandfather Lawrence, although holds back his mother Chrissie's involvement in framing Andy. Lachlan is charged with attempted murder and perverting the course of justice.
*21st November - Pierce loses his temper in front of girlfriend Rhona after Liv compares him to her late father Gordon.
*22nd November - The Sharma's propose zero-hours contract to the factory workers, which doesn't go down well. Instead a secret ballot is held and Joanie loses her job.
*23rd November - Joanie confesses to her husband Zak that she voted herself out of the factory as she wanted to get him away from his ex-wife Lisa.
*24th November - Emma lies that her husband James committed suicide at the crash inquest.
*25th November - Frank is attacked and beaten up by a man named Bobby who blackmails him over money.
*28th November - Frank tells his daughters Vanessa and Tracy the real reason why he went to prison and why he was attacked. Moira moves her estranged husband Cain's caravan off her farm with Cain still inside.
*29th November - Rebecca White blackmails Robert Sugden to break her nephew Lachlan out of the prison, but he doesn't and instead tells Rebecca that he was just using her. Lachlan pleads not guilty to the attempted murder of his grandfather Lawrence.  
*30th November - Rebecca tells Aaron about her kiss with Robert, but Aaron lies that he already knew to humiliate Rebecca.
*1st December - Nicola wrongly concludes that her husband Jimmy is having an affair with her half-sister Bernice after finding Bernice hiding in the wardrobe of Jimmy's hotel room. Lawrence confesses his love to Ronnie and Ronnie agrees to move into Home Farm.
*2nd December - Nicola takes her revenge on her husband Jimmy by gluing a red wig on his head after discovering Jimmy kissed Nicola's half sister Bernice. Belle agrees to move to America after her boyfriend Jermaine tells her he got a job in Boston.
*6th December - Belle breaks up with Jermaine after she admits she don't wants to move away from her family.
*7th December - Jermaine leaves the village to work in Boston. Pete accidentally reveals to Kasim Sabet that his brother Finn stalked him whilst he was in hospital.
*8th December - Liv films drunk Gabby running about naked. Gabby collapses and taken to the hospital where her father Ashley accidentally hits Laurel. Gabby's mother Bernice reports the incident to the police.
*9th December - Laurel locks her dementia suffering husband Ashley in his bedroom.
*13th December - Emma sabotages Moira's freezer van.
*15th December - Aaron breaks into Home Farm to steal some money. Later, Aaron returns the money to Rebecca White after she confront him. Aaron buys Mill Cottage at an auction.
*16th December - Ashley collapses and taken to the hospital.
*19th December - Ashley accuses his wife Laurel of having an affair with her ex-husband Marlon and later walks out of hospital alone.
*20th December - Ashley wanders in the streets. Aaron finds him and takes him back to the village, but Ashley fails to recognise anyone.
*21st December - Moira kisses Pete. Laurel decides to get her dementia suffering husband Ashley full-care.
*22nd December - Pete is knocked unconscious after pushing Jacob out of the way of Moira's van. Jacob is initially fine after the accident, but later collapses and is rushed to hospital. Moira's estranged husband Cain takes the blame for the accident, but Moira admits to Pete she was the one driving. It's later revealed that Moira and Pete slept together the day before.
*23rd December - Cain and Moira sleep together after an intense and bitter row.
*25th December - Joanie dumps her husband Zak after discovering he didn't want to move away with her. Later, Zak begs his ex-wife Lisa to take him back, but she refuses.
*28th December - Jimmy and Nicola renew their wedding vows after their children Angelica and Elliot become fed up of their bickering.
*29th December - Joanie is arrested for assault after punching a man named Tommy.
*30th December - Joanie accidentally hits PC Pierce after refusing to apologize to Tommy and is later charged for assaulting a police officer. Rebecca humiliates her half-sister Chrissie at a Home Farm party. Kasim dumps Finn.
==Real life events==
*28th February - Frank Kelly (Dermot Macey) dies.
*12th May - Emmerdale's 7500th episode airs.
*28th May - Danny Miller wins 'Best Male Dramatic Performance' and 'Best Actor', Val's death wins 'Scene of the Year' and Emmerdale wins 'Best Soap' at The British Soap Awards.
*3rd October - Emmerdale wins 'Best Soap', Amelia Flanagan wins 'Best Young Actress', Val Pollard's death wins 'Best Shock Twist' and Danny Miller and Ryan Hawley win 'Best Partnership' at the Inside Soap Awards.
==See also==
*Emmerdale in 2016
*:Category:2016 episodes
==External links==
*2016 at Wikipedia
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