Episode 10190 (15th January 2025)

==Plot==
Part One: Ruby has spent the night agonising over whether to open the DNA test results with Caleb's words from yesterday playing through her head. She is about to open it up when Steph comes downstairs and she stuffs it back in her bag. Marlon plans to spend another day looking for April. Rhona reminds him that it is a half-day for Leo at school today and asks Marlon to collect him at lunchtime. Marlon sees Laurel and wonders if she is okay. Rhona encourages him to check. Laurel asks Anthony to help Arthur with his revision again. She also offers to accompany Marlon in searching for April. Manpreet tries to persuade Ella to accompany her to a singles night in Hotten. Bob shows them both the front page of the day's Hotten Courier - the headline reads 'Child killer link in missing girl's case' alongside a picture of Ella. Ruby eyes Caleb and Steph together. Caleb is confused by her behaviour as she rushes out of the house with barely a word. Moira tells Cain that she has asked Vanessa to accompany her to the hospital today. She suggests she could cancel on Vanessa and they could go together and have a talk instead. Cain suddenly has a change of heart and makes his excuses not to accompany her today. Ella is astounded that someone she knows has betrayed her by going to the Hotten Courier with personal details of her past. Wendy guiltily listens in. Ruby explains to Chas that she has the DNA results but can't bring herself to open them. She decides that she's going to rip them up and bin them, not wanting to know. Caleb and Steph arrive back home for Caleb to pick up some painkillers for a headache ahead of a business meeting. When Steph suggests that Ruby will have some, Caleb goes to Ruby's bag and finds the DNA test results envelope. He asks Steph to go to the meeting alone. Moira confides in Vanessa that Cain barely touches her anymore, feeling he sees her differently now. Ruby arrives back and discovers Caleb has found and opened the DNA test results. 
Part Two: Caleb is horrified to have read that there is zero percent chance that he is Steph's father. Ruby admits she's been hiding her suspicions for years. He's confused as to why Ruby has chosen now to take a test. She explains she had decided she wanted to carry on as normal and had come back to destroy the letter. Caleb wants to know who Steph's father is. Laurel takes a dejected Marlon to the pub having got nowhere with their search. A frantic Rhona arrives wanting to know why Marlon hasn't collected an upset Leo. Ruby tries to make Caleb realise that whatever the DNA results reveal, he is still Steph's father. She is devastated when Caleb wants to tell Steph the truth and begs him not to. Caleb tells Ruby they're over and he wants her out. Vanessa encourages Moira to talk to Cain when Moira worries that Cain doesn't find her attractive anymore. Steph arrives back in a happy mood after a successful meeting. Caleb reveals that he and Ruby have broken up. He can't bring himself to tell Steph the reason why when she asks. Ella is determined to track down the journalist who wrote the article and offer an interview in exchange for information as to who provided the details for the story. Wendy tries to convince her not to. The Hotten Courier journalist arrives and tries to pressure Wendy into providing her with further story material. Rhona tries to make Marlon realise he needs to look after himself when he has a coughing fit but he is determined to find April. Steph breaks the news to Anthony that Caleb and Ruby have split up. He's curious as to why but soon drops the subject when he realises it's serious enough for Caleb not to want to talk about it. Ruby watches on as they talk. 
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Ruby Fox-Miligan - Beth Cordingly
*Leo Goskirk - Harvey Rogerson
*Marlon Dingle - Mark Charnock
*Rhona Goskirk - Zoe Henry
*Laurel Thomas - Charlotte Bellamy
*Manpreet Sharma - Rebecca Sarker
*Ella Forster - Paula Lane
*Bob Hope - Tony Audenshaw
*Caleb Miligan - William Ash
*Cain Dingle - Jeff Hordley
*Moira Dingle - Natalie J Robb
*Wendy Posner - Susan Cookson
*Chas Dingle - Lucy Pargeter
*Vanessa Woodfield - Michelle Hardwick
===Guest cast===
*Steph Miligan - Georgia Jay
*Anthony Fox - Nicholas Day
*Radiation Oncologist - Francesca Jackson
*Journalist - Olivia Fenton
==Locations==
* Apartment One, Mill Cottage - Living room/kitchen
* Smithy Cottage - Front garden
* Hotten Road
* Main Street
* Dale Head - Front garden
* Butlers Farm - Kitchen
* Brook Cottage - Front steps and Brook Cottage Surgery break room
* The Woolpack - Public bar and backroom
* Hotten General Hospital - Oncology waiting room
* Café Main Street - Interior
* Mill Cottage - Front gate
==Notes==
*TV Times synopsis: Chas attempts to reassure Ruby, and it remains to be seen how long Cain can stifle his guilt.
Category:Emmerdale episodes
Category:2025 episodes