Moira is left sad over bad news in Emmerdale

Caleb Milligan (William Ash)’s plan to destroy Kim Tate (Claire King) in Emmerdale failed after Kim worked out what he was up to and made sure he couldn’t get his hands on her money.

Another casualty of Caleb’s scheming was Moira Barton (Natalie J. Robb), Caleb’s sister-in-law. Though he was adamant he never meant to hurt his own family, Caleb sabotaged Moira’s meat business so she would have to sell part of her farm to Kim. When what he was up to came to light he insisted he was planning to pay every penny back to Moira – but by then the damage was done, both financially and in terms of the relationship between Caleb and Cain (Jeff Hordley) and Moira.

Despite Kim helping Moira out in the aftermath of all this by putting more business her way, Moira has been finding it hard to come back from the financial losses she suffered because of Caleb.

Previously she realised that she could only continue to pay one member of staff and would have to make either her brother Mackenzie (Lawrence Robb) or Cain’s son Nate (Jurell Carter) redundant. With both men being family and also the parents of young children, it was a hard decision to make.

When she announced that the only fair way to decide was for Mack and Nate to go head-to-head and apply for the job competitively, Nate’s new wife Tracy (Amy Walsh) was outraged and decided that, despite her husband’s misgivings, she would ask Caleb to invest in her nursery business idea.

Although Caleb initially refused, eventually he, Nate and Tracy came to some sort of agreement and he offered to help Tracy with her business plan.

Cain was not happy when he discovered what was going on, and the escalating tension between him and his brother led to Chas (Lucy Pargeter) having to throw Cain out.

In coming episodes Caleb has offered a lifeline to Nate and the farm via a loan. Nate hopes it’s enough for Moira to get her business back on track, and he’s gutted when a saddened Moira gives him a reality check – the loan from Caleb isn’t anywhere near enough and they still have huge financial problems.

Will the farm survive?