Two years on since their whirlwind wedding, Emmerdale couple Billy and Dawn Fletcher have been living life on cloud nine, having finalised their adoption of children Lucas and Clemmie and welcoming a brand new baby boy, Evan, just before Christmas.
But while their family may finally be complete, the couple will face every parent’s worst nightmare in the coming days, when little Evan is sadly diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, a devastating illness while affects around 10,000 people in the UK every year.
The storyline itself will focus on how Billy and Dawn come to terms with the diagnosis and the toll of treatment, but also on the wider impact of how it affects the rest of their family and the people around them.
Ahead of the storyline unfolding on screen, Dawn’s actress Olivia Bromley said: “This is an incredibly challenging and heartbreaking story, but such an important story for Emmerdale to tell.
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