Emmerdale's biggest ever blunders – 'illegal' mistake, age changes and storm error

dailystar.co.uk:

Emmerdale might be one of the most successful soaps on TV nowadays, but it hasn’t been without its mistakes.Stunt weeks might have the biggest budgets of all evening soaps, but the high-risk super soap weeks also carry with them plenty of potential to fall victim to errors as the stars and writers are put through their paces.As a huge storm – which some viewers are already branding “embarrassing” – rages over the ITV Dales, causing chaos and death for all in its path, we take a look at the biggest blunders ever to hit the village – from ‘illegal’ mistakes to age discrepancies. READ MORE: Emmerdale set to kill off eight beloved characters in devastating anniversary storm Bear with us – it’ll be a stormy ride.When Rhona’s mum Mary decided to come out as a lesbian to her daughter, Rhona was fuming that her life seemed to have been built on lies.But as Mary tried to justify her reasons for not coming out sooner, she referenced lesbianism being “illegal” back in the day – which isn’t true.Though consensual sex between two men was only decriminalised in 1967 under the Sexual Offences Act, sex between women was never against the law.An attempt was made in 1921 to add ‘acts of indecency by females’ to the 1885 Criminal Law Amendment Act, but the move was rejected.

Eagle-eyed viewers spotted the error and quickly took to social media to air their thoughts, with one writing: “Actually # emmerdale lesbianism was never illegal for women...