If Charity’s tragedy or Gabby – Vinny’s marital turmoil were enough to give the audience a headache, then in another development, Emmerdale also exploded with a family war between the King and Tate families.

The long-standing conflicts, starting from the children’s small matters, have now escalated into a melee that has even brought the police into the village.

All the trouble started when Jimmy King flooded the house, forcing the whole family to move in with Laurel.

Before they could settle down, the King and Tate children got into a conflict at school.

Carl King and Lucas Tate initially only exchanged words, but then the incident turned into a fight that forced the teacher to intervene. Nicola, who hated the Tate family, immediately declared that she “didn’t want to be involved with the Tate family for another second”.

Those words were like adding fuel to the fire. While Jimmy tries to calm things down, Nicola is determined to build a barrier between her children and the “troublesome Tate gang”. The tension is not only between the two children but spreads to the whole family, turning a small conflict into a battle of honor between the two families.

Unable to ignore the bullying of her son, Kim Tate decides to step in. And so, the audience witnesses a rare confrontation: Nicola King vs. Kim Tate, two powerful, sharp and ambitious women. Harsh words and mutual contempt turn the Woolpack into an underground battlefield.

While Nicola constantly blames the Tates for “not knowing how to raise their children”, Kim coldly replies that it is the King family’s weakness that makes the children become aggressive. The whole Dales village is in an uproar, many people stand on one side, turning personal conflicts into community divisions.