Emmerdale's Natalie J Robb reveals Moira's showdown with Joe Tate sparks Dingle feud

Kim has just bought some land that Moira has been using for years – Annie Sugden's (Sheila Mercier) field, sold off by her grandson Robert (Ryan Hawley) behind Moira's back!

Meanwhile, Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) involves himself in the dispute, and Moira's stepson Kyle (Huey Quinn) is terrified by intruders, one of whom happens to be newcomer Dylan (Fred Kettle).

When Kyle lashes out at Dylan in fear, a furious Moira brings out her shotgun, later blaming Joe as the catalyst for the incident.

It's this that makes Moira see red – only for her violent reaction to endanger a member of her own family.

Speaking to RadioTimes.com and other media at a recent press event, Robb picked up the story for us.

"Moira goes to throw a punch at [Joe] and Lydia steps in. She just goes towards to punch him. Lydia jumps in front of her and she gets punched in the ear, which is quite horrific," she explained.

"And then obviously [Moira is] devastated that Lydia [has got hurt], of all people, which obviously will go on to cause more trouble within the Dingles."

While Moira hasn't handled things well by any means, it's her husband Cain (Jeff Hordley) who adds fuel to the fire in the aftermath, angering Lydia's husband, Cain's brother Sam (James Hooton).

"[Sam] knows she hasn't deliberately done it to Lydia. He's divided more because Cain then threatens Lydia, like 'she better not press charges'. And she doesn't actually do anything, it's actually Joe Tate that drops the complaint."

With Cain turning nasty to protect his wife, Robb added that "it just makes it worse, so they're not talking to us at the moment!"

"I'm definitely trying to encourage Cain to eat humble pie and say sorry and sort it out, otherwise this could be a family feud that could stay. Sam's really upset about it."

Expanding on where the land lies between Moira and Joe, the actress revealed: "He just thinks [Moira is] a bit of a nutter.

"But I think Joe Tate actually quite likes her feistiness as well, that she's strong and she's doing everything she can to keep things together."

On how the story continues to play out for Moira, Robb offered us one last cryptic teaser.

"There's more people that are going to come into it with more threatening behaviours, there's some dark people coming into it."

The future is looking bleaker than ever for poor Moira, but can she turn things around?

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