EMMERDALE fans were left heartbroken tonight as Cain Dingle received a life-changing health diagnosis.
The highly-anticipated Corriedale episode aired tonight, as the two soaps collided in explosive fashion.
The characters were thrown together following a huge car crash which saw Corrie’s Carl speeding before crashing into other cars.
Among the chaos, Aaron was left battling it out with killer ex-husband John, who threatened to crash the car.
His scheme to keep Aaron and Robert apart failed, with Robert setting off to hunt John down once and for all, with the help of
He was joined by Cain Dingle who picked up a very large stick to help.
In the woodland they ran into Kit Green who was knocked out by John, before the brothers found each other and the shotgun went off – shooting Cain in the stomach – but he still got up and went on to hunt John down.
Later at the hospital while he was getting treatment for the gun wound, Cain was given a shock diagnosis.
He was told that he had cancer and was set to face a battle ahead.
Emmerdale fans were left devastated for Cain, with one writing: “I literally said to my dad earlier I hope David and Cain are fine, David’s unknown and now Cains got cancer I hate my life hahaha.”
A second said: “Oh no, not Cain. I hope he gets better.”
A third commented: “Poor Cain, devastated for him.”
John finally paid for his crimes as the show sparked a new whodunnit.
His death was revealed as Victoria Sugden was seen standing over John’s body in the woods but who killed him remains a mystery.
Another exit hint came when Becky Swain was finally arrested for her crimes – by her wife Lisa who was in an ambulance bed at the time, handcuffing her to herself to stop her fleeing.
Elsewhere, a soap favourite returned from the grave tonight.
Throughout the episode a man in a hooded raincoat could be seen with a woman tied up in the back of his van.
The woman knocked herself out on a tree while fleeing him, and was found to have a distinctive tree tattoo – that was also seen on Corrie’s Shona Platt, hinting at a connection between the pair.
But the big shock came when the man’s identity was revealed as Graham Foster.
Graham famously died in Emmerdale in 2020 when he was murdered by Pierce Harris, his body left to rot in woodland in a huge whodunnit mystery.
He was seen in the hospital having got Joe Tate there, and Joe appears to have seen a glimpse of Graham before he slipped away.
Fans of the show will have to wait to find out where Graham has been and how he is linked to the mystery new woman.