Emmerdale has seemingly confirmed rumours that Charity Dingle has a secret son.

The huge twist was revealed in the closing moments of Wednesday's episode (April 11), as Charity was seen opening up a secret box of mementoes relating to a baby boy.

This week's episodes have seen Charity confide in her girlfriend Vanessa Woodfield about how she was groomed and raped by DI Bails at the age of 14.

Much to Charity's distress, Vanessa later betrayed her trust by trying to report the matter to the police on her behalf.

As the couple clashed over the situation in Emmerdale's latest episode, Charity angrily dumped Vanessa – but not before hinting that she'd only told her half of the story.

Soon afterwards, Charity let Vanessa think that she was heading upstairs at The Woolpack to sleep with a random guy.

In reality, a tearful and lonely Charity took out a box containing a blue hat, a rattle and other baby-related keepsakes.

In December, an unconfirmed tabloid newspaper report claimed that a huge new story for Charity would see her come face-to-face with her son again.

Show sources suggested that Charity gave the baby up for adoption when he was just days old, due to the tragic circumstances in which he was conceived.

Digital Spy