Emmerdale fans eager for return amid 'heavy' few months

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Emmerdale fans are eager for a fun character to return after sharing the same plea for a "lighter" side of the ITV soap.

Over recent weeks, Emmerdale has taken on an incredibly dark storyline as the ITV soap looks at the harrowing, and very real, world of modern slavery.

County Lines is a growing form of modern slavery and child criminal exploitation across the UK. It refers to gangs and organised criminal networks who export illegal drugs from urban to rural areas using dedicated mobile phone lines.

These criminals exploit vulnerable children and adults to move and store drugs and money, often using grooming tactics, coercion, threats, intimidation and violence - including sexual abuse - to control them.

Viewers first watched as troubled teens April and Dylan found