Debbie Dingle - Storylines

Storylines

Debbie arrives in the village as the foster child for Paddy and Emily Kirk.

When Debbie shows Sam Dingle (James Hooton) a photo of her biological mother, he recognises her as Charity Tate. They eventually meet and she grows close to her step-father, Chris Tate, but on getting to know her biological father, Cain Dingle, Chris is excluded. This upsets him so much that he cancels plans to adopt Debbie but on his death; Debbie, Charity and Cain move into Pear Tree Cottage and live as a family until Charity is found guilty of Chris's murder, so she and Cain move into the Dingle household. When the house becomes over-crowded, she and Cain move in with Andy Sugden and Daz Eden.

Debbie starts wearing make-up and shows an interest in boys. Daz shows interest in her but Debbie prefers Andy and local curate, Ethan Blake. Ethan, however, is already engaged to Niamh so when Andy shows an interest, they start a relationship until Charity and Cain discover they're dating. Charity is accepting but Cain splits them up but Debbie discovers that she is pregnant and keeps it secret, telling no one until Daz sees her one day when she thinks she's alone and reveals her bump. Daz is with her when she gives birth and names her Sarah. Debbie and Andy reconcile briefly but it doesn't last and when his brother, Robert Sugden, shows an interest, they start dating. Debbie, however, is unaware he has an ulterior motive and he ends the relationship when Debbie decides to leave baby Sarah with the Dingles while she and Robert go travelling but Robert reveals that he wanted Sarah, not her. Feeling Sarah would be better off without her and knowing that Emily is leaving the area, she asks her to take Sarah with her. The Dingles are horrified so she moves in with Ashley Thomas where she makes friends with Jasmine Thomas. Debbie develops feelings for Jasmine and they begin a relationship until Jasmine starts dating Cain too. Wanting to hurt her, he makes sure that Debbie sees them together, knowing they will split up. However, they soon become friends again when Jasmine reveals that she is pregnant. Sadie King, feeling sorry for Jasmine, pays for her termination. Debbie, knowing that Cain wants another child, tells him what they have done to hurt him so he kidnaps Sadie and Tom King (Ken Farrington) for ransom money to start a new life. Debbie tries to convince Cain to stay but he leaves and gives her some money.

Emily returns Sarah to Andy and Debbie tells Andy that she does not want to be a part of her life. He later sets up visits with Sarah and Lisa Dingle (Jane Cox), who hopes that Debbie will bond with Sarah, which she does, and asks Andy for access but Andy refuses. Debbie starts dating Scott Windsor (Ben Freeman) but that ends when Scott leaves. Debbie enlists the help of Eli Dingle (Joseph Gilgun) to pose as Scott so she could take out a bank loan. Debbie, Chas and Lexi decide to stage a jewellery scam at Home Farm and steal a valuable necklace and share the sale money. Debbie wants more money so gets Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell) to help scam Chas and Lexi out of their share. Lexi discovers the truth and the pair fight in the street, accidentally dropping the necklace down a drain.

When Andy is sent to prison, his girlfriend Jo Stiles (Roxanne Pallett) asks Debbie to look after Sarah, which Debbie enjoys. Debbie discovers that Andy has been hitting Jo and worries for Sarah's safety. Debbie gives Jo money so she and Sarah can escape Andy. She later starts letting Andy have access to Sarah again which annoys Debbie.

When Jasmine is attacked by her boyfriend Shane Doyle (Paul McEwan), Debbie tries to save her. Jasmine hits Shane repeatedly and kills him. Debbie gets Eli to help dump Shane's body in the lake at Home Farm and Shane is reported as missing, but Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) finds his body. Ross Kirk (Samuel Anderson) is originally charged with his murder because of a feud. Jasmine wants to confess but Debbie talks her out of it. They become close again and start a relationship once again. They decide to run away together but the police catch Debbie and arrest her. With Jasmine on the run; Debbie is left to take the blame for the murder. Eli enlists the help of Danielle Hutch to beat Debbie up so she ends up in hospital. Debbie refuses to run away when Eli stages a break out attempt. At Debbie's court hearing, Jasmine arrives and admits to murdering Shane. Debbie and Jasmine are found guilty on their charges.

Debbie is released from prison because of time served and her time in prison has made her realize that she wants Sarah back. Natasha Wylde (Amanda Donohoe) pays for a solicitor so she can fight for custody. However, Natsha's daughter Maisie Wylde (Alice Coulthard) is dating Andy and does not approve. Maisie and Debbie have a fight and Debbie thinks that she has ruined her chances but Maisie ends the relationship with Andy to keep out of the situation. Cain decides to help and asks Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller) to help. Aaron is dating Andy's sister, Victoria, and he persuades her to play truant from school and steal from local shops. Cain reports Andy to the social services informing them about Victoria's behaviour and his past of domestic abuse. Debbie is then awarded custody of Sarah.

Debbie starts dating Michael Conway but he later admits that he already has a girlfriend that he is due to marry within days. He insists that he loves Debbie more so she tells him to call off his wedding to prove it but he insists he cannot because his fiance is pregnant. On attending the wedding, Debbie and Cain are shocked to discover that his bride is Charity. He calls the wedding off, wanting Debbie back, but she chooses to build a relationship with Charity and Noah instead until she catches Charity stealing Cain's money. Cain and Charity later reconcile but annoyed at their inability to get along, Debbie takes a job in Jersey. She returns a number of months later and moves back in with her parents and later reveals that her boss tried to take advantage of her and she gained revenge by humiliating him and stealing money. Debbie starts a new relationship with Cameron Murray (Dominic Power), a man she previously had an affair with in Jersey, and discovers she is pregnant. She miscarries and is annoyed that Cameron does not seem bothered.

Sarah is later diagnosed with a blood disorder, Fanconi Anaemia. Debbie and her family campaign to find a bone marrow donor. They find a suitable donor but they pull out. Debbie and Andy do not like the idea of the other treatments with bad side effects and decide to have a child together to create a new donor. Cameron and Andy's girlfriend Alicia Gallagher (Natalie Anderson) are uncomfortable with the idea but Debbie and Andy go ahead regardless, emotionally blackmailing Cameron and Alicia into agreeing, by telling them that they'd do the same if their child was seriously ill. When they are refused IVF and artificial insemination attempts are unsuccessful, Debbie and Andy sleep together and Debbie finds out she is pregnant. Cameron decides he can't deal with this and leaves but Charity, thinking it was artificial insemination, persuades him to give Debbie another chance. Andy, however, tells Cameron that he and Debbie slept together but on discovering Andy revealed the truth, Debbie begs Cameron to stay, for Sarah's sake as well as hers.

In March 2012, Andy and Debbie find out their baby is a match for Sarah after Debbie undergoes test. Cameron and Debbie eventually get back together after Debbie admits he is the only person she has ever truly loved, Andy is hurt as he loves Debbie but she does not feel the same about him. Andy's jealousy continues. Debbie learns that she is expecting a baby boy; while Cameron starts an affair with Chas. A few months into her pregnancy, Sarah reveals she wants to go to Paris with Debbie and Andy. Cameron wants to go but lets Andy take his ticket, much to Debbie's displeasure. He claims to go to Jersey to see his kids but sneaks off with Chas. Cain gets suspicious when Cameron's son rings and asks to speak to Cameron (who is supposed to be with him). A few weeks later, Debbie is shocked when Cain Dingle reveals his suspicions about Cameron to an unsuspecting Debbie and realises she has doubts herself. When Debbie and Cain confront Cameron, a heated Cameron lashes out at Cain and Debbie is knocked over, hitting her head and fears she may lose her unborn son. When rushed to hospital, tests show the baby is unharmed. Debbie is grateful as her son is a key to saving Sarah. Back home, Sarah asks if her brother still has "the magic potion" to save her and Debbie has tears as she realises how much Sarah wants her brother and how much it would hurt Sarah if Debbie didn't keep the baby totally safe. This, however, brings Cameron to his senses as he realised how much he loves Debbie, despite his affair with Chas.

Debbie is angry when Cameron forgets to check on Sarah when she ill because he is on the phone to Carl about the £30,000 he and Chas owes for the picture of them together. Meanwhile, Debbie rushes home with Charity from shopping, to find Sarah collapsed. When rushed to hospital, Debbie, Cameron, Charity and Victoria discover Sarah is in a pre-lukaemic state, meaning she is fast developing Leukaemia. Debbie demands to be induced but is refused, as her son will be premature, and could die. In Emmerdale's live episode to celebrate its 40th Anniversary Debbie gave birth to a baby boy called Jack, after Andy's adopted father.

When Debbie returned from hospital, she was unaware that Cameron killed Carl King the night before when she was giving birth to Jack. Debbie discovered 6 new messages from Carl on her phone. When she opened them, she found 3 pictures and 3 texts of Cameron sleeping with Chas. Cameron arrived back from putting Jack to sleep and Debbie told him to pack his bags and leave because she thought Cameron was with Chas the night before. Cameron left and Debbie shows the pictures to Cain and Charity. Cameron begged Chas to leave but they were stopped by Charity, Cain, Debbie and Zak. The police were called and Cain and Charity were arrested for breach of the peace. Chas confessed to Carl's murder unaware that Cameron actually delivered the killer blow and she too was arrested. Cain and Charity were released without charge but Chas was charged with the murder of Carl, even though she pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Cameron remained in the village to stand by Chas and declareed his love for her in front of Debbie, as part of her revenge she set fire to his possessions and trasheed his truck. Cameron then declared his love for Chas again in the pub in front of Dan and Charity. Charity and Cain then swore to get revenge for Debbie.