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Jessica Sansome

Emmerdale's April actress' age and real-life Coronation Street star siblings fans will recognise

Emmerdale's April Windsor is set to be part of some pretty emotional scenes this week.

The young character, who is the daughter of Marlon Dingle and the late Donna Windsor, hasn't been having the best time after being targeted by anonymous bullies.

April set up a social media account about grief after the recent death of teen Leanna Cavanagh triggered her own memories from losing her mum

Viewers have also seen April spending more time with Cathy and Heath Hope, who are Donna's younger siblings.

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But this week, the youngster is left distraught when she receives a cruel meme of Donna on her phone.

Seeking solace at Donna’s grave, she questions why the trolls hate her so much and Cathy assures her that she’ll protect her and reckons it’s best for April to keep the bullying secret from Marlon.

While she agrees, she is then left horrified to discover that a troll account called 'Dead Donna' has been created.

But it not until Rhona steps in an expresses her concern for April to Marlon and they overhear Cathy and Heath discussing April’s online ordeal, that Marlon demands to know the full story and they reveal the extent of April’s torment.

The school girl is found by her dad at Donna’s grave, and Marlon admits he knows about her internet ordeal.

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They’re both tearful as he apologises for letting her down by not protecting her. Intent on ridding April of the bullies once and for all, Marlon takes her phone and deletes all her social media accounts.

He tells her he’s keeping her phone for a few weeks until it all settles down.

And with plenty more still to unravel, Emmerdale viewers will continue to see April actress Amelia Flanagan at centre stage.

Amelia as April when she joined the soap in 2014 alongside Verity Rushworth, who played mum Donna (Amy Brammall (C) ITV Plc)

The 14-year-old joined Emmerdale in 2014 and instantly became a hit among viewers - even winning three awards in the space of a year at the Inside Soap Awards and The British Soap Awards.

But Amelia isn't the only soap star in her family as both her brother and sister have been in Coronation Street since 2017.

Corrie's Joseph and Hope actors are Amelia's younger siblings (ITV)

Her younger twin siblings Isabella and William play cousins Hope Stape and Joseph Brown in the ITV soap.

Isabella, who plays the daughter of Fiz, is also set for some more big soap scenes as Hope becomes jealous of Tyrone and new girlfriend Alina preparing to welcome a baby together.

As Corrie is set to revisit Hope's bad behaviour, viewers will be wondering what she does next. After all, she has a record of causing fires and attacking her cousin.

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