{"id":19844,"date":"2022-08-05T21:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1690195"},"modified":"2022-08-05T21:28:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:28:11","slug":"emmerdales-leyla-regains-consciousness-but-is-her-marriage-over","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/emmerdales-leyla-regains-consciousness-but-is-her-marriage-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale\u2019s Leyla regains consciousness, but is her marriage over?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Laura Denby\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 05 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Leyla Cavanagh (Roxy Shahidi) woke up in hospital after her shocking drug overdose in tonight\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Emmerdale<\/a> (5th August) \u2013 but husband Liam Cavanagh (Jonny McPherson) was notably absent from her bedside.<\/p>\n<p>The troubled businesswoman has been secretly taking cocaine for months, with Leyla joining pal Suzy Merton (Martelle Edinborough) in taking the substance. But when Suzy gave up the coke and encouraged Leyla to do the same, Leyla <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdales-leyla-cavanagh-drugs-behaviour-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">ignored her warnings and began to spiral<\/a>. And this week, a dodgy encounter with dealer Callum (Tom Ashley) led her down an even darker path.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/28_07_emm_jacob_liam_01-56a15f4.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;crop=276px%2C0px%2C2992px%2C1993px&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/28_07_emm_jacob_liam_01-56a15f4.jpg?quality=90&amp;crop=276px%2C0px%2C2992px%2C1993px&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/28_07_emm_jacob_liam_01-56a15f4.jpg?quality=90&amp;crop=276px%2C0px%2C2992px%2C1993px&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Jacob (Joe-Warrent Plant) and Liam (Jonny McPherson) were left distraught.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Cash-strapped and desperate, Leyla <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdale-spoilers-next-week-matty-suzy-revenge\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">agreed to store a bag of drugs for Callum<\/a>. He also gave her an extra helping, and it wasn\u2019t long before she headed home alone to sample it. It was clear she was now addicted as she tried to resist temptation, but Liam was later devastated to find his wife unconscious.<\/p>\n<p>It was touch and go as to whether Leyla would survive, and Liam grew angry as he was faced with the possibility of losing her just a year after <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdale-meena-kills-leanna-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">the murder of his beloved teenage daughter Leanna<\/a> (Mimi Slinger). Thankfully, Leyla did make it through, but she was groggy as she was told she had suffered a heart attack.<\/p> <p>Leyla\u2019s son Jacob (Joe Warren-Plant) was furious with her, but Priya Kotecha (Fiona Wade) helped him understand that Leyla needed his love and support. Unfortunately, Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) managed to stir up more fury when she let slip to Liam that her partner, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdale-spoilers-next-week-leyla-exposed\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">David Metcalfe (Matthew Wolfenden) had known about Leyla\u2019s cocaine problem for weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Liam vented over the fact that David was always on hand to help a vulnerable damsel in distress, and given that Liam and Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) had also found the huge stash of drugs at the Take A Vow office, Victoria\u2019s bombshell seemed to be the final straw for Liam.<\/p>\n<p>Just as Leyla admitted to Jacob that she only had herself to blame, Victoria arrived without Liam. Although aware that Liam would be angry, Leyla was shocked that her husband was nowhere to be seen, struggling to take it in as she wondered whether she had lost him forever.<\/p>\n<p>Is this the end of the road for the Cavanaghs\u2019 marriage?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdale-david-leyla-drugs-help-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Emmerdale\u2019s David orders Leyla to seek help<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdales-leyla-cavanagh-drugs-behaviour-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Emmerdale\u2019s Leyla Cavanagh on drug-fuelled high as her behaviour worsens<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Visit our dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/soaps\/emmerdale\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Emmerdale<\/a>\u00a0page for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Soaps<\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term%3Devergreen-article&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1653564619817000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0sDhD4a27IJuIFtGvlU0xZ&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. 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