After finally opening up to partner Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop), she and Doctor Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) persuaded Pollard to attend a support group for people with Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Grandson Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) offered some encouragement as Pollard set off, while Leyla Harding (Roxy Shahidi) arrived to invite the family to help her decorate for Christmas. But once alone, Pollard\u2019s mask dropped and he looked upset over the day ahead.<\/p>\n
In the village, Brenda and Manpreet chatted about Pollard\u2019s decision to go to the meeting, and Manpreet was happy to hear it. But while they tried to stay positive, Pollard was seen looking over some information in his car, before sobbing about how unfair his illness was in heartbreaking scenes.<\/p>
In the caf\u00e9 later, Brenda asked a now composed Pollard several questions about his group meeting, and he covered, making out that he had gone there as agreed. He and Brenda urged each other to be honest about how they were coping, but initially they got nowhere on the subject.<\/p>\n
As the couple joined Jacob and Leyla for their festive plans, Pollard continued to gloss over his day, while Jacob tried, and failed, to come clean about being with Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins).<\/p>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>Sitting down while the others were distracted, Pollard noticed a tremor in his hand and tried to carry on as normal. But when he dropped a sentimental ornament that a younger Jacob had bought David Metcalfe (Matthew Wolfenden), Pollard felt terrible and Brenda tried to take the blame.<\/p>\n
In the shop, Pollard revealed his tremor to Brenda and Jacob, adding that he didn\u2019t go to the meeting. Brenda told him that she had already guessed, and Pollard confided that he wasn\u2019t ready as Brenda comforted him with a hug. In time, will he feel able to seek the support he needs?<\/p>\n
Further information, advice and support is available via the Parkinson\u2019s UK charity\u2019s website\u00a0parkinsons.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0or their free, confidential helpline on 0808 800 0303.<\/em><\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Emmerdale airs on weekdays at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0Soaps<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Will he accept help? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":41592,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/emmerdales-pollard-reveals-heartbreaking-symptom-as-he-struggles-with-illness-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/emmerdales-pollard-reveals-heartbreaking-symptom-as-he-struggles-with-illness-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/emmerdales-pollard-reveals-heartbreaking-symptom-as-he-struggles-with-illness-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/emmerdales-pollard-reveals-heartbreaking-symptom-as-he-struggles-with-illness-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/emmerdales-pollard-reveals-heartbreaking-symptom-as-he-struggles-with-illness-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/emmerdales-pollard-reveals-heartbreaking-symptom-as-he-struggles-with-illness-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/12\/emmerdales-pollard-reveals-heartbreaking-symptom-as-he-struggles-with-illness-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Will he accept help?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/41591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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