New young Emmerdale couple have sex for the first time after troubled time
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Emmerdale’s Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) and Sarah Dingle (Katie Hill) have been enjoying a few lovely dates, and now they’re ready for the big next step. The pair started dating over Christmas when they realised there were sparks between them, but it’s not been the nice, easy, young romance they’d hoped it might be. The reason being –Jacob’s mum is Leyla (Roxy Shahidi).
![[Sarah Dingle feels left out as Jacob catches up with his workmates in Emmerdale]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/08_01_emm_sarah_jacob_01-25dc.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Leyla has never been a fan of Jacob’s love life – which while it might be every mother’s prerogative, particularly when he shacked up with his dad’s girlfriend Victoria (Isabel Hodgins), it’s meant Jacob hasn’t been able to make his own decisions about his love life.
![[Jacob and Sarah have a chat outside The Woolpack in Emmerdale]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/08_01_emm_sarah_jacob_04-740d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Leyla made her feelings so clear about Vic that it ultimately led to their breakup. Leyla was gleeful, Jacob was crushed. That’s mostly behind him now, but Leyla’s dislike for his choices in companions continues. You’d be forgiven for thinking she’d be glad Jacob was finally interested in someone his own age, but instead, Leyla inadvertently tries to sabotage their early-stage dating.
![[Emmerdale's Jacob Gallagher stands in A&E in a promotional photo]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/EMBARGO_EMM_JACOB_HOSPITAL-ce89.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The young couple also face other barriers to their fledgling romance. Jacob is under massive pressure on his very first uni placement in A&E. He has a whole month in the fast-paced emergency department – it’s what he’s been dreaming of for years, but even he wasn’t prepared for it being as high-pressured as this.
Actor Joe-Warren Plant gave us an insight into Jacob’s nerves: ‘I think he’s generally very excited. He’s been dreaming of this day for a long time. So I think that is his main emotion. I think it’s only later on in the day when the apprehensions start to show and he does start to feel a little overwhelmed.’.
