Emmerdale's Jeff Horley says he wants Cain to have a big storyline like Ashley

Emmerdale’s Jeff Hordley wants to tackle a storyline about his health – even though it could spell the end of his character. The ITV soap was praised for its sensitive handling of vicar Ashley Thomas’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease and his subsequent death. Jeff, who plays former bad boy Cain Dingle, said: “I always think they are good stories to give couples because you are also doing ­something a lot of people who watch can relate to or understand. “I always find those issue-based ­illnesses are good things.”