Emmerdale favourite attacked with a shovel in early ITVX release – and a twist follows

Joe Tate’s in danger (Picture: ITV)The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) has been attacked with a shovel in Emmerdale, by someone who clearly knows a lot more than he’s letting on.Recently, Joe made the discovery that someone was trying to blackmail him. This is a character who likes being in control of things – so knowing he was being threatened via the medium