Hollyoaks child goes missing leaving family distraught as Darren blames two villagers

Hollyoaks fans are in for a shock as Darren and Nancy Osborne's young daughter goes missing in upcoming episodes.

The doting parents, played by Ashley Taylor-Dawson and Jessica Fox, are seen spoiling Morgan on her first day of school in the Channel 4 soap.

In a twist, Clare Devine (Gemma Bissix) rushes to help Morgan (Lottie-Rose Mulhall) after she trips, leading a worried Nancy and Darren to warn her to stay away from their child.

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Frankie Osborne (Isabelle Smith) is left in charge of Morgan when she plans a romantic rendezvous with Jacob Omari (Ethaniel Davy)

Jacob heads out to buy protection but forgets his wallet and Frankie leaves the house to meet him halfway to give it to him.

However, upon her return, Frankie is horrified to find the front door broken into, reports the Manchester Evening News.

The situation worsens when she realises Morgan is missing and she has to break the news to Nancy.

The Osbornes are desperate to find Morgan. Donny Clarke, played by Louis Emerick, steps in to help with the search, while Frankie convinces Jacob to lie about their whereabouts.

Darren suspects Jacob of being involved in the abduction due to his past involvement with a gang, and when Jacob receives a text from Clare, the family turns against him.

Viewers will recall that Jacob and Frankie were previously entangled with Clare's child exploitation gang, but they both managed to escape.

While Pearl Anderson (Dawn Hope), Jack Osborne (Jimmy McKenna) and Nancy light candles and say a prayer for Morgan's safe return, Darren finds Clare in a secluded storage container.

As the Osbornes fret over Darren's absence after he fails to come home all night, he grills Clare, desperate to locate his daughter.

Meanwhile, Froggy Black (John Middleton) is being released from prison, leaving Tom Cunningham (Ellis Hollins) and a struggling Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard) to fend for themselves.

Froggy persuades Darren to offer Rex Gallagher (Jonny Labey) a job after finding out his grandson is living in his van.

Upon discovering that Tony isn't managing well, Darren urges Diane Hutchinson (Alex Fletcher) to pay him a visit in prison.

Hollyoaks airs Monday to Wednesday on E4 at 7pm and first look episodes can be streamed Channel 4 from 7am