Casualty star Charles Venn has opened up about

what is ahead for his character Jacob Masters now

that he has committed to taking custody of his

grandchild. The actor, who plays the hugely popular

paramedic, spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk about the storyline which sees him become what is known as a kinship carer.

Kinship care is when a child lives full-time or most of the time with a relative or close family friend, usually because their parents are not able to care for them and in the UK, there are more than 180,000 children in this situation. Speaking about the storyline Charles acknowledged it will be “impactful”.

“It’s a whole new experience for him,” he admitted. “He doesn’t know this particular thing (babies) very well so it’s all impactful. It’s definitely relatable. I would imagine a number of families in a situation like that,” he said.

Hugely enthused about taking part in such an important storyline Charles is keen to point out that Jacob doesn’t have much experience with babies which makes this a much bigger undertaking. “It’s a huge, huge challenge and it definitely starts to hit a bit on Jacob as a parent you know, sleepless nights. You know what I mean?