Emmerdale fans delighted as family link shown on screen in rare scene

Emmerdale fans are concerned for Lydia Dingle's safety after she recently reconnected with old friend Craig Reed, with the pair hitting it off straight away despite not having seen each other for years. Lydia (Karen Blick) and Craig (Ben Addis) lived together in a children's home when they were teenagers and recently reconnected after running into each other a jobs fair. It was revealed then Craig was the father of Lydia's infant son Toby, who was stillborn when the couple were teenagers.

Emmerdale fans have criticised the ITV soap's storylines after it was revealed actor Matthew Wolfenden will be leaving his role as David Metcalfe later this year. Matthew, 43, who has been part of the Emmerdale cast for 17 years, will be written out of the soap over the coming months, with sources claiming the actor's decision was due to a lack of "gritty storylines" for his character. A TV source told The Sun: "He hasn’t been getting any gritty storylines recently so wants to see what else is out there," before adding that there is a possibility David could be killed off.

Emmerdale fans have been left fearing for Lydia's safety after a new character joined the soap. Craig Reed was revealed to be a blast from Lydia's past when the two bumped into each other this week.

Emmerdale fans were left fearing for Lydia Dingle’s safety on Friday, when the latest visit to the dales saw an unexpected visitor arrive on her doorstep at Wishing Well cottage. As regular viewers will know, Lydia ran into her ex-boyfriend and childhood sweetheart Craig at a job fair this week, before it was revealed he was the father of her infant son Toby, who was stillborn when the couple were still only teenagers themselves.

Emmerdale fans watched a bittersweet episode on Thursday night as one fan favourite returned to the soap while another made a shock exit. Kerry Wyatt has been off screen since November as actress Laura Norton who plays her is on maternity leave, but teased her comeback with a video call scene. Fittingly, Kerry's return was for ex Dan Spencer's final appearance in the village after 12 years, as he was handed a shock eight-year prison sentence for manslaughter.

Emmerdale viewers shared their shock as two characters had a rather X-rated conversation. Monday's episode, 14 August, saw Bob Hope taken to hospital after he suffered a heart attack after spotting Liam Cavanagh and Wendy Posner together, leading to him assuming their affair was still going on. And as Wendy visited Bob in the hospital in tonight's instalment, he revealed that he had been suffering from erectile dysfunction over the last few months, which was why he had stopped being intimate with Wendy.

Emmerdale's Lisa Riley has shared "proof" that the North West was hotter than Lanzarote. As temperatures across the UK soared and the wet weather finally showed signs of easing, Lisa took to Instagram to show how hot it was on the soap's set.

Emmerdale fans are raging against the soap’s bosses as they call for a “fake” villager to face the axe. In last night's episode, long-standing character Bob Hope was rushed to horrible when a nasty altercation with Liam Cavanagh went awry.

Emmerdale fans are convinced they may have unearthed the identity of Chloe Harris’ mystery dad, after a new arrival in the village made his debut this week. As regular fans will know, Caleb Milligan was recently revealed to be linked to newcomer, Corey Sanderson, who is the manager of a private hire company that has gone into business with Cain Dingle.

Emmerdale viewers were left asking the same question after Friday night's episode, which saw Bob Hope making a bizarre death threat. The character's feud with Liam Cavanagh has threatened to spiral out of control following his alleged affair with Bob's girlfriend Wendy Posner.

Emmerdale fans were left baffled by the same thing as they watched Laurel Sharm's hostage horror finally come to an end. The character found herself trapped in the worrying clutches of Councillor Colin after she previously helped his son remove himself from his dad over his homophobic views.

As a nail biting kidnapping plot continued to unfold on Thursday night’s instalment of Emmerdale, Laurel Thomas continued to suffer at the hands of Colin Hamston, who had been holding her hostage in the hopes that she would contact his estranged son Marshall for him. The newly married Laurel, who tied the knot with Jai Sharma last month, was seen strapped to a bed, wrapped in duct tape and gagged as Colin ordered her to contact Marshall, who had distanced himself from his father after Colin failed to accept his sexuality.

As Emmerdale favourite Laurel Thomas found herself at the mercy of Marshall's homophobic father Colin this week, fans at home couldn’t help but share their frustrations at all of the star’s missed opportunities for escape. Things first kicked off on Wednesday when Laurel paid a visit to Colin’s house to collect Marshall’s passport, however the situation soon escalated as Colin locked Laurel in his son’s bedroom and attempted to convince her to contact his estranged son in the hopes of sending him to a conversion camp in America to ‘cure’ his homosexuality.

Emmerdale fans think they've sussed out who Chloe Harris' real father is after a new arrival enters the village. Chloe has been missing from a lot of the recent storylines in Emmerdale at the minute, but her father has been mentioned multiple times in the soap with theories on her paternity running wild.

Emmerdale fans appear to have been left shouting at their TV screens as Laurel Sharma's attempts to escape after being held hostage by Colin failed. Laurel had been planning to travel to India to be with her new husband Jai following the death of his father, Rishi, on their wedding day.

Emmerdale fans think they have spotted a fresh blunder as Laurel Sharma found herself being kidnapped by Colin. Viewers watched her head over to the councillor's house to collect his son, Marshall's, passport as they prepared to leave the village following Rishi Sharma's death

Emmerdale fans think they’ve predicted a Gabby Thomas pregnancy storyline as they wonder if she could end up having an affair with a married villager. Some fans think there could be an explosive love affair heading to the show after they predict Billy Fletcher could end up getting together with Gabby Thomas behind wife Dawn Taylor’s back. In recent episodes, Gabby has been seen confiding her worries in Billy and even attempted to kiss him while drunk.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Emmerdale has left some fan scratching their heads after Rishi Sharma's cause of death has been revealed. While many thought the popular character had died of a heart attack, it turns out that was not the case and the tragic ending was a lot more mundane. Rishi - played by actor Bhasker Patel - had been on the show for over a decade but has been written out of the show with ITV bosses telling the actor they were plotting a big storyline.

Emmerdale has aired another shocking death, and it has left the villagers stunned. Last Thursday, the show aired the sad death of popular villager Rishi Sharmer, and tonight Lloyd Sawyer was pronounced dead. Lloyd has been in a coma for weeks following an attack from mechanic Dan Spencer.

Emmerdale fans have taken to social media to share that they were left sobbing as Wednesday night's episode of the ITV soap paid tribute to fan-favourite character Rishi Sharma, who was abruptly killed off last week. Following the character's tragic death, which occurred on the day of his son's wedding, fans were left rather emotional, with Wednesday night's episode causing fans to become even tearier.