Emmerdale: Lydia is told she doesn’t have Huntington’s Disease

Emmerdale fans fear Lydia Dingle could be getting killed off in a heartbreaking twist.

Lydia (Karen Blick) made her debut on the ITV soap in 2016. Married to Sam Dingle (James Hooton), Lydia has gone on to become a firm favourite with fans.

The beloved cleaner has also had her fair share of big storylines – including her changing her name from Jenny Finn, her horror rape ordeal and her brief romances with Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) and Rishi Sharma (Bhasker Patel).

And things have kicked off recently in the village as she left Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) livid after he found out his former step-grandmother Kim Tate (Claire King) wants Lydia to inherit Home Farm when she dies.

An infuriated Joe was then overly nice to Lydia – who saw right through his behaviour – and he planned on making it look like Lydia had been stealing from Kim, thinking Kim would remove her from the will.

Lydia is a firm favourite on the soap (Image: ITV)

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However, Joe decided not to go ahead with the plan but later confronted Kim about Lydia getting Home Farm in which she explained that she wants Lydia to have the property because son Jamie Tate (Alexander Lincoln) and other relatives would be annoyed if she gave it to Joe.

But now, fans fear an exit could be on the cards for Lydia – and evil Joe is to blame. On an Emmerdale Facebook fan page, one person mused: “What if Joe kills or accidentally kills Lydia so he gets Home Farm?”

A second chimed in: “Wouldn’t put it past him to be honest. If he can steal a kidney, he can do anything,” referring to when Joe orchestrated a plan to steal a kidney from his uncle, Caleb Miligan (William Ash) last year. A third then wrote: “No not Lydia!” Echoing their thoughts, another said: “Leave Lydia alone Joe.”

Fans think Joe could have something to do with her exit (Image: ITV)

Meanwhile, previously talking about being a member of the iconic Dingle family on Emmerdale, actress Karen said: “It’s so great to be a part of the Dingles in Emmerdale because you find yourself in so many different situations with so many different characters. It’s fantastic.”

And when asked why the Dingles resonate so much with Inside Soap magazine’s readers, she added: “It’s the storylines because you can weave a Dingle in any story; whether it’s high drama, high action, comedy, there’ll be a Dingle you can sew into the rug, definitely.”

Emmerdale airs Monday to Friday at 8:00pm on ITV1 and ITVX