Emmerdale fans furious as Dingle refuses to return for grandfather Zak’s funeral

EMMERDALE fans person been near furious with 1 Dingle household subordinate aft she refused to instrumentality to the colony for the ceremonial of her grandfather.

There was heartbreak successful the Dales aft it was revealed that Zak had passed distant pursuing the off-screen decease of his histrion Steve Halliwell.

On-screen, Zak had been residing successful Scotland with his granddaughter Debbie aft taking immoderate clip distant from the chaos of the Dales.

Upon realising her granddad had died successful her home, Debbie was thought to beryllium near distraught aft she rushed to telephone backmost location to corroborate his passing.

It caused Zak and Sam to race up to Scotland to retrive thier father's assemblage aft helium insisted connected at-home burial wrong 48 hours of his passing.

However, Debbie, who was played by Charley Webb, chose not to instrumentality to Yorkshire aft being incapable to header with the news that helium had died.

Despite arguably being the closest subordinate of the household to him successful his last years, Debbie shunned the accidental to accidental a last goodbye to the beloved Zak aft she could not look it.

It has enraged fans who person aired their feelings connected the substance and made it wide that they judge Debbie should person been made to return.

Writing online, 1 penned: "The thought that the Dingles would judge Debbie conscionable not wanting to be the ceremonial doesn't look precise authentic to me.

"I cognize it seemingly cant beryllium helped but the Dingles I cognize would look astatine thing similar that arsenic showing disrespect."

A 2nd past said: "Debbie not returning is simply a gag and seems Emmerdale are abbreviated changing folks arsenic usual.

"I cognize actors whitethorn not beryllium disposable but makes maine wonderment who was adjacent approached to travel backmost for the funeral."

Someone other past stated: "If Debbie isn’t returning for the ceremonial past that means Charley is ne'er returning. I’ve said earlier I deliberation the lone crushed Debbie hasn’t been killed disconnected oregon recast is having Debbie successful Scotland gives the writers casual exits for dingle characters erstwhile actors instrumentality breaks due to the fact that without that it creates problems of however they leave."

It comes aft fans were near fuming astatine the soap's determination to recast Tina Dingle for the episodes.

While Debbie did not marque a comeback, Tina did but this clip she was played by a marque caller histrion - Samantha Power.

The determination near galore fans raging and baffled arsenic to why Emmerdale bosses had decided to revive an iconic quality from the 90s but person a marque caller look playing her.

Hitting retired online, 1 spectator said: "Tina was a large quality successful the day. If you can’t bring backmost the archetypal don’t bother."

Another echoed: "With the top respect to the histrion who has taken implicit the role, I bash consciousness it was a immense mistake to reintroduce Tina successful this episode."

The Brassic and Ackerly Bridge histrion crashed the funeral before clashing with her on-screen family.

And contempt Tina being carted disconnected by the police for breaching her probation - she volition beryllium backmost - and it whitethorn not beryllium for conscionable a abbreviated stint.

Asked if she wants to marque a instrumentality pursuing her stint, Samantha said: “Definitely! 

”Emmerdale is an astonishing spot to enactment and Tina is conscionable fantastic to play truthful I would emotion the accidental to travel backmost and origin much mischief.”