There are bleak times ahead for our dear Kim Tate ( Claire King ) in Emmerdale.

She’s spent most of December burning bridges with her nearest and dearest, leaving her facing a very lonely Christmas .

She irked her best pal Lydia Dingle ( Karen Blick ) when, for the village Christmas Fayre, she gave a Scrooge-esque donation. Lydia channelled this irk into helping Sam Dingle ( James Hooton ) with a dodgy shoot on Home Farm land as a betrayal to Kim, but tragedy struck when Kim went to investigate a rumour about the shoot and ended up gravely injured.

When it comes to light that Lydia and Sam were behind it, their friendship is shattered.

It’s a huge betrayal from Lydia, who ultimately confesses to her boss-slash-best mate, and with Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) having known a

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