The Emmerdale cast had some sad news to break to fans as they took home their second of four awards at Saturday's British Soap Awards, revealing the death of one of the show's much loved actors, Andy Devine.
There will be some wild celebrations in The Woolpack this week as the ITV soap beat Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders and Hollyoaks to take home the big accolade of the night - Best British Soap. There were also wins for Emmerdale legend Mark Charnock, with him accepting Best Dramatic Performance for his portrayal of character Marlon's stroke ordeal and Paige Sandhu, who took home the Leading Performance trophy for being villain Meena.
The second time Emmerdale were on the British Soap Awards winners' rostrum was to accept the honour for Best Family, a new publicly voted category, which was won by The Dingles. And, it was during the speech reacting to the win that the news of the passing of Andy Devine was announced.
