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Emmerdale's Charley Webb return excitement as she reunites with co-stars after '20 years of friendship'

Former Emmerdale star Charley Webb has reunited with some of her old cast mates for a wholesome weekend in the Yorkshire Dales.

Charley Webb, 35, who was known to millions as Debbie Dingle in the ITV soap, celebrated '20 years of friendship' with her former co-stars with a trip to the countryside. To mark the occasion, Charley along with Charlotte Bellamy (Laurel Thomas), Emma Atkins (Charity Dingle) and Zoe Henry (Rhona Goskirk), enjoyed a long weekend of walking, eating good food and drinking wine in a picturesque little cottage.

Sharing a reel of the best bits from the weekend, Charley penned: "Weekend in the Yorkshire Dales celebrating 20 years of friendship. Til the end of time."

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The post was soon flooded with comments from excited Emmerdale fans, who were delighted to see the four of them together. One fan @denisejeakins responded: "Love this. My favourite ladies all together. Hope it was a good weekend."

A second follower @zoeafxs added: "My 4 favourite girls all together. Melts my heart. Love you all so much."

While others took the opportunity to ask Charley to make a return to the village. @cherylclay4943 said: "I wish you would come back to Emmerdale", @missjack29 agreed saying: "Why dont you come back as Debbie and team up with David? He needs a girlfriend!" and @cathalrobinson said: "When are you going back to Emmerdale?"

Charley Webb first started playing Debbie Dingle in 2002 and exited Emmerdale in 2021. When mum-of-three Charley, who has recently appeared in BBC’s new crime drama Better, announced her Emmerdale exit, she said: “This is always my most asked question but I've never answered it before because I've never wanted to make a big deal of it.

“I left to have Ace two-years-ago. I went back at the end of last year (2021) for 10 weeks to complete a storyline. So, I guess officially it's been a year. I never felt the need to announce it, which is why we didn't.”

However, much to fans disappointment, there has been a suggestion recently should we ever see Debbie Dingle return to Emmerdale, the character will be recast, according to the Daily Star. In the article, which features fan theories, it states if the character of Debbie Dingle does return, we might see a new acting star portraying her.

As Charley is currently pursuing other acting roles - elsewhere she has filmed scenes for The Long Shadow - an Emmerdale return looks unlikely.

As ever, we'll continue to bring you the big Emmerdale news about what is happening in the village and away from it. You can visit our Emmerdale homepage to find the latest gossip about the soap and its stars.

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