One of Emmerdale’s biggest characters dead as star makes most horrifying exit

It’s the end of an era (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

This article contains spoilers for tonight’s (Thursday, August 27) Emmerdale, which has not yet aired on TV but is available to watch now on YouTube and ITVX.

We knew it was coming, but that hasn’t made tonight’s Emmerdale death any less heartbreaking.

What was supposed to be a week of joy as Dawn Taylor and Joe Tate (Olivia Bromley and Ned Porteous) tied the knot in a glamorous c...