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\n\t\tWhat a nightmare (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tWhat a nightmare (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n
Lydia Dingle<\/a>\u00a0(Karen Blick<\/a>) was a woman with a guilty conscience\u00a0in\u00a0Friday (December 19)\u2019s\u00a0Emmerdale<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 and it led her to make a confession.\u00a0<\/p>\n The beloved character was blaming herself and\u00a0Sam Dingle<\/a>\u00a0(James Hooton<\/a>) for an accident that had resulted in\u00a0Kim Tate<\/a>\u00a0(Claire King<\/a>) being badly\u00a0injured, and\u00a0had also led to the\u00a0death of Kim\u2019s beloved horse, Ice<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Sam had arranged an illicit shoot on Kim\u2019s land to help raise some much-needed cash to pay for the various repairs that were needed at Wishing Well. Lydia agreed to\u00a0help out\u00a0by keeping Kim out of the way, and she also helped Sam to deal with the people\u00a0who\u2019d\u00a0paid to\u00a0hunt on\u00a0Kim\u2019s land.\u00a0<\/p>\n These people expected a lot for their money, and Lydia had to talk them out of doing illegal and cruel hare coursing. She suggested they could snare rabbits instead, as well as shoot pheasants.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t It was one of these snares that injured Ice\u2019s leg, causing him to rear and Kim to fall to the ground. Kim had gone to the woods to check what was going on after Vanessa (Michelle Hardwick) said\u00a0she\u2019d\u00a0spotted some suspicious goings-on as she drove past.\u00a0<\/p>\n While Kim was lying yelling for help in the woods, Lydia was at the Woolpack having the time of her life. Kim had arranged a\u00a0special appearance by Jason Donovan<\/a>\u00a0as a surprise for the woman she called her\u00a0\u2018best friend.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n In the aftermath of the accident, Ice had to be put to sleep and in this\u00a0episode\u00a0Lydia helped Kim to scatter his ashes in a field that had a view that Kim loved to ride to. Emotionally, Kim said Ice had been her friend. Saying goodbye to him made her cry.\u00a0<\/p>\n Since the accident \u2013 which has left Kim with her leg in a cast \u2013\u00a0she\u2019s\u00a0become suspicious of everyone around her. She suspects Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) \u2013 and by extension, Dawn (Olivia Bromley) \u2013 of having designs on getting his hands on her empire sooner rather than later. <\/p>\n Gabby (Rosie Bentham), who was heading off to visit her mum for Christmas, is more interested in herself than anyone else.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t For Kim, that left only Lydia as being someone she could trust and rely on.\u00a0So\u00a0she changed her will and left Home Farm\u00a0to\u00a0her.\u00a0And with\u00a0Lydia already feeling guilty about what had happened, this was too much.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sam told her to accept Kim\u2019s offer. To his mind, Dingles had been poachers and gamekeepers on Home\u00a0Farm land\u00a0for generations, so they deserved to be lords of the manor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n After Lydia and Kim had finished scattering Ice\u2019s\u00a0ashes\u00a0they went back to the house and soon Sam turned up. Kim asked him to help her convince Lydia to accept her offer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n This pushed Lydia too far and she blurted out that Ice died because of her and Sam.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tCan\u2019t wait for the next twist?\t\t\t<\/p>\n Hi, I\u2019m Calli Kitson, Soaps reporter at Metro.<\/strong>\u00a0I cover Emmerdale, EastEnders, Corrie and more.<\/p>\n If you want to stay up to date on the latest spoilers, sign up to\u00a0our daily Soaps Newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t From the big moments to the gossip you can\u2019t miss, it\u2019s all in your inbox every morning.\u00a0Sign up now<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kim was horrified. Even though Sam tried to get Lydia off the hook by saying it had all been his idea, Kim\u00a0wasn\u2019t\u00a0having any of it and said that\u00a0Lydia had betrayed her<\/a>. She sacked Sam and sent him on his way. Then she turned to Lydia, telling her that nothing she could do would put things back to how they were.\u00a0<\/p>\n To Kim\u2019s mind, Lydia had joined\u00a0a long list\u00a0of people\u00a0she\u2019d\u00a0loved and trusted who then betrayed her. She declared she would never trust anyone\u00a0again, and\u00a0told Lydia she was also\u00a0sacked\u00a0and she\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0want to see her at Home Farm again.\u00a0<\/p>\n After Lydia had gone,\u00a0Kim was left alone<\/a>\u00a0and in tears after losing the one\u00a0person\u00a0she thought would never betray her.\u00a0<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"Kim](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766212292_477_12_12_emm_kim_02-a300.jpg\")
\n\t\tKim and Ice the horse were both injured (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n![\"Lydia](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/22_12_emm_lydia_joe_01-a8e9.jpg\")
\n\t\tLydia has been feeling incredibly guilty (Picture: ITV)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-08-28-144150-ba9c.png\")
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