Changes are made (Picture: ITV)

With a spate of Emmerdale exits on the cards, another stalwart is set to leave the soap after 22 years as Gabby (Rosie Bentham) decides it’s time to move on from Emmerdale.

Gabby only recently returned from a trip to Portugal to get Nicky (Lewis Cope) out of her head and to forget about trying it on with Billy (Jay Kontzle). It looks like it didn’t do the trick as she’s already ready to leave it all behind once again.

Having realised there is little left for her in the village except for painful memories, she insists she wants to sell up and make the village a distant memory. Will she head back to Portugal for a life with Diane?

Gabby/Rosie is just one in a long line of sad departures for the soap, as many more are expected in the coming weeks and months.

We’ve already lost Rishi (Bhasker Patel) who’s sudden death at the bottom of the stairs still brings a little pang of pain to our hearts. He died amongst bad feeling with son Jai (Chris Bisson) after the discovery of his adoption and his was a death absolutely no one saw coming.

After his character’s untimely demise, Bhasker posted online: ‘I feel privileged to have been part of the show for 12 years. I have loved it and will miss it enormously, especially my friends and working in the beautiful village of Emmerdale. Thank you for watching. Stay safe, Bhasker.’ RIP Rishi, you legend.

We’re also shortly set to lose David (Matthew Wolfenden) from our Emmerdale screens after 17 years. The shop will never be the same! The actor is said to be leaving due to ‘lack of gritty storylines’, which has sent him looking elsewhere. How David will bow out is still a mystery. Speculation is already rife about it though, with theories ranging from death from testicular cancer to Meena making a shock return. We’ll have to wait and see!

So many departures (Picture: ITV)

Another exit on the card is that of Bernice Blackstock (Samantha Giles). She’s been good craic in Emmerdale in and off for over 25 years. No one will be able to execute her dark and perfectly timed humour quite as well. She’s set to leave later this year, but thankfully a source has already said she’d be welcome back any time. In which case let’s hope she’s not bumped off!

And then of course there is Emmerdale boss Jane Hudson, responsible for such storylines as Meena’s (Paige Sandhu) murderous rampage, Marlon’s (Mark Charnock) stroke, and Paddy’s (Dominic Brunt) mental health, as well as the huge returns of Mandy Dingle (Lisa Riley) and Kim Tate (Claire King). (Of course we also have her to blame for Rishi’s demise!).

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It’s been an incredible five years of storylines, but as Jane said herself, she ‘can’t wait to be an Emmerdale viewer again’. Can’t blame her really, it’s pretty damn good.

We’ve also of course recently lost the likes of Dan Spencer (Liam Fox) and Victor Anderson (Eddie Osei).

With any luck, that’s it for the list of leavers the time being as our little hearts can’t take losing any more favourites. For now, it’s a waiting game to see how these much-loved faces say their goodbyes.

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It’s another goodbye.