TRAGEDY for the Dingles

News hits that head of the family, Zak, has died...

Sadness consumes the Dingles this week as they learn that Zak has died.

It's one hell of a day for Moira, who is the first to hear about Zak's death. But having suffered another seizure and learnt that the hospital wants her in for brain surgery the next day, overwhelmed Moira chooses not to share her health news with hubby Cain as his dad's passing hits hard.

'It comes as a bit of a bolt from the blue, especially as Cain's come back from Scotland that morning,' says Jeff Hordley, who plays the devastated Dingle.

After Cain informs his siblings, Sam and Belle, the news travels quickly no doubt reaching the ears of Zak's other children, Nathan and Tina, who don't live in Emmerdale.