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By Jasmine Allday Emmerdale aired a surprise return this evening – with the family left shocked by her arrival. Lydia Dingle was back in the Dales tonight after spending some time away from her partner Sam and his son Samson. She fled the village following a fall out with her best friend Kim Tate after learning the Home Farm matriarch was partly responsible for the death of Craig, the man from Lydia’s past, who raped her in harrowing scenes last year. Whilst it was actually the horse who killed Craig, alongside Cain Dingle, Kim helped to cover it up – and Lydia has been struggling since learni…