Emmerdale airs an exit next week, as spoilers confirm Jacob Gallagher leaves the village. The teen heads away for a while, with his exit storyline now confirmed.
Amid heartache for his aunt Leyla Harding, who is actually his biological mother, he departs for Portugal. But Jacob reveals he will be gone for at least six months, with him not being in the village for the remainder of 2020.
He's going to stay with his adoptive mother, Leyla's sister, Alicia. In real life, actor Joe-Warren Plant is taking a long break from the ITV soap due to an exciting new venture.
Joe has signed up for Dancing on Ice 2021, and is one of the new line-up also featuring Faye Brooks, Rebekah Vardy and Jason Donovan amongst others.
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