Lisa Riley addresses if Mandy is leaving Emmerdale amid major cast changes

Lisa has set the record straight (Picture: ITV)

Mandy Dingle, played by the utterly inimitable Lisa Riley, is an undisputed fan favourite in Emmerdale.

Arriving all the way back in 1995 as yet another delightfully chaotic limb of the Dingle family tree, Mandy made her presence known in the village with her wild ways, eventually falling in love with local vet, Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt).

Though she married her cousin, Butch Dingle (Paul Loughran) in order to win a caravan – yes, really – she divorced him not long after in order to marry our Pads. The relationship was broken when ...