Charley Webb teased her Emmerdale fans about her future on the programme after many viewers quizzed her on returning to the hit soap “permanently”.The actress has played the character of Debbie Dingle on the ITV show since 2002, but she was on maternity leave last year after welcoming her youngest son Ace, one. Despite Charley admitting she had no plans to return to Emmerdale in 2019, fans saw the TV star return to the Yorkshire-based soap during the Christmas Day episode.