ITV crew member Stephanie Ives-Stevens was remembered in an Emmerdale tribute on Thursday night, with the latest episode dedicated to her.

The episode dropped on ITVX that morning before airing on ITV1 at 7:30pm. In both the early release episode and the televised episode there was a touching tribute to a "friend and colleague" of the ITV soap.

Stephanie was a member of the ITV team and is thought to have worked with the production crew on Emmerdale. The soap took a moment at the start of the credits on Thursday to honour the late ITV colleague.

In a message that appeared onscreen, they shared: "Dedicated to our friend and colleague Stephanie Ives-Stevens 1979-2023." The credits then ran as normal.

The episode had featured huge scenes for more than one character with it appearing to air an exit for Ella Forster. Paula Lane's actions came to light and resulted in a dangerous showdown.

She'd been harassing Chas and Liam for the past few weeks bitter over their romance. While John Sugden was accused by fans of being the real culprit, Ella seemed to confess to most if not all of the antics on Thursday.

Liam tried to trick Ella into thinking they could reunite but she saw through it. When Ella realised Chas and Mandy had called the police she panicked and fled, only to be chased by Liam.