Emmerdale's Samantha Giles has spoken out about the heartache she endured when her beloved mother suffered a severe stroke, which tragically struck just hours before Samantha was due to perform on stage.

The soap star had just arrived in Shrewsbury, gearing up for an afternoon show of the comedy 'The Syndicate', where she was sharing the bill with Coronation Street's Brooke Vincent.

Samantha, who is renowned for her role as the feisty Bernice Blackstock in Emmerdale since the 90s, was in the midst of her tour when the distressing news came through.

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"It was a brain haemorrhage and most people die when they have that," she disclosed.

She received the alarming update on a Wednesday, a

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