Less than two years ago Chas Dingle in Emmerdale was the most hated woman in the village.

But after a long road, it seems fans are finally back on her side after she took on nasty Josh.

After her affair with Al, missing her mum’s death and forcing son Aaron to leave to protect her secret, Chas had a lot of come back from.

And even a breast cancer diagnosis only tugged at fans’ heart strings so much.

But it seems all we really needed was a bit of the ‘old Chas’ back as she flexed her muscles and threw Josh out of the Woolpack on Wednesday July 17.

Josh has been causing trouble in Emmerdale for weeks. After taunting Matty and then pushing Samson into him, Samson was stabbed with the knife Matty was holding.

But Josh forced Samson to lie to the police Matty had come at him with a knife and stabbed him in cold blood.

Samson has been going along with it in some sort of inexplicable fear of Josh and his four insane brothers. But the truth finally came out earlier this week when Lydia found out everything and persuaded Samson to come clean to the police.

Samson is looking at a prison sentence, but has so far kept Josh’s name totally out of it.

Josh arrived in the Woolpack last night and wanted to speak to Samson. But when Chas, Sam and Sarah informed him Samson had changed his statement, Josh went off on one.