Emmerdale spoilers: Faith Dingle makes heartbreaking decision as she faces final cancer battle

MONTHS after her shocking diagnosis, Faith Dingle has been adamant on making memories with her loved ones.

But the Emmerdale veteran makes a heart-breaking decision as her illness takes over.

The character portrayed by Sally Dexter has been living with cancer in recent months after she was secretly diagnosed.

For several weeks, her daughter-in-law Moira was the only resident she had decided to confide in, before eventually coming clean to the rest of her family during a party at the Woolpack.

However, Moira (played by Natalie J. Robb) is not done keeping secrets for Faith.

Coming up in the Yorkshire-based program, Faith is relieved when she realises that Moira hasn't told her son Cain (Jeff Hordley) about another one of her plans.

Next week, it becomes clear Faith is ready to end her own life after living it to the fullest and causing mischief all around her for the last time.

To make matters even more complex for Moira, Faith is determined to have her help at the end but the farmer is resistant.

Faith's health takes yet another downward turn and Moira comes to the conclusion she's running out of time.

In later scenes, Moira is led to a change of heart and agrees to be by Faith's side when she commits suicide - but she sobs, torn and hopeful she's making the right choice.

The following day, she struggles to keep Faith's secret when Cain is insistent on planning hospice care for his mother.

Much like her brother, Chas (Lucy Pargeter) is just as adamant and when Faith plans a day of fun for everybody, the atmosphere is tarnished by her children's serious conversation.

Faith is awash with guilt and, once alone with Moira, she's asked to share her plans for her death.

But Faith refuses, knowing that Moira would be getting into trouble due to assisting suicide being a crime.

Faith asserts she simply wants to have some control over her death but Moira is terrified by the reality of what she's agreed to do.

West End star Sally Dexter confirmed she would be leaving the soap and fans have been speculating she could bow out of the Dales during the show's fiftieth anniversary in October, 2022.

But could Faith really go ahead with her plan?

Emmerdale airs from Monday to Friday on ITV.