An Emmerdale favourite shared exciting baby news and teased their future on the hit soap during Friday's episode of Lorraine.

During the latest instalment, guest host Christine Lampard sat down with Vinny Dingle star, , to talk about his charcter and recent storyline after learning that his biological on-screen mother was in fact Tina Dingle, played by Samantha Power.

However, chat soon got onto Bradley's life away from as he is expecting his first child with fiancée Sammie Johnstone. Bradley announced the news back in June with a heart-shaped cake saying 'baby coming December 2024' and ultrasound snaps, penning: "Mum and dad" with a heart emoji.

Talking about his baby news, Bradley said: "Sammie, my partner, is due in less than three weeks time! I cannot wait!"
To which Christine said: "Perfect Christmas present!" as Bradley replied: "Literally, yeah! I'm excited, Sammie's like: 'I can wait a week or two!' I changed my first nappy a few weeks ago, my nephew, that was an ordeal - I didn't throw up everywhere! "But it was quite alright, everything went to plan! So yeah, I think I'm ready, it might be a different story in a month's time!"

Christine then had a surprise for Bradley as she presented him with a Lorraine babygrow to which Bradley said: "Oh wow, that is amazing! It still doesn't feel real but look at that! Sammie's going to love that, she's absolutely going to love that, thank you so much!"

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