Emmerdale star Ash Palmisciano has said he is 'honoured' to be leading the way in another first for the show. Earlier this year, the actor shared his pride at being involved in the ITV soap's first transgender wedding. But it wasn't his first-ever ground-breaking involvement as the 34-year-old was also the first-ever transgender actor to appear on Emmerdale.

However, after a wonderful soap wedding between Matty and Amy Wyatt, their marital bliss was quickly interrupted when he was arrested for stabbing Samson Dingle. As viewers saw, Samson's mate Josh took a shine to Amy and continually flirted with her, despite admitting she's a married woman. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link Josh was introduced to Matty but unbeknownst to anyone else, he later branded Matty a 'freak' after discovering he'd transitioned from a woman.

As he continued openly flirting with Amy, Samson was clearly uncomfortable at the exchange and tried to get his new pal to give it a rest. However, once Amy had gone, Josh turned to Matty and continued to jibe him before he eventually had had enough. Pouring their paid-for beers away, Matty told them both to leave, which infuriated Josh.

While outside, Josh made it clear the situation wasn’t over, as he told Samson they were owed their drinks. Storming back inside, Matty tried to tell them both he had shut the cafe, although Josh was adamant they weren’t leaving without getting their drinks. As Josh started making a.