A BELOVED Emmerdale favourite has bid goodbye to the Dales in order to join a soap rival.
The top show storyliner and scriptwriter confirmed that he had made the leap from the Yorkshire based soap in order to instead take up residence in Walford.
LinkedinSoap writer Jack Deslandes has quit Emmerdale to join EastEnders[/caption] PAHe will be leaving behind his ITV soap pals[/caption]Jack Deslandes was one of Emmerdale‘s leading crew members over the last few years before making the epic soap jump.