Nate left the village to take on a new job in Shetland, heading off alone following some explosive rows with his dad Cain and estranged wife Tracy.

The farmhand’s final storyline saw him wrongly accused of betraying his family by starting an affair with his stepmum Moira again. Moira sparked the confusion by making a move on Nate, which was witnessed by Caleb Miligan.

It was only after Nate left the village that Tracy and Cain both learned that Nate was innocent and Moira was behaving erratically due to the symptoms of a brain tumour.

Here, Jurell reflects on his departure from Emmerdale after five years with the show.

“The fact that Tracy initially agreed to go to Shetland with Nate was huge. He was quite taken aback by it. I don’t think he expected Tracy to go to a completely different location, especially somewhere so far away.

“Now that it’s all gone so wrong with both Tracy and Cain, I think Nate is just devastated. All he’s ever wanted is a relationship with his father. As far as Nate’s concerned, Moira came onto him, so he’s just devastated and heartbroken after being wrongly accused.

“As Cain believed Nate would do such a thing, he’s taken their relationship back to square one. Nate is just heartbroken that Cain thinks he has gone there again.”

“Yeah, we had a fight arranger. The scene was understandable from Cain’s point of view, because he thought Nate and Moira were having an affair again. Nate chose not to fight back because I don’t think he could even imagine harming Cain again.

“Nate understands the frustration that Cain’s holding. The fight was amazing to do, but from Nate’s perspective, it was heartbreaking to be going down that road again.”

It looked like Nate would get a happy ending, but things went wrong very quickly…

“Yes, Nate wanted a relationship with Cain and to be part of the whole Dingle family. That’s been massive for him and he felt that he’d got everything together. He had the Dingles, he had Tracy, he had Frankie.

“Now it feels like everything is just falling apart overnight. It’s huge for him, as family is everything to Nate. So this was a pivotal moment in terms of Nate going forward and his decision to leave everyone behind. It’s not what he wanted to do, but he’s been left with no choice.”

“Nate’s initial decision of moving to Shetland was for his family. He just felt stuck in a rut. He was working at the farm and wasn’t making a massive amount of money. He mentioned that he could barely afford to rent a place on his current wage, so he knew that things had to change. Moving to Shetland was the drastic change that he needed.

“Nate wanted to have his own space for him, Frankie and his family unit. Everything has now shattered apart, as he’s lost his family and everything else.”

Does part of Nate feel guilty for leaving Frankie behind?

“Yeah, of course. He’s an old-school gentleman in that way. He feels like he has to provide and take care of his family – Tracy and Frankie – so not having that is huge for him.

“Nate just feels helpless, because he was trying to convince Cain and Tracy that Moira came onto him, but nobody really believed him and they shut him out.”