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Emmerdale’s Mackenzie Boyd flees for his life in a new preview ahead of Thursday’s episode of the ITV soap, after he discovers killer John Sugden’s dark secrets

It’s the moment Emmerdale fans have been trying to unravel for months, as Mackenzie Boyd’s mystery flashforward is finally explained. With that, Mack is left in grave danger it seems as he flees into the woods for his life, running from killer John Sugden.

Amid reports the character is set to be killed off, actor Lawrence Robb has finally addressed the mystery clip that aired in December, ahead of the scene finally airing in full on Thursday. In the initial clip he was shown running through the woods as if he was being chased, or was running towards something.

Fans have spent months speculating over what it could be linked to, even more so after Lawrence teased “life-changing” scenes a few months back. Thursday’s episode will see Mack’s run through the woods play out in real-time, and now new details have been confirmed about the tense twist.

It’s now been confirmed that it follows the moment Mack finally uncovers killer John’s dark secrets. Wednesday’s dramatic cliffhanger saw the moment Mack found a scrap book containing photos of John and his army pals.

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One of the photos exposed his secret friendship with newcomer Ben, the removal man who collected Nate Robinson’s belongings months earlier claiming Nate has ordered his services. But the photo on Wednesday made Mack, who had met Ben that same day, seemingly realise that there was a chance John was linked to Nate’s murder.

After all, Nate had not ordered the removal service given he was already dead so chances are, it was his killer. Finding out that Ben and John are close, it seemed to hit him that John was hiding something, and that he could well have been the killer after all.

Now a first look for Thursday has teased the dramatic and tense fallout of this moment, as John realises Mack is onto him. It’s been teased Mack faces a battle for survival in that he runs for his life – but will John catch up with him?

We know John will go to any means necessary to cover his tracks, and now that Mack may know the truth it puts him in serious peril. A picture for Thursday shows the moment Mack races through the woods, seemingly running away from John.

Spoilers tease his life depends on him getting away, with a trailer hinting that a chase ensues. In the trailer already released, he faces a terrifying moment with killer John but his fate remains unclear.

But can Mack escape and will John be exposed? Actor Lawrence addressed the big moment, and discussed fans finally getting to see the flashforward scene he filmed last year.

He shared: “Last New Year we saw a handful of flashbacks and the one of Mack running has not been seen in an episode yet…. We actually filmed that flashback last October and we finally will be seeing it within the show. In the original flashback the audience members didn’t know why Mackenzie was running.

“Was he chasing someone or was he running away from someone or something? At last all will be revealed. The flashback scene was filmed last October and at the time we didn’t know when it was going to play out within 2025 – so just in case there could be a future issue with hair continuity – as potentially I could have grown a mullet by the end of the year – we decided to stick a beanie hat on Mack.

“But this choice didn’t help with the heat as this time we were filming this episode in the height of summer. And for all the filming I had to have this beanie on. So I was very, very warm. But I’m excited for the audience to finally see it unfold and how it fits into Mack’s storyline.”

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Emmerdale spoilers have teased one character goes missing next week despite them planning to be at the wedding of Aaron Dingle and John Sugden, with a new mystery

There’s a new mystery on Emmerdale next week it seems, with spoilers suggesting a character goes AWOL in the build-up to a wedding.

While an explanation is hinted at, fans will no doubt fearing the worst amid recent trouble with killer John Sugden. It’s his wedding to Aaron Dingle next week, and a key guest appears to be missing.

So has something bad happened to Mackenzie Boyd amid their run-in with enemy John? Perhaps not, as he’s involved in a separate storyline – but it is a bit weird that Mackenzie would go missing on Aaron’s big day just as things got heated with John.

According to the spoilers, as Aaron and John prepare to say their vows Mack has mysteriously vanished and no one knows where he is. Whether he shows up remains to be seen.

That said, he finds himself caught up in Ross Barton’s drama with his new brother Lewis Barton next week. After the pair try to steal Lewis’ cannabis plants from his secret farm in the attic of his home, Lewis catches them and Mack becomes trapped.

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Prior to this, Ross gets Lewis’ keys and manages to get Mack to help him, with them soon finding the farm in the attic. But when Lewis gets an alert on his phone that suggests an intruder is in the attic he opens up a camera app and makes a discovery.

He realises it’s Mack and calls out Ross who he’s with, wanting an explanation from both of them – seemingly trapping Mack in the process amid the wedding. Lewis agrees to let Mack go on one condition, he wants to know the truth about his his mother Emma Barton died.

Whether something else happens to Mack after this and it causes him to go AWOL remains to be seen. There’s also every chance he’s vanished because he’s simply trapped at the home of Lewis.

It comes as John risks being exposed next week when more than one secret threatens to come to light.

Next week it’s confirmed that his ex Aidan has woken from his coma, and soon John is fearful Aidan will expose his lies and the truth about their past.

Then there’s the fact the lake is being dredged due to the slurry leak, caused by John to frame Mack last week. Viewers know that John dumped Nate Robinson’s body in this very lake after killing him in September – so is this the moment the body is found?

With that and Aidan being awake and Aaron having pre-wedding jitters, not to mention John plotting an escape, will the big day go ahead? Will they even make it to the vows? Of course the last thing John will need on top of all of this is for Mack to target him once more – so might John be pushed over the edge?

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Aberdeen defender Jack MacKenzie was left bloodied after being struck by what seemed to be a seat – thrown by one of his own fans – amid a pitch invasion following his side’s Scottish Premiership defeat at Dundee United.

Unused subtitute MacKenzie was on the pitch while the United supporters invaded the playing surface after their side denied Aberdeen fourth place.

And he was felled by a projectile hurled from the area of the ground that housed a travelling support restricted in number after objects were aimed at United manager Jim Goodwin in the last meeting at Tannadice.

Speaking to BBC Scotland after his side sealed a European place on Saturday, Goodwin labelled the incident “a disgrace”.

“I deliberately took myself off the pitch as quickly as I could because we’ve had previous with the Aberdeen supporters in the past,” the former Pittodrie boss said.

“I’m really disappointed to hear young Jack has been hit by an object thrown by his own supporters. He’s inside having stitches now, it’s an absolute disgrace.

“It’s probably taken something as serious as this to happen for the authorities to finally step in and do something about it to identify these idiots who let down a really good club.”