Emmerdale star Beth Cordingly has spoken out about a change that has been made to her character Ruby Fox-Miligan.

As of last week, the character is now billed as simply Ruby Miligan in the credits.

The tweak follows a huge few months for Ruby in the show, after it came to light she was abused by her father Anthony Fox (Nicholas Day) as a child.

She also recently confessed to her husband Caleb Miligan (William Ash) that she was the person who murdered Anthony after he was found dead in January.

On Monday, Beth shared a post on Instagram updating fans as she made her way to the Emmerdale studios in Leeds.

In the comments, one fan asked if she would be changing the reference to her character’s name in her Instagram bio.

Beth replied: ‘Oh!!! Good point!! Sigh. It’s good to ditch the association but Fox Miligan sounds so much better.

‘No more 🦊 !!’

After a traumatic few months for Ruby, Beth recently hinted that there won’t be any respite for her character just yet.

On Beth’s Instagram page, she shared a video that confirmed she’s been filming ‘without either of [her] lovely Miligans’.

She said: ‘No Steph, no Caleb today. Just one KitKat Crunchy! But it’s all fine because I have had…Pierre!’.

In the caption the star wrote: ‘Introducing….PIERRE! Everybody’s favourite. He’s a marvel, darling.

‘Ps. In case anyone’s wondering, I am supposed to look sh*t. Ruby’s been up all night and she’s in all sorts of trouble. OBVS.’