{"id":12807,"date":"2024-10-29T16:08:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T16:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=12807"},"modified":"2024-10-29T16:08:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T16:08:06","slug":"emmerdale-from-donna-windsor-charity-debbie-dingle-relationships-ross-barton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/emmerdale-from-donna-windsor-charity-debbie-dingle-relationships-ross-barton\/","title":{"rendered":"From Donna Windsor to Charity and Debbie Dingle: Inside the many relationships of Ross Barton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ross Barton returned to Emmerdale last night<\/a>, striding back onto the scene as Billy\u2019s opponent in an illegal bare-knuckle boxing ring. This marks an explosive return for the bad boy of the Dales, who shares a son with Charity.<\/p>

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Ross\u2019s return to the village is sure to send shockwaves around those who used to know him \u2013 not least Charity, who is currently playing happy families with husband Mack Boyd.<\/p>\n

However, Charity is just one of the many women in Ross\u2019s chequered past. But what happened between Ross and Charity, and who else succeeded in stealing his heart?<\/p>\n

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Donna was Ross\u2019s first love (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Donna Windsor \u2013 the first woman Ross truly loved<\/h2>\n

Dodgy Ross<\/a> falling for the village police officer wasn\u2019t a match anyone could have expected, but when he fell for Donna Windsor, he fell hard. However, realising that she had secrets of her own, the pair grew close and soon became lovers.<\/p>\n

Keeping the fact that she had lung cancer a secret from Ross, the pair worked together to rob local criminal Gary North. The pair\u2019s relationship ended in tragedy when Donna, while handcuffed to Gary, threw herself off a building. Confessing her love to Ross before she jumped, Donna left Ross heartbroken.<\/p>

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