Charley Webb is forced to close her children’s toy business

Charley Webb has revealed that she was forced to close her “dream” business, after struggling to find time to focus on running it.

The Emmerdale star created the Scandi-inspired Nordi Babi in 2020 with her husband and co-star Matthew Wolfenden, who sells children’s wooden toys.

Matthew and Charley were also working with their brother David in the business.

On Instagram, Charley wrote: ‘@nordi_babi is closing. I’ve loved this chapter and the journey it’s taken us on, but we just don’t have the time to execute it the way we want.

“I love everything Scandi, so this has been a dream.”

Nordi Babi has teething, stacking and pull-along toys that are all wooden and the brand is now 40 per cent off the closing sale.

The idea for the concept came after Charley struggled in 2010 to find toys her first son, Barker, would like.

It comes after the star expressed his anger after he crashed his car into a pole in December.

The star took to his Instagram to share an image of the damage to his Audi after the bumper was ripped off.

She wrote: ‘Good morning to me. I just crashed my car into a pole and this is the result.

The actress said she was “upset” about the accident, saying: “Today is not my day.”

Addressing his followers in a video, Charley said: ‘Really upsetting. He was driving in a space, he wasn’t even driving fast.

‘If I had been driving over 2 miles an hour I probably would have taken the whole hood off. I can’t believe the damage it’s done.

End of a chapter: The Emmerdale star created the Scandi-inspired company Nordi Babi in 2020 with her husband and co-star Matthew Wolfenden selling children’s wooden toys

He expressed his relief that no one was hurt, saying: ‘Anyway, no one was hurt. So that’s the main thing, but it really bugs me.

‘And then a lot of things went wrong today, so it’s been really good. I need to go to bed and get up tomorrow because today is not my day.’

She added: ‘I wouldn’t mind, but I went to bed last night and did this really good abundance, affirmation and manifestation meditation. That didn’t work, did it?

Awful: The star took to her Instagram to share a photo of the damage to her Audi after the bumper was ripped off.

This isn’t the soap opera star’s first car accident, after he was left in “agony” when someone crashed into the back of his car in May 2021.

Charley spoke to her followers on her Instagram Story to explain that she had been left with back pain after someone crashed into her car while she was sitting in traffic on the freeway.

She explained that she was on her way to an appointment with a chiropractor to help her with the pain the day after the accident.

Agony: This isn’t the first car accident for the soap opera star, after he was left in ‘agony’ when someone crashed into the back of his car in May 2021

Charley told her 503k followers that she had been sitting in stationary traffic for some time when a woman drove her car into her.

She said: ‘He had been immobile for quite some time so obviously he wasn’t concentrating or looking where he was going because he came right behind me…

“Actually, it wasn’t that big of an impact, I didn’t jerk forward or anything, but my lower back, I’m in agony.”

He went on to explain that he didn’t initially feel the pain, chalking it up to adrenaline after the accident, however, he continued: ‘I don’t quite understand why it’s as bad as it is, but oh my word, it’s so painful.’

The mother-of-three noted that it was lucky that her youngest son, Ace, 21 months old at the time, was not in the car at the time.

She continued: ‘Luckily I didn’t have Ace in the car, because that would have been a different story. Obviously the car took a pretty big hit, but I have a pretty big car so it doesn’t show any big marks, but its bumper was definitely damaged.

Car crash: The actress said she was sitting in stationary traffic when another car rear-ended her on the freeway, but explained that the crash didn’t push her forward