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Matthew Wolfenden, who plays David Metcalfe in Emmerdale, will kick off this year’s Countdown to Christmas in Scarborough, courtesy of McCain Foods.

Matthew, who plays the son of character, Eric Pollard, in the ITV Yorkshire soap opera, will make his star appearance in the Yorkshire coast town on Sunday 18 November as part of the Borough of Scarborough’s Countdown to Christmas event on South Bay.

The UK’s most successful hitmaker, Cliff Richard, is returning to Scarborough Open Air Theatre in 2019.

It is announced today that Cliff will headline Europe’s largest open air arena on Wednesday 26 June.

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Sunday 18 November via www.scarboroughopenairtheatre.com or from Scarborough Open Air Theatre Box Office (01723 818111) and the Discover Yorkshire Coast Tourism Bureau (01723 383636).

The first headline stars of Scarborough Open Air Theatre’s 2019 summer season will be revealed on Monday.

Both are music icons – with one returning to play the Yorkshire coast venue for a second time.

A record-breaking 90,000 people watched shows at Scarborough OAT in 2018  with sell-out gigs from the likes of Britney Spears, Lionel Richie, Bastille and Gary Barlow.

And venue programmers Cuffe and Taylor today pledged they will be bringing more of music’s biggest stars to Europe’s largest open air arena in 2019.

Scarborough Borough Council is seeking ideas from businesses and members of the public about what they think Scarborough town centre should offer in the future and how it can continue to improve as a destination for leisure, retail and other goods and services.