The 1975’s Matthew Healy’s brother has joined the cast of Emmerdale

Louis will be starring over the next few months!

Matthew & Louis Healy

by Emma Dodds |
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The 1975 singer Matthew Healy's little brother is following the family footsteps into showbiz! Louis, who is 18-years-old, has joined the cast of Emmerdale for the next few months, and will be in scenes first airing on Monday 16th September.

Louis, who's also the son of actors Denise Welch and Tim Healy, will be playing a character called Danny, with official Emmerdale information saying that 'he will befriend Sarah Sugden who quickly becomes smitten with him. But is he as he seems?'

Mum Denise, who had a stint on rival soap Coronation Street as Natalie Barnes for three years, couldn't contain her pride and took to Twitter to share the news, writing, 'Exciting news just in!!! @emmerdale.'

Swipe through to see all the Emmerdale spoilers you need to know for next week...

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With Al back on the scene, Jessie is taken aback when he tells her about a teaching job he came across in Dubai.

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Feeling uninspired at work, Jessie decides to consider applying – but is shocked when Al reveals he's already set up a telephone interview for her.

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Meanwhile, Jessie keeps her plans from Marlon and when Al works out he's in the dark, enjoys 'accidentally' letting slip about the interview.

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Later on at the pub, Marlon bemoans Al's arrival to Billy, but little does he know across the village Al and Jessie are getting re-acquainted.

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After an afternoon reminiscing about old times, Al comes back to Jessie and Marlon's house and soon leans in for a kiss.

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Jessie is suprised to find herself reciprocating – and even more so when none other than Mandy Dingle, who's quick to make her disapproval known.

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Mandy is back! After letting loose at Jessie, Mandy sets off to catch up with her family, having arrived back in town with her son, Vinny.

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Elsewhere, a preoccupied Tracy isn't interested in celebrating her birthday as she obsesses over proving her dad's innocence.

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She feels awful about accusing Dawn – but later on when she catches a hush-hush conversation between Dawn and Will, jumps to new conclusions.

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Soon Tracy has locked a terrified Dawn in the church and is threatening her with a makeshift weapon. Will she come to her senses?

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Determined to cheer up her sister, Vanessa has been busy preparing a birthday tea in the hope they can bury the hatchett.

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After her run-in with Dawn, Tracy tracks down Vanessa and breaks down sobbing in her arms, explaining she feels so betrayed by their dad.

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Doug's smoking becomes even more covert as Charity ups her campaign against drugs. But when he's discovered by Pollard, is the jig up?

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Rishi has been working hard on a new menu since the fire, determined to build the family's confectionary empire back up from scratch.

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Unaware their affair has been discovered, Moira and Nate struggle to find time for each other, but Moira's conscience is getting the better of her.

Joining Louis in a spate of episodes will be comedian Tommy Cannon, best known as one-half of the comedy duo Cannon and Ball with his long-time collaborator Bobby Ball.

The Emmerdale team have revealed that Tommy will be playing the role of Derek, who will be a 'regular patient of resident Doctor Manpreet Jutla', played by Rebecca Sarker. Although show bosses do not wish to confirm the full nature of his storyline, they have teased that his arrival in the village will have 'consequences' for other characters.

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This won't be Louis' first time on the set of a TV show, as he's already had roles in Vera this year, as Scott and Bailey in 2016 and two extra roles in Doctors in 2010 and 2015.

Emmerdale airs every weeknight at 7pm on ITV, with a second showing on Tuesday nights at 8pm.

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