Growing up in the unglamorous village of Newarthill in Scotland designer Christopher Kane and his older sister Tammy forged a deep childhood bond letting their off-kilter imaginations loose and carving a beguiling dreamworld of their own Their joint vision has propelled the pair from Scotland to London a flagship store in Mayfair and global acclaim for their label We met the siblings at their Dalston studio to discover the secrets and magic of their formative years that Christopher Kane and his sister Tammy are alchemists Not just talented creative artists – talented creative artists are ten a penny They have taken the base metal of their background – in a bleakly redundant steel-making shire – and transformed it into gold glowing through a bloom of iridescent purple They make you weep again that Prince is dead controlled and disciplined by that fiendishly indefinable mix of technical innovation and flair Plaids with sheer panels underlaid with florals Tweedy coats with collars that bristle with neon-bright sequins from some miniature cartoon junkyard And human faces rising like pansies from pansies Past glories can always be spotted in Kane’s work though promiscuously crossbred into something different and new But the important things stay the same: glamour are and always have been the features that make Kane’s work which can seem so disorientatingly diverse They were there for Autumn/Winter 2016 too Because Christopher Kane’s 2006 debut show is now fashion legend signalling as it did the arrival of a neon-bright much attention has been paid to Kane and much information is in the public domain It’s well known that he always works with his older sister that they draw on the memory palace of their shared childhood It’s well known that they hail from Newarthill a resolutely unglamorous village near resolutely unglamorous Motherwell where “fashion” means “make something from wrought iron” It’s well known that Christopher’s early introductions to fashion where he studied for six years under the late Professor Louise Wilson It’s well known that the Kanes did their early work on a shoestring It’s well known that they’re extraordinarily gifted and original But unless you’ve actually been to Newarthill it’s hard to comprehend how strikingly improbable this pair are Christopher and Tammy wouldn’t say this – they’re fiercely loyal to their community and love their home village – but having been born and bred in the area myself my own view is that the place is a total fucking dump (whose people deserve much better) The proudest moment of my youth was when The Face named Motherwell alongside Essen in Germany and some other apology for civilisation that I don’t recall as the three most terrible places in Europe It wasn’t mere style-bible confirmation that my home town was terrible that made me proud It was that Motherwell had actually made the top three of something But Newarthill’s far too insignificantly rubbish even to make the top three of crap places Motherwell is (or was) to Newarthill as Mayfair is to Dalston Christopher Kane’s flagship store is in rich West End Mayfair and Christopher Kane’s headquarters is in poor Which is where Christopher and Tammy sit awkwardly before me wipe-clean office where big framed paintings by Christopher lean in stacks against the walls The two of them are limbering themselves up with chit-chat before they decide whether they ought to start getting into doing what they do which is reaching into the core of their beings finding wonder and magic in their memories and observations and presenting them to the world with all the frankness and authenticity Which is a lot of frankness and authenticity I find it hard to imagine what Newarthill would make of this pair But that wasn’t because anyone else made them feel different They agree that their childhood was “idyllic” physically and mentally relaxed with each other We could sit and have a conversation with our mum and dad about anything The two break into each other’s sentences all the time like each is the other’s bearer of spoken-word italics But the liberality is important – and not very North Lanarkshire It wasn’t just the freedom the children had to watch telly or go to bed when they wanted to – they both say that’s why they love working through the night – or the people that came and went around them All of it got Christopher ready for London Tammy went to the School of Textiles and Design at Heriot-Watt University in Galashiels in Scotland when Christopher was just 13 sharing her higher education as she would go on to share his “It was like the stars aligned,” Tammy says “I would visit her in Galashiels and love it,” Christopher says “and not only stay a weekend but I’d stay days I should have been at school but my mum was okay with it I was loving being around the people there the community and everyone was really great “That’s when I was starting to come out because… I was literally mixing with people who were five years older than me I was having a great time–” “And they’re all still our pals still our pals today.” “Still friends today But it gave me such insight because the very first gay man I met was Bobby but he was wearing glitter and his hair was peroxide blonde and he was roller skating and he would do that in and around the pubs of Galashiels–” “In daylight.” “In daylight and Gerard was in denial that he was gay for so long and we’d go there and literally spend weeks because we just loved hanging about with the girls at Galashiels.” because many a naive wee Scots lad turns up in London and finds that his mind is too blown and his body too busy experimenting for him to get much of a grip on what he’s supposed to be doing at his seat of higher learning totally focused on getting all he could out of Saint Martins But what I want to know is how that relationship became so close with a portrait that could have come out of a DH Lawrence novel “My dad has psoriasis so we would pick his back every night–” “My dad had chronic psoriasis and it’s a horrible disease I’ve developed it in my life so I really don’t… I’m lucky because I have it in small patches It was as if he’d been drenched in boiling hot water everywhere.” Psoriasis flares up due to stress and also my two older brothers were wild at that point He doesn’t really want to think about why their dad’s entire body was erupting with stress but then you’d see her be mean to my dad and you’d be She could turn–” “She was strong and vulnerable at the same time and I think she probably suffered a lot of depression,” Tammy chimes in she had three kids almost one after the other and my dad was out working all the time She was very resilient; she became quite tough and a real matriarch The two of them were a really good couple together.” “Yeah the pair’s account of their family life is strange It’s very positive even as it describes quite awful stuff And there’s this suffering man at the centre of it even though they’re supposed to be in this great partnership They are aware that I’m not seeing how it all adds up I think Tammy… I think the girls of the family were closer to my dad I think my dad was very protective of me and also I think he figured out I was – I think you could figure out if your child’s gay or not – I think he knew that and he was very conscious of that He really supported me to go to art school and I couldn’t have gone to art school without my mum and dad’s support We learned in later life that my mum was closer for a reason that I don’t want to talk about but that was a turning point for me because I was like yet… I’m always in the middle of everything somehow so when I would have my phone calls with my dad Chris…” “That was when we moved to London,” Christopher adds as a detail “they would talk if maybe my dad picked up… But it was never they wouldn’t be on the phone talking to each other Whereas I would do that and then my dad would ask ‘What’s happening with Christopher?’ or he might say I ask if it was the same when they were tiny “I was really close to my dad and my sister too...” She blurts out “Sometimes my mum was quite mean to him.” “Yeah because he was so good to us and he worked so hard.” Again where you tended to work where your father before you had worked the whole of North Lanarkshire… The reason why those places are so degraded is because they were places that had so much stuff that could be exploited including plenty of people who didn’t have enough control over their own lives and destinies to do anything other than allow others to do the exploiting in the generation before the Kane siblings of the plentiful natural resources that had made this part of the world a centre of steel-making since the birth of the Industrial Revolution Christopher Kane’s designs meld science and nature where science and nature came together to make steel No one thought that industrial life could ever change Those Lanarkshire towns and villages were prosperous places full of people who imagined themselves to be modest and resilient Maybe they were even a bit arrogant about it anyone who wanted even just a wee bit more than North Lanarkshire could offer was “getting above themselves” All thoughts outside the North Lanarkshire ambit were “snobbish” or “pretentious” he’d cycled into Glasgow – quite a ride – to do night classes in engineering By the time his youngest children were born and later added a large family home – bought and paid for no mortgage – and then a pub in Newarthill Their mum always worked too – as a cleaner and never gave themselves “airs and graces” about their good fortune Christopher explains his divided relationship with it it was such a contrast to other people in our neighbourhood and at school because we had everything we ever wanted and there were a lot of poor kids But we were always really quite responsible about it–” “We were not greedy or–” “We weren’t greedy ‘Maybe I shouldn’t wear that because I feel bad because they don’t have it…’ I was always very conscious of other people look at my new trainers’; I was always very conscious that there was so much poverty.” Between the end of my childhood and the start of Christopher’s the sort of change you imagine angry gods visiting on makers of steel who committed the sin of thinking themselves unassailable the whole area was on notice of annihilation its population living every day with the almost certain knowledge that they’d end up on the dole queue if they hadn’t found themselves there already Christopher was born into a community that had existed and developed around heavy full of the human detritus of economic carnage was the only Lanarkshire the Kanes ever knew growing up where and when these remarkable siblings did They saw people falling victim to unemployment mental illness and addiction throughout their childhoods Yet even the sight of a community being systematically dispossessed was observed by the Kanes with calm compassion and affectionate respect all the characters in our neighbourhood–” “The characters in our neighbourhood,” Christopher picks up “they resonated and we still mention them in our work–” “Isobel Carson and–” “Isobel Carson and her Dr Scholl’s.” Christopher picks up Tammy’s reference but there were people who’d obviously been touched by a little bit of madness or depression because obviously a lot of things had happened– “A hard life.” “A hard life and because of things falling apart in their lives because my auntie Sandra was always giving them money or giving them a drink or something I’d be terrified but I was always so intrigued by these people because they were but there’s something about madness that’s… good They put things together without any consciousness of trying to make themselves look nice–” “They always looked great they were just doing what they felt… One woman around the village she’d be walking about with her little sandals or whatever it was always like dead short and you’d see where she’d cut too far.” “But she’d been through a lot but something had happened bad in her life that had made her turn but Jan particularly stands out… She used to call my dad Uncle Tam ‘But she’s not related to you!’ We used to get really jealous didn’t we ‘He’s not your dad; he’s not your uncle.’” “She really loved my mum and dad,” says Tammy “because they were good to her; a lot of people were not good to her.” “They weren’t… yeah.” all these people and their conscious or unconscious styles come from the gingham overalls their mother wore to clean The distinctive Kane brooches – Christopher’s wearing one – surely come from the uniform worn by their older sister who was a nurse before she joined the Kane gang to manage the company’s human resources department a fur purse that the insurance lady had had for a while The woman was astonished that a child so young had noticed or remembered the Kane siblings’ childhood paradise was certainly a dark and complex place too But they could always find pleasure and value in unlikely places and people that this was not the place where their futures lay in a place unlike the place they were going to They spent their childhoods carefully packing up quotidian treasures that would be unusual which they knew would be in the world of fashion These two know how to find and exploit the resources around and within themselves Unlike so many of the people who surrounded them unafraid to see life as it is and make the very best of it unwilling to trespass on the privacy of others which can sometimes create very difficult tensions They know what it was that caused the stress in the house with Christopher so much their mum’s last son and Tammy so much their dad’s last daughter hard process of saying goodbye to Christine But I think they understand that if people are fully to understand the profound narrative of their autobiographical art then the pair have little choice but to be as frank as they can be are you comfortable telling Deborah or not?” Christopher answers Tammy’s question with a brief “People know.” There had been another child so two women were pregnant at the same time So this really explained Christopher’s relationship with my dad because he was never allowed near Christopher because my mum took him for herself “I was angry at the time; I was more upset for my mum Christopher was 19 and I was 25 when my dad died I found it very extraordinary that my mum was so strong to withhold all of this information from us probably because she was very proud–” “Embarrassed And that was probably where all of her anger manifested from I’ve got an enormous amount of respect for my mum… I was always close to her but after that happened I just couldn’t believe yeah.” “So it’s quite a complicated childhood for sure “I loved my childhood as well; it was great,” Chirstopher agrees “It was great.” So a sad secret becomes a touching Their children are grateful for all their parents gave them They gave them the stability and confidence to go their own way find in themselves the ability to create beauty and truth from ugly human chaos I’ll never look at a Christopher Kane frock again I’ll always think of Newarthill as an improbable kingdom of magic the Kanes pull out a rail of their favourite designs through the still-brief years of their fame They hold up garments and start talking about them “We were getting into outsider art at that time,” Christopher says who’s an artist with Down’s syndrome.” I still see a beautiful dress They hold up a shift of blue chainmail from Autumn/Winter 2015 the huge steelworks near to where each of us grew up somewhere.” The Ravenscraig gasholder – British Steel blue – towered over our lives and for years after the works had shut down They hold up a SodaStream-coloured top and skirt from Spring/Summer 2013,5 and I remember the Barr factory in Scotland and I remember the Alpine man who delivered crates of “ginger” round neck and matching pleated skirt from Autumn/Winter 2015 They hold up a beautiful dress from Autumn/Winter 2016 drifts of bright-and-black lace appliquéd flowers soaring from the hem “That must be the most lovely memento mori a mother has ever had from her children,” I say “Definitely a woman from Newarthill.” The pair of them look quizzical Their spirits are huge and their spirits are light All clothes Christopher Kane S/S17; Hair Peter Gray at Home Agency using Shu Uemura Art of Hair; Make-up Susie Sobol at Julian Watson Agency using Chanel Le Rouge Collection N°1 and Le Lift V-Flash; Model Sasha Pivovarova at IMG; Casting Noah Shelley at Streeters; Set design Andy Harman at Lalaland Artists; Manicure Natalie Pavlovski at Bridge; Photographic assistant Will Englehardt; Digital tech Jonathan Nesteruk; Light design David Diesing; Styling assistants Tara Greville Kat Banas and Skye-Maree Dixon; Hair assistant Takuya Yamaguchi; Make-up assistant Ayaka Nihei; Post-production 232 Studio; Production Felix Frith at Artist Commissions As the North Lanarkshire library faces closure the Scottish author recalls how it has been his sanctuary and inspiration Newarthill Library is where I hid when things were tough at home. I sat cross-legged on the floor between shelves where nobody else could see me and did my homework or devoured the latest Stephen King novel because I couldn’t take it out with my children’s card It was the only place where the bullies who called me “poof” wouldn’t follow the book dust in the air was fatal to them – or maybe it was the librarian staring them down It’s where I found Narnia and NIMH and A Boy’s Own Story It’s where I found the words to start to make a different life for myself CultureNL chair Heather McVey claimed the consultation was “extremely useful”. Yet its Kafkaesque report says: “Despite the wide range of submissions received, no alternative income/funding models were submitted.” Since when has it been the job of citizens to find solutions for the government they fund? Read moreWhen we close libraries we shut doors to the future We are saying to children: “Stay where you are Newarthill Library saved my life by helping me imagine a new one PRIMARY school chiefs were blasted for getting kids to draw Hitler's portrait for an art project. Children were given a partial printout of the murderous Nazi leader's face and told to complete it. The sketches of the Führer were pinned in the windows at Newarthill Primary and posted on the school's Twitter account, where they were described as "fantastic". But appalled campaigners branded the Lanarkshire school's project "madness". And a horrified relative of one pupil said: "There are so many famous people in history but they went for Hitler. It's mental. "The picture was one of his main propaganda posters. "I understand he is a historical figure, but you can't be saying to kids it's alright to draw him." The Campaign against Antisemitism said: "It is hard to imagine how this could be an appropriate way to educate young children about the atrocities of the Nazis." A spokeswoman said: "Pupils had the opportunity to draw major figures including Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler." We pay for your stories and videos! Do you have a story or video for The Scottish Sun? Email us at scoop@thesun.co.uk or call 0141 420 5200 Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. A SKELETAL cat was found starved to death under a bed in a disgusting, faces-ridden house in Newarthill. Stephen Smith claimed his pet Molly was missing - but the cruel owner had left the poor cat to die in his Lanarkshire home. The Scottish SPCA found the emaciated moggy after a tip from a local who said Smith, 43, left his pet alone in the High Street property for long periods and was living elsewhere in the village. A sickened officer said the disgusting house was "no place for a human or an animal" - and stank of animal waste. Smith was fined £420 at Hamilton Sheriff Court on December 16 and banned from keeping cats for a year. There was faeces and dirt everywhere. It was no place for a human or animal The court heard Molly suffered died after suffering severe organ failure from malnutrition. Officers were unable to get entry to the home when they first arrived in late June, but noticed a "strong smell" coming from inside. They later located Smith at another address and he let them into his High Street home. Inspector Dawn Robertson said she was stunned when she entered Smith's home. She said: "There was an overwhelming stench of ammonia and faeces.The property was in an appalling state. "The floor wasn’t visible due to rubbish, damaged furniture and appliances throughout. "There was faeces and dirt everywhere. It was no place for a human or animal. The living conditions were some of the worst I have ever encountered. "There was only one litter tray and it was overflowing. The bathroom was covered in faeces and it would appear this is where Molly had been toileting." Vile Smith claimed his pet was missing - but officers discovered Molly's scrawny body under a bed in the Newarthill hovel, and believed she hadn't been fed for two months. Inspector Robertson added: "It would have taken at least two months for her to be in this condition. “Smith said he had not been living in the property but returned to feed Molly every few days. But, due to the extent of her condition, we believe she had not been fed at all over the two-month period." “Molly would have been caused to suffer considerably in becoming this thin and living in the awful conditions at Smith’s property." Inspector Roberston added: "We were hoping for a sentence that reflected the level of neglect in this case She suffered directly due to Smith’s actions and he is ultimately responsible for her death." She added: “If anyone is concerned about an animal please do not hesitate to contact our confidential animal helpline on 03000 999 999.” We pay for your stories and videos! Do you have a story or video for The Scottish Sun? Email us at scoop@thesun.co.uk or call 0141 420 5300 Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here The blaze broke out at Newharthill Boxing Club on Mosshall Street, Newarthill, Lanarkshire, early this morning. Dramatic pictures and video show large orange flames burning out, while think clouds of black smoke billow out from the building. And nearby houses have been engulfed in smoke. One clip taken from a first floor window shows smoke billowing towards the properties as residents look on in horror. Firefighters have been tackling the flames for most of the day, after the alarm was raised just before 7am. One shocked onlooker said on Twitter: "Spend so much of my life in here. Such a shame." Another added: "Newarthill boxing club... great wee club ran by good folk... shocking." A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We are currently in attendance at a building fire on Mosshall Street, Newarthill. "We received the call at 6.55am, and six appliances were mobilised to the scene. "Crews continue to tackle the fire. There are no reported casualties." Cops say they are supporting SFRS at the incident after being alerted at 7.25am. Six fire appliances were called to the Moorfield Hotel after they were alerted to the flames shortly after midnight Photos on social media show the building seriously damaged due to the horror blaze For the latest news on this story keep checking back at The Scottish Sun Online where we will bring you live updates as soon as they happen Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thescottishsun, and follow us from our main Twitter account at @ScottishSun where we will bring you this story and all the rest of the top news and exclusives of the day Thescottishsun.co.uk is your go to destination for the best celebrity news Hamilton Sheriff Court(Image: Lanarkshire Live)A thug made "vile" threats to kill his former partner and her new boyfriend and sexually assault children Thomas Kerr targeted the woman with phone calls emails and social media messages over a four-month period His behaviour was branded "beyond disgusting" when he appeared from custody at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week admitted a course of abusive conduct towards his ex-partner between January and March last year The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now Get all the news from your area – as well as features sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The court heard he was on early release from prison at the time said Kerr warned the woman he would begin "a campaign of terror" against her threatened to murder her and warned he would slit her new partner's throat Ms Clark said: "Between 9pm on February 23 last year and 3am the following morning she received 89 phone calls from a 'No ID' caller with Kerr threatening to smash the windows of his ex-partner's car and terrorise everyone she worked with." At one point Kerr spoke about throwing acid in the woman's face and he also named several children The fiscal added: "The police were contacted but couldn't trace him at that time and his conduct continued 'Before I go back to prison I'll put you in a hospital bed We could have had a nice family but instead you're going to have a dead one'." Police officers were at the woman's home on one occasion when Kerr phoned The call was put on loudspeaker and they heard him making threats Kerr had secured his own tenancy on his release from prison and was working The solicitor stated: "He and his partner were back together but it transpired she was in a relationship with someone else He was drinking to excess and taking valium at every opportunity When she didn't respond the level of nastiness increased." Sheriff Colin Dunipace told Kerr: "This was appalling "How anyone can threaten sexual violence on young children is beyond me." Kerr has been in custody since his arrest in March last year The sheriff said he had to take that into account and limited the sentence to an extra four months in jail He also imposed a non-harassment order to keep Kerr away from his ex-partner for 10 years * Don't miss the latest headlines from around Lanarkshire. Sign up to our newsletters here And did you know Lanarkshire Live is on Facebook? Head on over and give us a like and share! It's not always the most wonderful time of the year Lifestyle Sign up for the best picks from our travel I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice The Now That’s What I Call Music XIII double-cassette album my mum and dad to get back together and me not to turn out gay after all I am 12 and a half and live in small-town Scotland — my parents have been divorced for long enough now that I’m starting to think they mean it Dad’s shacked up with Mary the Canary in our old house Me and my wee sister Teenie hate them both: Dodger’s always drunk and everybody says Mary is a ‘hoor’ Teenie’s at that age where she believes everything I tell her and everybody’s always saying how clever I am so I tell her I’m sure they’ll get back together one day Everybody at school thinks divorce is brilliant: two lots of presents We’ll spend the morning with my mum trying not to look too excited about going to Dad’s — he’s got a good job in the steelworks which could mean a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k computer still isn’t right after her brain haemorrhage She forgets things then forgets she forgets Disability benefits don’t stretch much beyond a selection box and bits we need wrapped up as stuff we want: school shirts Last year we got some books from Social Services ‘Our own back and front door,’ my mum nearly kissed the man from the council when he gave her the keys It was built for miners when the mines were still open I’ve got the big quiet room at the back to myself so I can do my homework I try not to think about Mum and Dodger through the wall Teenie shares the wee room with our cousins Shawn They’re all here because Auntie Cat ‘took a wee bad turn’ and we’re not to mention her and that’s that Flying about freely is my cockatiel Pertwee named for my favourite Doctor Who I stay in bed reading Carrie until Teenie bursts in around 11am telling me somebody’s emptied my selection box She’s taken to nibbling bits off the Christmas tree and I worry the plastic is poisonous Cliff Richard is whining about ‘Mistletoe and Wine’ at full volume on the telly and everybody’s shouting Pertwee is quietly pecking the wings off the fairy on the tree not cheerfully tipsy like the funny uncles in BBC sitcoms but pissed Hopefully they’ll have conked out by the time we’re back from Dad’s there’s a beep-beep as he pulls up in the red Ford Sierra Cosworth my mum worries is too fast I haven’t unwrapped my presents but I know what I’ve got — a calculator for maths Teenie has been dressed and ready to go since dawn I throw on some clothes and my mum has a go at brushing my Jason Donovan curtains out of my eyes and we walk — don’t run because that would be hurtful — out to Dad front door closed behind her to keep up appearances Dad is six foot everything and seems taller at Christmas He has coal-black hair and a Magnum PI moustache and he can whistle We whoosh down the road to the house that was ours but is now his Here it’s quiet and clean and I should be happy But all I can see is the Christmas tree in the wrong place and where are the decorations I made when I was wee Mary stands jealously in her helter-skelter heels then rushes us through a lunch of dry turkey Teenie gets a rocking horse instead of a real one I open my Big Present and there is a ZX Spectrum 48k me and my dad spend a blissful hour with cables and cassettes tuning into the future the ring on her finger flashes as she waves us off We’re walking up the path when the front door bursts open Cassettes rattle promisingly in their double case Behind her the front door is wide open and I can hear them all fighting and shouting I fly away to university in Lancaster and that first snowy term I sledge into my future husband My parents are still not back together (their partners are I still have that Now album somewhere and whenever I hear ‘The Only Way is Up’ by Yazz I feel grateful that I didn’t get everything I wanted for Christmas in 1988 Chelsea scramble to offload five unwanted players into dwindling markets an intriguing new perfume from Penhaligon’s Damian Barr is an ambassador for Scottish child welfare charity Children 1st and the author of Maggie & Me Prince Louis steals the show at VE Day parade as he keeps dad William looking sharp and mimics brother George Prince Louis steals show with sweet antics at VE parade VE Day 2025 fashion: best looks from the day VE Day 2025 fashion: Princess of Wales to Lady Victoria Starmer Ukraine 'launches stunning Kursk offensive' in major blow for Putin ahead of Victory Day celebrations Ukraine 'launches stunning Kursk offensive' in blow for Putin UK tourists face major travel shake-up as Dubai airport set to close Royals watch historic flypast as huge crowds turns out for VE Day 80th anniversary  Royals watch historic Red Arrows flypast for VE Day 80th anniversary VE Day veteran recalls bumping into his father during Normandy invasion Elaine C Smith(Image: New College Lanarkshire)Elaine C Smith is returning to her native Lanarkshire for a one-off performance to launch New College Lanarkshire’s (NCL) charitable foundation The Newarthill-born star of Rab C Nesbitt and Two Doors Down is a Fellow of the college and will be performing her award-winning one-woman show at NCL’s Coatbridge Campus Auditorium tonight (Friday) She will be supported by students from the college’s own music and drama departments All proceeds raised from the sold-out show will fund the new NCL Foundation which has been set up to allow the College to provide free breakfasts for students The Foundation is designed to break down barriers which can prevent students accessing the world-class education and skills provision on offer at New College Lanarkshire NCL’s Principal and Chief Executive Professor Christopher Moore said he was absolutely delighted at the star’s offer Elaine takes an active interest in our students When she heard about our free-breakfast programme she immediately pledged her support and offered to do whatever she could to help we know young people are disproportionately affected in a variety of ways Our college provides more than 3500 breakfasts every month to our students and many tell us this provision makes a positive and important difference for them “In order to maintain and develop the support we can provide for our students when they are in need we have created a Foundation to raise funds to support this critical work the launch of the NCL Foundation will be a very special evening for the College.” An estimated 8000 people are expected to take part in the processions through North Lanarkshire. Nearly 8,000 people are expected to take part in the Holytown marches which will see members of local groups parade through the streets from 10am to 3pm North Lanarkshire Council have revealed that police will be enforcing a number of road closures with diversions in place elsewhere and delays expected The local authority also warned some local residents and businesses will not have access to their driveways for over an hour on Saturday Due to a large parade on Saturday 9th July 2022 there will roads disruption to the Holytown area from approximately 10am to 3pm.Please see the attached link for full details – https://t.co/CGTRwCGHpL pic.twitter.com/uv11J4lubM A council spokesperson said: “A public parade involving an estimated 8,000 people will take place in Holytown on July 9 As a result there will be a number road closures and parking restrictions in place “From 10.00am to approximately 3.00pm the A723 Carfin/Holytown Link Road between Loanhead Road and Torrance Park will be closed for coach parking A signed diversion will be in place via Newhouse Newarthill and Carfin so roads in these areas are likely to be busier than normal and delays are expected there will be no waiting or loading restrictions in place on both sides of Dornoch Road between Myrtle Drive and Sunnyside Crescent between Caledonia Drive and Mosshall Street A public meeting will be held in Windsor Park on Dornoch Road at 11.45am before the parade starts at 1.00pm “It will follow a route from Dornoch Road Carfin Street (B7029) and Carfin/Holytown Link Road (A723) to the junction with Loanhead Road with a number turning left onto Loanhead Road then Quarry Street and the majority continuing on the A723 and along Jerviston Street “These roads will be closed while the parade passes It is anticipated the parade route will take around 1hr 20mins to reach Torrance Park and the same length of time to pass any given point along the route residents and businesses are advised that access from junctions and driveways onto the parade route will not be possible for between 60 and 80 minutes as the parade passes.” It comes after officers made several arrests and issued 12 fixed penalty notices for alleged breach of the peace and anti-social behaviour as thousands of people marched in the city on Saturday, June 2. The force thanked the majority of the crowds for “behaving responsibly” and added that the policing was appropriate for the event. STV News is now on WhatsAppGet all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Follow STV News on WhatsAppScan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country '+scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text+' "+scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title+" "+scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text+" dies after being found unconscious in North Lanarkshire streetJack  was rushed to hospital after his body was discovered on waste ground near Keir Hardie Avenue in Holytown on Saturday night TRIBUTES have poured in for Jack Wilson who died after he was found unconscious on a North Lanarkshire street The 20-year-old, of Newarthill,  was rushed to hospital after his body was discovered on waste ground near Keir Hardie Avenue in Holytown on Saturday night But cops today confirmed that he died from his injuries at Wishaw General Hospital. Several of his friends have taken to Facebook to pay their respects. Angela Watson said: "Rip jack bro ! You were some lad !! Thinking of your mum and family ! Fly high up there with your dad mate , canny actually believe it tbh 😥 such a cruel f***** world ! No one will ever forget that wee cheeky face ae yours." Elizabeth Coyle wrote: "Cant believe your gone ill never forget ya you were a brilliant wee character weve had great memories growing up.. wee crazy frog i used to all you lol youll be missed lots gone but never forgotten." Jayne Sinclair Gardiner Rankin added: "Rip Jack Wilson thoughts to family at this sad time. I cant believe the devastation weve endured in this villiage in the past few months. Too many gone too soon." thoughts go out to all the family must be hell no what this is hell till we meet again." A 15-year-old male has been arrested and is currently detained in connection with the incident We pay for your stories and videos! Do you have a story or video for The Scottish Sun Online? 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