Steve Mackendrick: Last News

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterIrvine Meadow have snapped up former Stenhousemuir goalkeeper Kyle Marley.The 26-year-old arrives at Meadow Park just three weeks after last year's number one Shaun Newman departed to start a new life down south.Marley's list of former club's include Linlithgow Rose, Kelty Hearts, Cumbernauld Colts and Blackburn United.He left Stenny in the summer after one season at the League Two side.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA haircut and a trip down the local boozer.Two things we took for granted before coronavirus brought the country and the wider world to a standstill almost four months ago.Today, Wednesday, July 15, marked the day that pubs and hairdressers could finally open their doors and welcome customers back indoors.Needless to say, there was no shortage of folks looking for that first proper 'trim' or cold pint in familiar surroundings since lockdown.We sent snapper Steve McKendrick into Irvine town centre to gauge the mood as Scotland took another step forward in the fight against the disease.He popped into The Turf, a popular watering hole in Eglinton

The Irvine Herald's photographer Steve McKendrick did a double take after seeing this Irvine iron works ‘employee’ spreading a very special lockdown message to the town the other day. Dain Art’s Buster the dummy is dressed to the nines in his protective gear holding a colourful ‘Bless the NHS’ sign atop a hut. Owner Eric Dainert found Buster at the skip and gave him a new home at his business premises based at the town’s Kyle Road. Eric’s daughter, Claire Dainert said: “Normally, Buster sits outside on a chair holding a mobile phone and an Irn-Bru and at Christmas he is dressed as Santa. “A lot of customers think he’s a real person until they get closer. “It’s just a wee bit of fun and Buster has become a fixture at the shop."

A big-hearted businessman is giving away hundreds of stickers saluting our NHS heroes and key workers - thanks to Irvine Herald photographer Steve McKendrick.