ALTHOUGH they’ve officially been a group for less than a year, the aptly named Duns trio Easter Street are getting ready for a milestone event next week - the launch of their debut album.

EVERYTHING from foxes stealing your sun tan lotion to the employment status and love life of a brave soul who dared to sit on the front row were the butt of the jokes cracked at the first Laughing Bear Comedy Club of 2012 on Saturday night.

WITH the newspaper industry still engulfed in the repercussions of the phone hacking scandal and the Leveson enquiry going strong, the media world is a hot bed of drama at present, it’s rather apt Berwick is hosting a play about it next week.

Following the huge success of last September’s event, Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival have been quick off the mark for this year, with the dates and theme already confirmed.

THE 2011/12 panto season has now come to an end, and as they do every year it was up to the Emergency Services to bring the curtain down on another few months of sequins and high jinx in Berwick.

AFTER sending a collective chill down the spines of the brave souls who dared to indulge in a bit of murder mystery at Gunsgreen House for Halloween, Berwick writer Naomi Kenny has put pen to paper on another sinister play.