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Doubleontherocks and Its Pointless, leaders in their respective divisions, look to add to their impressive resumes in a pair of California Sire Stakes that headline the Sunday (April 4) night menu at Cal Expo. There will be 12 races presented under the Watch and Wager LLC banner and the program will get underway at 4:55 p.m. The Sire Stakes for the four-year-old colts and geldings will be decided as a non-betting race prior to the regular card. Doubleontherocks has accounted for two of three Sire Stakes held for the sophomore pacing fillies with Rockin The Dragon prevailing in the other. The ...

Celebrate Norfolk to hold virtual showcase during 2021 Celebrate Norfolk has announced that this year it will be holding a Virtual Celebrate Norwich & Norfolk showcase, rather than a physical event at The Forum in Norwich in June, due to the Covid-19 public health restrictions. The charity has also announced that its project director, John Betts, has stepped down from the role after over ten years at the helm and, in the light of this, it will be consulting on its future direction. Chair of trustees, Keith Morris, said; “I want to pay tribute to John who was one of the main driving forc...

Norwich Passion Play postponed from Easter 2021  The Passion Play, set to be performed in Norwich city centre on Easter Saturday 2021, has been postponed due to the Covid-19 uncertainty and restrictions, but the team behind it is fully committed to a future date. Celebrate Norfolk is co-ordinating a bid to bring well-known professional Christian theatre company Saltmine to perform a Passion Play in Norwich and some funds towards the costs have already been donated.   But because of the current uncertainty around the Covid-19 pandemic and public health restrictions, an Easter 2021 date i...

Kent's forgotten jail - Canterbury Prison which held the Kray twins and double murderer Michael Stone  |  Updated: 15:32, 29 January 2021 The quiet market town of Canterbury began to swell in the 19th Century, ramping demand for a new jail house, or gaol. And so Canterbury Prison was built on land adjoining the Roman road of Longport, which exists today. Canterbury prison. Photograph: Alan Wells Architect George Byfield in 1805 drew plans for not only a jail but a separate workcamp, or ‘house of correction’ joined together by a ‘sessions house’, or court. Completed in 18...