Educational provision will end at Newton Rigg College
CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to fight to save doomed Newton Rigg College despite two bids to save it were rejected.
A strategic review co-ordinated by the government's further education commissioner, which began back in June, turned down the two bids to save the Penrith college from closure.
Owner Askham Bryan College had received two bids to take over the site, including a multi-million pound bid from a cross-industry group, known as Newton Rigg Ltd.
But the commissioner concluded that neither of the bidding parties met the criteria to secure the long-term success of a potential new college. And it has recommended that the site should close in July 2021, as planned.