The Cumbrian farming community has welcomed the announcement that a trade deal has at last been agreed between the UK Government and the EU. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed with European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen that the deal, from January 1, will mean no tariffs on each.
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.
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THE inaugural Cumbria Farmer Awards will be judged by a panel of respected experts from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. Headed by Andrew Robinson, partner and head of agriculture and farming at Carlisle-based business advisers and accountants Armstrong Watson, our headline sponsors, who are also sponsoring a further category, the Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the drinks reception. Andrew will be partnered in the search to find farming’s unsung heroes, by Alistair Mackintosh, west Cumbrian beef and sheep farmer and chairman of Red Tractor Assurance, as well as the National Farmers Union Cumbrian council delegate; Ian Bowness, Aspatria dairy farmer and NFU county chairman’; Agricultural Partner at David Allen Accountants in Dalston, Michael Peile; Julia Aglionby, Armathwaite farmer and Executive Director of the Foundation for Common Land; Lois Mansfield, Professor of Upland Landscapes, and Director of Ambleside Campus; Sharon Sloan, Lely Center Longtown general man
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