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A CUMBRIAN peer is calling on all MPs in the county to help push for a Parliamentary inquiry into the closure of Newton Rigg College. Lord Dale Campbell Savours says he has been inundated with calls from the Cumbrian rural community calling on him to help save the Penrith campus due to close this summer. "If all the MPs in the county joined forces to push the Defra Select Committee to hold an inquiry into how the college has been run by owners, Askham Bryan College, then we stand a good chance of getting one," said Lord Campbell Savours. "I have been having endless conversations with ...

A CUMBRIAN peer is calling on all MPs in the county to help push for a Parliamentary Inquiry into the closure of Newton Rigg College.

THREE former MPs are calling for a Parliamentary inquiry into a controversial decision by a college to close a campus in Cumbria and sell off the site. The three Peers - Dale Campbell-Savours, David Clark and Sue Hayman - want a Defra select committee to examine Askham Bryan College’s actions in closing Newton Rigg in Penrith, which they claim is "asset-stripping" and will have a major impact on the local community. Askham Bryan took over Newton Rigg from the University of Cumbria in 2011, and it currently has 440 further education students, 96 apprentices and 117 staff. Lord Campb...

Pledge: A new Newton Rigg college could be on the cards A NEW independent agricultural college is on the cards for Cumbria. That's the pledge from a group fighting to prevent the 125-year-old Newton Rigg agricultural college from closure in the summer with more than 100 jobs losses. This week the Further Education Commissioner deemed the Penrith college financially unviable and found no suitable bids were received to take it over. More than 500 students and apprentices attend but the FEC said "most" courses and training could be found elsewhere. Owner Askham Bryan College in York plans ...

A NEW independent agricultural college is on the cards for Cumbria. That's the pledge from a group fighting to save125-year-old Newton Rigg college from closure in the summer with more than 100 jobs losses. Yesterday the Further Education Commissioner announced it deemed the Penrith college financially unviable and found no suitable bids were received to take it over. More than 500 students and apprentices attend, but the FEC said "most" courses and training could be found elsewhere. Owner Askham Bryan College in York plans to sell the site when it closes in July. However, chairman ...