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THE inaugural Cumbria Farmer Awards will be judged by a panel of respected industry experts and specialists 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...

ON the last Saturday before Christmas 1993, Aspatria Rugby Club travelled to Plymouth to play a National League three fixture. I was on the team sheet in the front row, writes Adam Day, Farmer columnist and MD of The Farmer Network. We were very proud to represent both club and County at a level that no other Cumbrian club had ever achieved. We were determined to give a good account of ourselves. One hour before kick- off, the wind and rain lashed in from the English Channel. The pitch was water- logged and conditions were “Baltic”. It was time to go outside and warm- up. Our Sk...

ON the last Saturday before Christmas 1993, Aspatria Rugby Club travelled to Plymouth to play a National League three fixture. I was on the team…

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 ...

Online: Adam Day The Cumbrian farming community will now be able to enjoy all their favourite Christmas carols – thanks to The Farmer Network, an organisation based at Newton Rigg College in Penrith coming to the rescue and organising an online alternative. In recent years organised by the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI), auction mart rings have been packed with farming families, singing carol’s and celebrating the farming year. But the coronavirus pandemic has meant no carol services can go ahead this year at local auction marts. Network Managing Director, Adam D...