Thursday 20 March 2014

Newlyn and the affects of the storms on the One Show




Newlyn fishing industry featured on the One Show covering the plight of an industry brought to its knees during the most prolonged period of stormy in living memory. 

Keith Dixon, skipper of the Mission in Newlyn talks emotionally about the huge support shown by the people of the UK who have enabled him and other Mission staff to distribute financial support to desperate fishing families who have been directly affected by the storms and seen their income cut to zero.