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Search for two missing fishermen resumes off Isle of Lewis after 'worst fishing tragedy for a generation'

Douglas Craigie (right) and Murdo Morrison (centre). Craigie's body was recovered from the sea on 14 October; Morrison remains missing more than a week after the FV Kilda vanished, with a fundraiser for the three…
Douglas Craigie (right) and Murdo Morrison (centre). Craigie's body was recovered from the sea on 14 October; Morrison remains missing more than a week after the FV Kilda vanished, with a fundraiser for the three…

Norman 'Tam' Murray, 40, and Murdo Morrison, 23, are still missing more than a week after the FV Kilda vanished on 13 October. The body of their crewmate Douglas Craigie, 49, was pulled from the sea the next morning. Police Scotland's Marine and Dive Unit is now working an area of interest near the Port of Ness. The search had been halted on 18 October by rough seas and anchoring problems.

A fundraiser for the three families hit £18,000 in just seven hours.

Inspector Neil Taylor urged locals 'not to put themselves at risk' by searching alone.

Duncan Macinnes of the Western Isles Fishermen's Association said the loss has left 'broken hearts'.

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