Some of Britain's oldest cheesemakers are at risk of closure, as COVID-19 restrictions and uncertainty over Brexit take their toll. Rural producers and suppliers are warning that early next year will be the real "make-or-break" moment for many traditional cheesemakers, despite the annual boost from Christmas sales. "I'm a third-generation cheesemaker and to feel like everything is being taken away from you, overnight, it's a really strange feeling," Graham Kirkham, managing director of Mrs Kirkham's Lancashire Cheese, told Sky News. Image: Cheesemakers fear a 'make or break' moment in the New Year Mrs Kirkham's is the last remaining producer of raw milk-based Lancashire cheese, based on the edge of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire.