Milford paper celebrates 750th issue

When a family were toiling to establish a quality weekly paper almost 15 years ago they could hardly have imagined opening the 750th edition. Yet that's the landmark achieved by the Stoddarts, founders of the Milford and West Wales Mercury. So this week Viv (editor) and Mike (news editor), and their daughters Tessa (advertising manager), and Helen (chief sub-editor) have reason to celebrate. Their paper is now selling an average of 5,800 copies a week and, over the years, has broken big stories and kept up its dedicated coverage of local issues. (Via Milford Mercury)