Milford Mercury | Local News

9:44am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Inflation fell to its lowest level in more than two years last month, official figures showed, as high street discounting took the pressure off household budgets.

7:32am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Marks & Spencer boss Marc Bolland slashed his sales targets for the high street retailer as he unveiled its first fall in profits in three years.

5:29am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Women struggling to have babies should be offered IVF treatment into their 40s, the health watchdog has said.

3:59am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A suspected gas explosion has injured six people, including three police officers.

3:59am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Cost of living figures are to provide further evidence that the consumer spending squeeze is loosening its grip as the rate of inflation falls to a 20-month low.

3:59am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

More must be done to help both weaker and stronger pupils in maths, according to a major survey.

3:59am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A violent boyfriend who strangled his aspiring model girlfriend in a jealous rage is to hear the minimum term he will serve before he can be released.

3:18am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

World leaders have set the seal on their exit path from the war in Afghanistan, saying they would close the largely-stalemated conflict at the end of 2014 but keep their troops fighting there for two more years.

12:07am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Inequality in modern Britain is a form of social engineering, and claims that promoting social mobility artificially skews society are nonsense, Nick Clegg is to insist.

12:07am Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Some families are being denied access to free nursery education unless they agree to pay compulsory "top-up fees" for extra hours, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.