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Phone hacking probe: 'Thank you & goodbye', says NoW | Phone hacking probe: 'Thank you & goodbye', says NoW |
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The last edition of the News of the World is being published, its front page declaring: "Thank you & goodbye." | |
Editor Colin Myler, after leading staff from the building late on Saturday, said: "This is not where we want to be and not where we deserve to be." | Editor Colin Myler, after leading staff from the building late on Saturday, said: "This is not where we want to be and not where we deserve to be." |
Publisher News International axed the 168-year-old tabloid in the wake of phone-hacking allegations last week. | Publisher News International axed the 168-year-old tabloid in the wake of phone-hacking allegations last week. |
Rupert Murdoch is due to arrive in the UK this weekend to take charge of handling the phone-hacking crisis. | Rupert Murdoch is due to arrive in the UK this weekend to take charge of handling the phone-hacking crisis. |
During a short speech to more than 200 staff outside the paper's offices in Wapping, east London, Mr Myler held up the 8,674th and final edition of the Sunday newspaper, saying: "As a final tribute to seven-and-a-half million readers, this is for you - and for the staff, thank you." | |
He added: "Now, in the best traditions of Fleet Street, we are going to the pub." | He added: "Now, in the best traditions of Fleet Street, we are going to the pub." |
The News of the World (NoW) is doubling Sunday's print run to five million, with money from the sales being donated to four charities. | The News of the World (NoW) is doubling Sunday's print run to five million, with money from the sales being donated to four charities. |
Judge appointment call | Judge appointment call |
Mr Murdoch said on Saturday that the closure of the paper had been "a collective decision". | Mr Murdoch said on Saturday that the closure of the paper had been "a collective decision". |
And he told the Reuters news agency that News International's chief executive and former NoW editor, Rebekah Brooks, has his "total" support. | And he told the Reuters news agency that News International's chief executive and former NoW editor, Rebekah Brooks, has his "total" support. |
In a letter to MPs released on Saturday, Mrs Brooks denied all knowledge of alleged hacking of the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler or any other case while she was editor. | |
The Labour Party is calling for an immediate start to the judicial phone-hacking inquiry so evidence will not be lost as the News of the World closes. | |
In a letter to the prime minister on Saturday, shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis asked for "immediate discussions so that by the end of the day we are in a position to agree the appointment of the judge" to head one of the independent inquiries into the scandal. | In a letter to the prime minister on Saturday, shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis asked for "immediate discussions so that by the end of the day we are in a position to agree the appointment of the judge" to head one of the independent inquiries into the scandal. |
No 10 says it is acting "as rapidly as possible" and steps are being taken to appoint a judge to lead it. | No 10 says it is acting "as rapidly as possible" and steps are being taken to appoint a judge to lead it. |
News International has said a Guardian report that millions of e-mails may have been deleted is "rubbish". | News International has said a Guardian report that millions of e-mails may have been deleted is "rubbish". |
A News International spokeswoman said: "We adopted a documented e-mail retention policy in line with our US parent's records management policy. | |
"We are co-operating actively with police and have not destroyed evidence." | |
The tabloid is accused of hacking into phones of crime victims, celebrities and politicians. Police have identified 4,000 possible targets. | The tabloid is accused of hacking into phones of crime victims, celebrities and politicians. Police have identified 4,000 possible targets. |
On Friday, former NoW editor Andy Coulson, 43, was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and alleged corruption, and former royal editor Clive Goodman, 53 - who was jailed in 2007 for phone-hacking - was arrested on suspicion of corruption. | |
An unnamed 63-year-old man was arrested at an address in Surrey on suspicion of corruption. | |
All have been released on bail until October. | |
The government has announced two independent inquiries into the scandal, firstly a judge-led probe into the activities of the NoW and other papers, and the failure of the police investigation in 2006 into phone-hacking. | |
The second inquiry will examine the ethics and culture of the press. |