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| 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." | 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. |
| In a full-page inside editorial, the paper offers an apology. "Quite simply, we lost our way," it says. | |
| 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." | 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. |
| 'Fell shamefully short' | |
| In a full-page editorial on page three, the paper offers an apology for the hacking of phones. | |
| "We praised high standards, we demanded high standards but, as we are now only too painfully aware, for a period of a few years up to 2006 some who worked for us, or in our name, fell shamefully short of those standards. | |
| "Quite simply, we lost our way," the paper admits. | |
| "Phones were hacked, and for that this newspaper is truly sorry. | |
| "There is no justification for this appalling wrongdoing. No justification for the pain caused to victims, nor for the deep stain it has left on a great history. | |
| "Yet when this outrage has been atoned, we hope history will eventually judge us on all our years." | |
| Mr Murdoch said on Saturday that it had been "a collective decision" to close the paper, which he admitted had "let down its readers". | |
| 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. | 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. |
| Judge appointment call | |
| 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. | 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. |
| "Thank you & goodbye," proclaims the final front page, over a spread of memorable scoops exposing the frailties of sports and TV stars, politicians and royalty - the familiar formula that still attracted seven-and-a-half million readers. | |
| This week it could be more. The paper has doubled its print run, calculating that more people will want to mark a moment in history than protest at the alleged phone-hacking of Milly Dowler and victims' relatives, which brought the paper's downfall. | |
| The final edition contains 168 pages, one for each year of publication, including a 48-page supplement. This time last week, no-one could have foreseen that Britain's biggest-selling paper would today be published for the last time. | |
| For Rupert Murdoch, it's a bitter blow, closing the newspaper which - when he bought it 42 years ago - laid the foundations of his media empire, and now threatens to do it serious damage. | |
| 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. | 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." | "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. | 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. | 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. | 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 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. | The second inquiry will examine the ethics and culture of the press. |