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9 July 2011
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The staff of the News of The World leave the building on the eve of the final edition
The last edition of the News of the World has been finished, 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."
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.
During a short speech to staff outside the paper's offices in Wapping, east London, Mr Myler held up the 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."
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 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.
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.
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".
The tabloid is accused of hacking into phones of crime victims, celebrities and politicians. Police have identified 4,000 possible targets.
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Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.The staff of the News of The World leave the building on the eve of the final edition
The last edition of the News of the World has been finished, 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."
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.
During a short speech to staff outside the paper's offices in Wapping, east London, Mr Myler held up the 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."
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 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.
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.
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".
The tabloid is accused of hacking into phones of crime victims, celebrities and politicians. Police have identified 4,000 possible targets.
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