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Murder trial collapse exposes News of the World links to police corruption, The Guardian, 11 March 2011. Miliband said people were right to be appalled by the allegations which had emerged in recent days, adding: Brown, Jonathan (3 June 2003). "The award-winning 'fake sheikh' who terrifies the rich and famous". The Independent. London . Retrieved 10 September 2023. RuthieGledhill Now I am crying. sobbing. OMG. I cannot believe what I have just read in my inbox. oh it is so sad...#notw

Will we be getting a Sun on Sunday? (The Sunday Sun title already exists in Newcastle, and Murdoch once tried to obtain it 30 years ago). If so, will it mean a clear-out of the current News of the World editorial?

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Over on Alan Rusbridger's live Q&A my colleague Roy Greenslade has pitched in with a couple of informative replies. It's clear that new allegations about police corruption have come to light and it is vital that if there is any substantiation to those allegations. If it is true that officers were taking money from journalists or private investigators to hand over information then we need to get to the bottom of it as soon as possible ... And that's got to happen now. He said there should be just one inquiry, not two. But it should be led by a judge, he said. And it should have the power to compel witnesses to appear. Jerome Tuccille Rupert Murdoch: Creator of a Worldwide Media Empire, Washington: Beard Books, 2003 [1989], pp. 29–30.

Rawlings does not answer the question but repeats that "there will be no decision right now". She adds: It is the first national newspaper to close since Rupert Murdoch shut News International mid-market tabloid Today in 1995. Yes, the one about footy star Ryan Giggs having an eight-year affair with his sister-in-law was classic red-top fodder. But there was also the campaign for a Sarah's Law to protect children from predatory paedophiles. And earlier this year, my political team was proud to have played a part in forcing the prime minister to honour his pledge to enshrine the military covenant in law, meaning a better deal for our armed forces who put their lives on the line.What I said then was that there'd been a long-standing investigation carried out by, as far as I can remember, by the gentleman who preceded Mr Yates ... Having consulted senior colleagues, I have decided that we must take further decisive action with respect to the paper. Murdoch told employees at the 167-year-old title: "The News of the World is in the business of holding others to account. But it failed to when it came to itself". Henry McDonald writes that the son of Northern Ireland's former First Minister Ian Paisley has welcomed the closure of the News of the World.

He quipped that Cameron and News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch appeared to be the only two individuals in the entire country who believed that Rebekah Brooks, News International chief executive, should stay in her post. "I think they are both wrong and way out of step with public opinion," said Miliband, adding that Cameron should put aside his relationships with Brooks and Murdoch and come out and say right thing, "because that is what the country expects of the prime minister". Over the course of a few days in July 2011, the News of the World had gone from having tens of millions of readers who every weekend lapped up its agenda-setting mix of sex, scandal and scoops to becoming a pariah publication considered beyond salvation. Robinson, James (10 July 2011). "News of the World to close as Rupert Murdoch acts to limit fallout". The Guardian. UK. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878 . Retrieved 10 July 2011. The decision was taken "in view of the significant public and political concern" – full statement below, with thanks to reporter Caroline Davies:These are strong measures. They are made humbly and out of respect. I am convinced they are the right thing to do.