British newspaper the News of the World, which has been engulfed in a phone-hacking scandal, published its final edition on Sunday, as Rupert Murdoch, the paper's owner, headed to London in the wake of the controversy.

The last edition of the paper said simply “Thank You & Goodbye” over a montage of some of its most celebrated front pages over the past 168 years.
“This is not where we wanted to be and it's not where we deserve to be, but as a final tribute to 7.5 million readers, this is for you and for the staff, thank you,” Colin Myler, the editor, told the media scrum outside its east London offices.
Despite the controversy, Murdoch has given a vote of confidence to the chief executive of News International, the British arm of his media empire News Corp, which owned the troubled newspaper.
Asked at a conference in Idaho, U.S., on Saturday whether Rebekah Brooks, had his support, Murdoch said his support for her was “total”.
“I'm not throwing innocent people under the bus,” he said. “We've been let down by people that we trusted, with the result the paper let down its readers.”
The scandal has cast a shadow over Murdoch's planned takeover of the British broadcaster BSkyB.
In an editorial published on its website, the News of the World said it had “lost its way”.
“Phones were hacked, and for that this newspaper is truly sorry. There is no justification for this appalling wrong-doing,” the editorial said.
“No justification for the pain caused to victims, nor for the deep stain it has left on a great history.” On Friday, police arrested Andy Coulson, a former editor of News of the World, who went on to become media advisor to David Cameron, the British prime minister.
He was later released on bail until October. Asked if he was being made a scapegoat for the scandal, he said: “I can't say any more at this stage. There's a lot I'd like to say, but I can't.”
Coulson resigned from the paper in 2007 after one of his reporters and a private investigator were convicted of hacking into the phones of aides to the royal family.
After years of allegations about hacking the voicemail of celebrities and politicians in search of stories, the scandal reached a tipping point earlier this week when it was alleged that in 2002 the paper had listened to the voicemail of Milly Dowler, a missing schoolgirl who was later found murdered, and even deleted some of her messages to make way for more.
That claim, and allegations that a growing list of victims included Britain's war dead and the families of those killed in the 2005 London transport bombings, outraged readers and caused many brands to pull advertising from the title.
(Source: Agencies)
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