Yahoo! News can reveal these images and videos capturing the last moments in the News of the World newsroom as the last edition of the paper went to print.
The paper’s shutdown was announced last Thursday after the Sunday tabloid paper was embroiled in the UK’s biggest ever phone-hacking scandal.
Having come under fire following the hacking of high-profile targets such as Sienna Miller and the alleged phone-hacking of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, senior executive of News International James Murdoch announced that the paper was to stop its circulation.
The first photo was taken as the current News of the World editor Colin Myler finished telling staff that the shutdown of the 168-year-old paper wasn't their fault.
In this second still, News of the World staff scan a draft of the very last edition of Britain’s best-selling newspaper.
In the above video taken by Brian Whelan, News of the World staff and staff from The Times, The Sun and Sunday Times gather in the foyer of the News International building to ‘bang out’ the editor.
'Banging out' is when staff bang their desks or keyboard in an old-school Fleet Street tradition when fellow colleagues leave their job.
In this final video, an empty office is seen two hours after staff left forever and the newsroom was being locked down.




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