Founded in 1843, the Sunday tabloid the News of the World will run its last ever edition this Sunday - on July 10th.

The decision is the result of the continuing revelations of the phone hacking scandal, which have shown the tabloid to have, over a sustained period of time, pursued illicit means in order to generate numerous exclusives. Such behaviour will come as little surprise to those already familiar with the paper: the "News of the Screws" and the "Screws of the...