Rebekah Brooks Resigns At Last

Rebekah Brooks succumbed to pressure finally and submitted her resignation today as Chief Executive Officer of the scandal-hit News International.

Rebekah Brooks was editor in-charge when staff of News of the World allegedly started hacking mobile phones of military families, dead British soldiers, and murder victims, including the voice mail of a missing 13-year old girl Milly Dowler. She was the Editor of the tabloid from the year 2000 to 2003.

A spokesman for UK Prime Minister David Cameron expressed relief by calling it "the right decision".

A spokesman of Britain’s Labour Party said, "It is right that Rebekah Brooks has resigned. No one should exercise power without responsibility. It is right that Rebekah Brooks has finally taken responsibility for the terrible events that happened on her watch, like the hacking of murder victim Milly Dowler's phone."

He added, "Rupert Murdoch says that News Corp has handled these allegations 'extremely well'. He still hasn't apologized to the innocent victims of hacking. He clearly still doesn't get it. When he comes to House of Commons next week, people will expect him to start taking some responsibility and apologise for the illegal actions which happened in his organization."

Due to severe outrage from public on the phone tapping scandal British Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to take concrete steps including hiring a judge to investigate. Mr. Rupert Murdoch closed the News of the World tabloid and stopped his attempt to take full control of the lucrative British Sky Broadcasting.

Hacking Scandal leads to shut down 'News of the World"

168 year old Britain's biggest-selling tabloid was shut down yesterday by the Murdoch family after phone hacking scandal surrounding the News of the World.

After severe outrage by all section of lives across Britain Rupert Murdoch decides to shut down the tabloid. Recent allegations said that investigators working for the newspaper had hacked into the mobile phones of military families, dead British soldiers, and murder victims, including hacking of a missing 13-year old girl Milly Dowler‘s voice mail. These create havoc criticism and followed by intervention of the British government, basically made Murdoch's decision for him.
 

"Having consulted senior colleagues, I have decided that we must take further decisive action with respect to the paper. This Sunday will be the last issue of the News of the World," said News Corp. Chairman James Murdoch.

200 employees of 'News of the World’ is now facing an uncertain future. Rebekah Brooks, CEO News International and former editor of the News of the World, has not been sacked yet, despite widespread pressure.

British Prime Minister David Cameron briefs the media about phone hacking by tabloid and stated this incident as "Simply Disgusting" and promised strong action. He has already given ordered for 2nd probe in the hacking led by a judge.

The biggest selling English-language newspaper in the world, ‘The News of the World’  is currently under scanner of two police  investigations, one into the alleged hacking, the other into payments allegedly made to police officers.

The final edition of “News of the World” would be published on this Sunday.