A history of the News of the World – in pictures

With the last ever issue of the News of the World, proported to be the largest selling English language newspaper, on Sunday due to the phone hacking scandal the Guardian have a photo gallery looking back over the newspaper's 168 year history.

Hoodlums in bloomers: The female army of shoplifters that ransacked West End shops and hid loot in their knickerbockers

From the Daily Mail

"The air was thick with smoke and a huge number of empty wine and beer glasses were scattered about the bar of The Canterbury Arms Club in Waterloo, South London. It was December and a group of young men and women were getting into the festive spirit.

Though 1925 had been a bad year for many, for these revellers it had been lucrative. Their business — if that was the right word — was booming, and they had good reason to celebrate."