Stop press: Last 2 journalists leave London's Fleet St
London
THREE decades after media mogul Rupert Murdoch instigated its demise as the centuries-old home of Britain's newspaper industry, London's Fleet Street bade farewell on Friday to its last two journalists.
Known as the "Street of Shame", Fleet Street once housed thousands of reporters, editors and printers working for the country's biggest national papers as well as international and provincial publications.
While the British press is still collectively known as "Fleet Street", from Friday there will no…
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