History of British newspapers to those being employed by News International. Even though the last major British news office, Reuters, left in 2005, the term "Fleet Street" continues to be used as a metonym for the British national press. "The Independent" was first published on 7 October 1986. The paper was created at a time of fundamental change and attracted staff from the two Murdoch broadsheets who had chosen not to move to the new headquarters in Wapping. Launched with the advertising slogan "It is. Are you?", and challenging "The Guardian" for centre-left readers, and "The Times" as a newspaper of record, it reached
You Are The Ref for the strip for the first time in over 20 years, which was published in "The Observer" newspaper. Later that year, a book was published collecting the history of the strip. In 2008, "You Are The Ref" also appeared on the BBC's Euro 2008 blog, and on the website of "The Guardian". In its most recent incarnation it relied on reader submissions for the three questions posed each week. As well as the illustrated questions, each strip includes a portrait of a well-known footballing person. New full colour feature strips were produced for "The Observer" until 2016 and a new