A five-year £80million restoration of Big Ben was completed in 2022. The bell at the world-famous London ... Before 2009, timekeepers kept 10 old pennies beside the mechanism, using the coins ...

Last came the Great Bell, ringing out for the first time on 11 July 1859, although it cracked that September. Despite subsequent alterations made to the clock, Big Ben's birthday is generally ...

UK police closed the area around Big Ben in London today after a man holding a Palestinian flag climbed up the tower housing the famous clock and bell. The man had ascended several metres and was ...

more commonly known for its clock bell, Big Ben. Negotiators had boarded a fire truck lift and used a megaphone to speak with the man, but footage on social media showed the figure in a hoodie and ...