Even locals and taxi drivers use that name for it. But in fact that elegant Victorian edifice is the Palace of Westminster Clock Tower. Big Ben is actually the huge 13 ton (14.5 tonnes ...

The barefoot man spent most of the day on a ledge several metres up the Elizabeth Tower holding a Palestinian flag at the Palace of Westminster in central London. Westminster Police said the man ...

Negotiators at Westminster have been trying to persuade a man to come down after he scaled the clock tower which houses Big Ben. The barefoot man has been spoken to by emergency services and ...

A man accused of scaling the clock tower of Big Ben has denied causing a public nuisance and trespassing. Daniel Day is accused of climbing and remaining on the Elizabeth Tower in Westminster, London, ...

Credit: PA A man has been arrested after spending more than 16 hours barefoot and holding a Palestine flag while perched on the clock tower of Big ... Bridge Street to Westminster Bridge.

Functionally, clock towers are all but redundant today. Yet new ones keep coming up from time to time. This is because beyond telling time, clock towers serve various symbolic purposes.