LONDON (Reuters) -A man who scaled the lower sections of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower at London's Palace of Westminster early on Saturday has come down after 16 hours and was subsequently arrested, the ...

Big Ben, the famous clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, leans slightly. It tilts 0.26 degrees to the north-west. This was found during plans for the Jubilee Line extension.

LONDON (AP) — Traffic around the Palace of Westminster in London came to a standstill on Saturday as emergency services tried to reach a man who climbed the Big Ben tower holding a Palestinian flag.

Lukas Bates, also known as ‘The Big Ben’ runner has given us so much joy, both at the London Big Half, when he battled on through the strong winds, and at the finish line of last weekend’s London ...

(SOUNDBITE) (English) BIG BEN CLOCK MECHANIC, ALEX JEFFREY, SAYING: "There's a thousand parts in total - more than. The entire clock, including everything - weights, hammer work, cranks, to the better ...

The five-year, £80m restoration of the Big Ben tower in London has been nominated for the UK's leading architecture award, alongside a new fashion college campus, a science laboratory and an ...

London’s Big Ben clock tower was not set alight in late January, despite fake images of the tower in flames circulating online. Images of the Elizabeth Tower, colloquially known as Big Ben, appearing ...

Big Ben at the Palace of Westminster in central London on September 6th, 2021. BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images Big Ben, the iconic clock tower that’s defined the London skyline for generations, has ...

An activist dressed as Spider-Man scaled scaffolding outside London’s Big Ben on the edge of Parliament early Thursday — unfurling two huge banners, one blasting the country’s coronavirus lockdown and ...

It's the Christmas version of being caught with your pants down. As a crowd gathered to watch the Christmas tree lighting near the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben in London on Tuesday, many began to ...

We know plenty about the tale of London Bridge falling down, but on Sunday, Big Ben almost took a topple. Don't worry. We're not talking about the actual clock that stands high above London. During ...