Britain’s much-loved Big Ben will fall silent for four years from today as conservation work is carried out on the famous 19th century bell in a clock tower next to the Houses of Parliament.

Big Ben freezes. "Snow fell in London up to 3am," wrote the Liverpool Echo on 14 January 1955. "It had been falling continually for 12 hours." On the Tube network, passenger-less 'ghost' services ...

Big Ben's famous chimes will fall silent from next week until 2021 to allow essential repair works to take place. The bongs will sound for the final time at midday on Monday before being ...